Winning generally feels good no matter what the circumstance is. Winning feels great when you don't win for a while or win on the consistent basis that you are supposed to win on. Winning with an all around complete game effort in terms of offense, starting pitching, and bullpen help feels amazing, with a slight bit of pride when it is all of your guys doing it. When the players are all from your farm system, it almost feels like your own children are winning and that was last night.
In the starting lineup, the only player who was not a homegrown Mets talent was Carlos Beltran (I'm essentially counting Carter as home grown talent because he started off in the minors, and since we didn't pay big bucks for him, I see him as an adopted Mets child). Even taking substitutions into account, the only two players the Mets used last night that weren't from our farm system were Beltran and one AB from Francoeur (since we the help from the Bullpen was drafted Mets talent).
Despite our troublesome payroll, despite the troublesome team we've had for the last month or so, it was our guys, our guys, who went out on the field last night and registered 15 hits, crossed the plate 7 times, and only kept the Pirates to one earned run. It is just nice to see the farm system to come together like that for a change.
Granted, because this happened yesterday, it doesn't do much for helping our slim chances of making the playoffs, but on a season with so many negative story lines, prima donna players (Oliver Perez),, disgruntled veterans (Castillo), and bad veteran experiments (GMJ), it is nice to have a “proud” moment of the season.
