First off, before the Mets game today, I heard of another good PR move by the Orioles. That means I heard two in one day, which is really unbelievable. Anyway, back when the Orioles played in Memorial Stadium, there was a very famous fan who sat in upper deck section 34, Wild Bill Hagy. Hagy passed away in August of last year and was famous for leading the O-R-I-O-L-E chants. Every Tuesday when the Orioles are home, they give out a T-shirt with a player's name and number on the back (thus T-shirt Tuesday) and June 17th, the Orioles announced that the T-shirt will read on the back Hagy 34. This is a really great move for the birds and is one of the more creative, touching promotions I have seen in a while.
Anyway, back to the Mets. My heart jumps every time I see Reyes slide into second headfirst and make contact with the second basemen. The game when Reyes blacked out in Philly this season, and both of Church's concussions immediately flash through my mind. I know thats the way Reyes plays, and I know thats the popular to steal bases. Besides that, its always exciting. When he stole second tonight in the first inning, there was a different feeling in the air. It felt like 2006 in a way because there was this feeling that the Mets were going to get him home some how. It wasn't the 2008, no hits with RISP, it really felt different tonight.
Nothing felt more like 2006 than the 3rd inning where the Mets scored 5 times with 2 outs with. I always seem to be talking about how the Mets need a big inning to turn the season around. An inning where everything seems to go right. Tonight's third inning might be that inning. With two outs, Wright got Reyes home with a clutch hit. Then Beltran kept the inning going with his monster homerun, and then two batters later, Church hits a two run shot. Even though the Mets didn't score after that, it really felt like the Mets developed momentum. (Which hopefully they packed to go out West with them).
Speaking about Wright, how good has he been recently? In his last 10 games, he has 13 hits over 40 AB (.325 BA!), 3 home runs, 7 RBI's (6 in this series, and in the last 4 games alone), and has walked 7 times. He has also scored 10 times. So in his first 45 games this season, he has scored 27 times, or .6 times a game, and in his last 10 games, he has scored on average 1 time per game.
His last four games have been special as touched on before. He has gone 7-15, 2 HR, 6 RBI, and 3BB. That is a great stat line to look at and lets hope those numbers continue as well.
