WOW - 6 game winning streak with FIVE on the road?!

The Indians and Orioles might be playing beginning-of-a-Disney-movie brand of baseball right now, but they are good for something: getting struggling teams back on the right track. I think it's unfortunate that these teams are this terrible, but the Mets needed a road confidence boost, and I'll take that in any form I can get it.

The Mets haven't exactly been playing flawless baseball themselves, but the Orioles and Indians have just been dying to give games away with errors and poor all around fundamentals. The pitching for the Mets continues to be strong and they have been embracing small ball (have you ever seen 7 infield hits in one game?!) with the occasional home run to spice things up now and then. I like watching this team play baseball, and they are finally finding ways to win rather than finding ways to lose.

Also, Johan's last start has made me think it's time to stop using the phrase "Santana didn't have his best stuff but..." because I think at this point, this IS Santana's best stuff. He still has the ability to dominate a line up, but he is not the same pitcher he was a few years ago. Time for everyone - Santana included -to come to terms with that. He is a fighter and he will make in-game adjustments to get the most out of his pitches, but he's simply not the same pitcher as the one we traded for. There's nothing wrong with that, because he'll still get the job done extremely well, and I'm looking forward to see how he makes the changes at this point in his career.

Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey takes the mound against Cleveland tonight looking to go 5-0 on the season as the Mets try to finish off a sweep of the Indians. Let's go Mets!