Last Gasp Of Optimism

As the calendar page turns from July to August and the New York Mets roller coaster season continues, the team is ready to embark on their most pivotal road trip of the season. After losing 2 of 3 to the lowly Arizona Diamondbacks the team hasn’t given us much to be  optimistic about and fans moral has hit a season low with a series opening loss to the Braves.  However, if this team is going to stay competitive for the remainder of the 2010 season and fight for a playoff spot they will need their core hitters, Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes, and David Wright to be the August players they have been throughout their respective careers.

Photo by Michael Baron

As manager Jerry Manuel stated the other night:

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Well Carlos is not quite right, but you know he knows what to do in those situations. Historically he has been, this time a year a clutch performer and he knows what to do in those situations.”

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Jerry is right, Carlos is not quite right yet but he is entering, historically, his best month of the season and the Mets will need him to get right NOW if their playoff aspirations are to come to fruition.

Photo by Michael Baron

Since returning from a much needed day off, David Wright has 2 HR, 8 RBI and it seems as if David is ready to go on one of his torrid streaks, coming at just the ‘Wright’...TO READ THE REST OF THIS POST HEAD TO METSZILLA.COM BY CLICKING HERE:

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