Mets 10, Phillies 0 - 6th inning

Happy Birthday to me! A nice blowout win for my birthday - reason #1,367 why I love the Mets. Sorry I haven't posted in a few days. Who knew that going back to school would result in so much homework?! Don't worry, it hasn't kept me from watching the games - just commenting on them. I also feel that I don't need to play up the Mets so much on this website anymore because their actions on the field are finally backing up what I've been saying all year - this team is friggin' good.

OK. So right now the Mets are up 10-0 in the sixth. I think it's safe to say that heading into Thursday night's game, the Mets will be 43-40, one game out of first. With a win on Thursday the Mets can move into a tie for first place!!! I love it.

The best part of this, and I can't stress this enough, people, is that the latest stretch has come with Mike Piazza doing nothing. He's been pretty bad at the plate the past few games...but the Mets have still been playing awesome. The worst thing is that Tom Glavine had his worst game of the year at the worst possible time - the Mets could be sitting on a 7-game winning streak right now. I guess I shouldn't say the worst possible time - it's probably good that he got the clunker out of the way. Let's hope he doesn't revert now. He should know, though, that he's never going to get that much run support again all year.

Al Leiter, on the other hand, is in one of the best stretches I've ever seen him in. It's almost automatic that he'll get a win if the Mets can just get him a couple of runs.

So is Mike Cameron going to continue to hit the ball now, or is he just teasing us again? He goes through these power surges, and it looks like he's breaking out...and then he dips back into a slump. Tonight he hit two home runs...we'll see which Cameron shows up the next few games.

This is the second straight solid start by Steve Trachsel since I called him disappointing. I would like to also say at this time that my financial situation right now is disappointing me. (Let's see if the same turnaround applies.)

WRIGHT WATCH: David Wright has been slumping lately. He's in a 2-19 slump over the last six games. He did hit a 3-run homer Tuesday night (and Wednesday night's game was still being played at my personally-set press time). The Mets still seem to want to call Wright up sometime next week (after the All-Star Game). Ty Wigginton's recent hot streak makes for an interesting situation when Wright is brought up.