Here We Go Again

Inconsistent. That, in a word, sums up the 2008 New York Mets (as of June 25). Omar Minaya and Fred Wilpon (and to a lesser extent, Jerry Manuel) are really going to begin to look stupid if this team doesn't start playing well. Delgado is not what he used to be - I can live with that. Beltran and Wright are around .270 - I can live with that. Santana is less than great. Heilman is less than good. Perez is less than average. You hire a left-fielder who's more consistent than anyone in the game - consistently on the Disabled List. I can live with any of this. But the team can't live with all of it. That's ignoring the fielding on the left side of the infield.

For the Mets to turn it around, things have to change. The hitting has to hit, Howard Johnson. David Wright. Carlos Delgado. Carlos Beltran.

Otherwise you're going to keep losing games 2,3,4 to 1 (or 0).