Don't you just love hearing that your team had to have the famous "closed door, players only meeting?" Jeeez, the guys are supposed to talk to each other any other time during the year? No way! I guess it only happens after losing 5 of 6 and stinking up the NL West for a week.
Did it work? So far it did.
Last night the Booo Crew came out, promptly fell behind 3-0, and were being No-Hit until the big ol bust himself came up, Juan Pierre. Juan worked a beautiful walk and as soon as he got on, I was saying to myself, run him Grady, RUN HIM!!! MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN! Sure enough, Juan takes off for 2nd, followed by Noodle Arm LoDuca throwing the ball into CF. (I think LoDuca is about the only pro with a weaker arm than Pierre. Dave Roberts is close though.) Russell Martin then knocked in Pierre and stole 2nd himself on another poor LoDuca throw. Gonzo doubled in Martin and Ethier picked up Gonzo to tie it at 3-3. Gonzo later doubled again and Big Game James Loney knocked him in for what was the winning run.
Its only one game so lets see how the rest of this week goes but I'd love to see us use our speed to create more opportunities out there. Speed means fastballs for the batters and those can equal big hits. It'll be a tough week with NYM and ANA. The Mets lineup is just so deep and scary and ANA owns us recently. One game at a time......
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