Very true about the starting roation Lou. But the game is different today as far as starting pitching goes. 20 years ago almost every team had at least two aces in their starting rotation.

Today your lucky if you have one ace on your staff. So many 4th and 5th starters today wouldn't even have made it past triple A 20 years ago.

And as far as the Mets themselves, the 86' team had an arrogance about them where this team does not. But offensively, I really beleive that this team is much better. You have legitimate stars from the number 1 spot through the number 6 spot. In 86' you had a few stars thrown in with some career year players.

This is one exciting team that we have here.

If you remember DC, and I'm sure you do, around memorial Day 1986, Whitey Herzog caught some flak from media types for declaring the race for the NL East OVER, only 2 months into the season.

What's abeetz? What's L&B? What's a schmear??

Edit: Meant to add that your guys are having a great season, albeit early on. I have no doubt that it will simply be built upon.

Don't you have internet explorer ?

What's internet explorer??

She doesn't need to have it, those good looking women have us men to do things for them.

Although in another 30 years she might have to think of another way.....

This is a Mets thread!!

In keeping with that, I'm going tonight, so I'm signing off.

Back later or tomorrow with a recap.

Pizzaboy

Have a GREAT time, PB! I hope they win, and that you get to see some great plays! I think El Duque is pitching tonight, no???

Uh oh! 4-0 Braves??? WTF, PB?? Do you have the famous Don Malta Jinxing Abilities???

I think the Mets enjoyed their "vacation" in Florida a little too much.

I'll take the blame.

I took three Mets in fantasy. I'm going to start charging fans for me to not take their players. Guaranteed they'll do well.

No jinxes. The old man just had a little too much... oh, wrong thread.

The kid just didn't have his stuff on the mound last night. He showed signs at times, but he just couldn't seem to get that ball over the plate when he needed to. And let's not take anything away from Hudson's pitching performance. He pitched excellent and I've always thought that he was one of the most underrated pitchers in baseball. That f**king Chipper is just a MET killer too. The Braves kicked our asses. Know what, that's a good thing early in the season after winning in the fashion that the Mets have been winning. An ass kicking like that will show what this team is really made of and if they can rebound and go back on a winning streak.

Believe me, I'm not worried.

Cicci, La Porte!

I DON'T want to talk about it!

Pizza,

Hudson pitched really well. If Reyes gets one clutch hit, it's a different game.

Oliver Perez throws 20 straight strikes? What are the chances of that?

It wasn't a total loss, I ate at Manducati's in Long Island City, one of my favorite places in any of the outer boroughs.

Struck him out! Smith comes up big with the bases loaded!

Perez originally was touted as a big time pitcher when he came up. Obviously he had a lot of problems early, especially when he was in Pittsburgh. But the Mets organization saw something in him and Peterson believed that he could work with this guy and bring him back to the type of pitcher that he was once touted to be. Let's hope!

What da fock mang? Blowing a lead like that in the 7th inning!

Never tell anyone outside the Diamond Club what you're thinking again!

I think your brain is going soft from all of that paella talk you engage in with that young girl.

Their pitching SUCKS today! End of story.

ouch!

Actually it was the Panelli Specials!

We need this game.

If they didn't make two errors, they would have won 6-3.

I walked in the house and turned on the TV when the Braves tied the game with the homerun. I didn't realize that they had made two errors until later on. You're right. But their ptiching still sucked out of the pen!

True. The RP did suck.

I don't want to stick my head in the clouds but these Atlanta losses aren't bothering me...yet.

Except for friday night's game, where no one was hitting Hudson, period, the Mets have really outplayed them in 5 of 6 games so far.

It's funny, I wasn't really bothered by friday's loss as much as I was sunday's loss.

What a catch by Finley! Beltran is really on fire!