Hooray! The Mets are Good

Last night, there was a whole lot of good in the Met world. The more it happens, the easier it is for it to happen again the next time. Situational muscles can develop and atrophy just like will power and real muscles. Some nice truths got a workout last night. Among them:

1) They were good. Nothing succeeds like success. You gotta have heart, but you also gotta have pitch movement and bat speed. Winning tends to make teammates like each other more, and be more into the idea of fighting for each other.
2) Reyes was Reyes. Two singles, a double and a triple. When Reyes is good, he plays with a fire and a joy that bring out the same in others. Not only that, but he can really friggin play. When he's SupeReyes, he's on the short short list of best players in the game right up there with...
3) Wright was awesome. You can be sure of two things in life: The sun loves you, and David Wright will mash.
4) Exactly what we wanted to see from Pelfrey and Sanchez. Pelfrey wasn't perfect, but he didn't give up any runs either, and he had a great four inning stretch. I dream of John Maine II. Originally I thought the consistency of Santana and Maine would be a great support base for Perez and Pedro this year. That may shake out to be true in the summer, but right now it looks like Pelfrey is the #1 benefactor, and that's mega awesome. Oh and Duaner Sanchez pitched in a major league baseball game and didn't get hammered. Let's see more of that too.
5) The lineup switcheroo. Willie moved Ryan Church up to second between Reyes and Wright, and Luis Castillo down to 8th. I like this lineup better with someone with a little pop in the 2-spot. The second leadoff guy thing works best when it's an Edgar Renteria type who can hurt you on his own- someone you'd like to see in a number of situations. I'm still scratching my head over signing Castillo for four years. At this point in his career, he needs to sneak everywhere. Sneak on base, sneak to the next base. He doesn't have much "This is what I'm going to do, and you probably can't stop it." Not that he isn't useful, but he might as well be doing that from the 8th spot. The pitcher can bunt him over, Reyes can slap him in. Church backing up Delgado and Alou is okay, but having him bat second feels more dynamic. More playing to win than not to lose. I feel he could really help the team if put in the right situation.

Hope for more good things today.