That’s right, it’s all thanks to me that the Mets won tonight.  Like I’ve said before, every game I watch in entirety, the Mets lose and any game that I miss part of, they win.  Well, I finally took the hint.  Tonight I skipped the 2nd and 3rd innings and took a walk around campus.  I’m totally serious!  I went to the grotto on campus (although I have to admit, I didn’t exactly pray for a Mets win…oops).  Luckily, it was GORGEOUS outside today, so the walk was lovely and I wasn’t stressed out at all.  Anyway, by missing two innings of tonight’s game, I ensured that the Mets would win.  No worries, folks, I plan on doing the same during tomorrow’s game!

Also, I’ve been saying for 3 games now that we need the first walk-off at Citi.  I guess third time’s the charm.  Also, couldn’t have asked for a better guy to get the winning hit.  I’ve really jumped on the Luis Castillo bandwagon (is it a bandwagon?  Anyway, I’ve been rooting for him) this off-season.  I feel like he really wants to be a better player for the team, and he’s working really hard.  I also felt like people haven’t really given him too much of a chance this season, so I was really hoping he could win it.  And Gary Sheffield???? WAY TO GO!!!  Omg, couldn’t be happier for the guy!  I love how they used the hollogrammed balls every at-bat of his, and it just kept reminding him he was so close.  And can we talk about this hit?  Not only is it his 500th homerun, but his first homerun with the Mets, his first HIT with the Mets and….the first time he got to rise the apple!  Bet it was pretty special for him, congrats Gary!

Other tidbits from tonight’s game: 10 game hit streak for Wright…excellent!  And he seems to really be going for 30-30 this year.  Yeah, he did get caught stealing, but at least he’s more aggressive on the base paths.  Daniel Murphy shouldn’t be allowed to bunt….ever.  Seriously, he’s like the worst ever!  Haha, ok, he’s young, I get it, but really, he needs a lot more practice before bunting in an actual game.  And what is up with Mets pitchers doing great in all but one inning, and that costing us the game?  It’s getting pretty annoying.  Luckily, Luis, Gary and co. were able to take Livan off the hook and win it.

I do have a few reactions to the Padres series too:

All I can say is the NL West better watch out!  No, this isn’t because the Padres won two of three.  Actually, I’m basing this off the game that they lost.  If you remember correctly, Ollie only pitches well against good teams.  Well, he looked pretty good Wednesday!  So I’d be pretty scared of the Padres if I were you.  In all seriousness though, Ollie, you need to pitch like that every game.  Seriously, how hard is it to be even a little consistent???  Oh well, like one of the blogs I read wrote, I’ll take the bad Ollie as long as he’s good just as often, if not more often.

Oh, and if we’re keeping track, 4 of our 5 losses are what I call. “shoulda-won” games.  With Florida, we lost it in the 9th in the first game, and the second was lost on an error after Johan pitched spectacularly.  The first Padres game was lost on another outfield error and yesterday’s game was another one-run game.  Oh, and of our 5 losses, we’ve lost by a combined 6 runs…not cool.

I should focus on the positive though: the bullpen has the lowest ERA in the majors (um, can we compare that to a year ago? Thank you Omar for overhauling the bullpen this off-season).  Wright and Delgado both have decent hit streaks going.  Johan is doing A-mazing.  Love him, by the way.

If you haven’t heard, Schneider went on the DL today with a strained muscle in his back….eek!  My older brother is a huge Ramon Castro fan, so he’s pretty happy that Ramon’s going to get more playing time, but I’d still rather see Schneider back soon.  Meanwhile, Omir Santos was pulled up, and if you don’t remember him, he had a stellar spring, so hopefully he can carry that over to the regular season.  Also, Big Pelf has tendinitis in his forearm, so he’ll probably sit out his start on Sunday (looks like we might pull up Figueroa for it) but I think Jerry’s going to try to avoid putting him on the DL and I agree with that.

Oh, and I cannot believe I forgot to put this in my last post, but CONGRADULATIONS to Johan and his wife Yasmile.  They welcomed baby #3 and boy #1 Tuesday morning, Johan Alexander Santana Jr. (when I heard they were having a boy, I told my mom I was hoping for a Johan Jr.!!!).  My prediction is that he will grow up to be an incredible pitcher, and will spark a little family rivalry to see who will win more Cy Youngs.  Big Johan, that means you better win a lot now so that your son has quite the task ahead of him.  You can win them with the Mets, it’s ok with me!  Haha, anyway, if you remember, I absolutely looove children (especially babies) so stories like this thrill me.  Baby Mets watch is down to two, with Brian Schneider’s wife, Jordan expecting, and Mike Pelfrey’s wife Angela also expecting (she’s due in mid-August).  Johan Jr. joins Joselyn Reyes (born on Valentine’s Day) and Joseph Putz (born February 25th).  Aww, so many new Mets fans!

Tomorrow’s match-up is the new daddy, himself, Johan against Yovani Gallardo.  Both pitchers are 1-1 this season, but the glaring difference is Johan’s 0.71 ERA versus Gallardo’s 6.94…ouch!  No worries, Mets fans, I’ll be sure to take a walk during tomorrow’s game as well, to see if we can win two in a row!