Well it’s nice to be waking up the night after a victory.  It’s been a rarity lately.  So with the heat being off the Mets for at least a few more hours, I have a few notes to pass along on this Wednesday.

Pedro Martinez will make a rehab start in Single-A Port St. Lucie tonight.  If all goes well Pedro expects to rejoin the Mets in San Francisco in order to start Tuesday night.

If you missed it, Matt Wise is back on the 15-day DL, leading to Carlos Muniz getting the call once again.  There was some speculation that Aaron Heilman may be sent down to Triple-A, but with Wise on the DL that seems unlikely now.

Ryan Church fortunately has no brain damage, as results came back negative from his visit with a neurologist yesterday.  However it is still unknown as to when Church will be OK to play.

Marlon Anderson, who was placed on the 15-day DL over the weekend after injuring his hamstring, turns out to have a torn hamstring.  Anderson says he can walk now but cannot run.

The Mets currently aren’t getting much love on the NL All-Star ballot, as no Met is in the lead at their respective position as of today.  I have a good feeling this is because of the large amount of frustrated fans in the first two months of the season.  Maybe things will change.

If you take the last 162 games the Mets have played, they are 79-83, four games worse than they were in Willie Randolph’s first year as manager.  Mets fans have been stumbling all over the place in search of answers the last few weeks, trying to figure out why this team is struggling so much.  It makes no sense at all that a team that is built around the same core that was so dominant in 2006 and very successful through 130 games last season is basically lousy this season.

Maybe the wrong moves were made after the collapse.  Maybe they shouldn’t of counted on Carlos Delgado bouncing back or Moises Alou, Orlando Hernandez and Pedro Martinez staying healthy.  Maybe they shouldn’t of resigned Luis Castillo, who clearly was a player on the decline.  You can go so many ways about, but truthfully, and I don’t know how many Mets fans agree with me, this team is WAY better than this.

I know the old saying is you are as good as your record shows, but I think you’d be foolish to think this team is not good.  They are absolutely underachieving, and I think it’s quite clear that this team gives up.  Last night was a great example as the final 15 hitters were sat down by relievers who I would in no way label “unhittable”.

There’s a lot wrong with this team, and eventually things are gonna have to be shaken up.  Because things can not continue to go the way they are.  Bench Castillo, maybe even release Delgado- do something!  This formula is only equaling disaster, and it cannot continue.

I know Mets fans are basically saying “can it get any worse than this?” pretty much every day, and are painfully learning it can.  So I won’t sit here and say tonight’s the night, because it’s gonna take a lot more than one night.

I am a super-positive fan, the ultimate Mets optimist.  I bring myself all the way from Jersey to Shea on more than occasion and spend every inning of this team either in front of a TV or with a radio by my side.  And if I have something to do, I have my VCR set, no question.  My point is that at a time when I’ve run out of good things to say about this team, you know it’s bad.  But, we gotta remember, we do not turn on our team, no matter how tired of things we get.  Be there tonight, be in support of Johan and the Mets and let’s try to get the ball rolling.  I know when 7:10 comes I’ll be plugged into Mets baseball, so no body better be jumping ship yet.  Because after all,  ya gotta believe.

A day you thought would’ve been perfect for the Mets to start a turnaround turned out to be just a typical day in the 2008 story.  The Mets lost 7 to 3 the night after Willie Randolph received a temporary vote of confidence from the front office.

What can you say at this point?  It started out awful with the Jose Reyes error, ultimately leading to two runs in the first.  But then it seemed like the Mets woke up.  Reyes homered and they added a few more hits after that and we had a tied game.  The in the second Reyes homered again and all of a sudden the Mets were in the lead.  From there, all you had to do was drop in your seat and say “here we go again”.

Mike Pelfrey struggled with two outs in the fourth and once you blinked the Marlins were up 6 to 3.  The Mets got the tying run to the play in the fifth with two on and none out, but from there the next 15 hitters were sat down and the game simply came to an end, once again on the losing side.

I’m out of comments.  I know that all this team needs is a big, dramatic, comeback win, but I knew it wasn’t gonna happen tonight.  They only have one win when trailing after six innings.  Pathetic.

Then things got even worse once the fans started chanting “Fire Willie” and strongly booing Carlos Delgado.  It was an overall ugly night at Shea Stadium, and it seems like nothing has changed in the last week now.

Things are going bad, and I don’t know how they can be fixed.  This isn’t Willie’s fault, and if you’ve watched any of these last eight games closely, you know it’s not Willie’s fault.  These guys taking the field need to take a good, long look at themselves and need to realize they need to start playing at a different.  Then, and only then, will this team turn things around.

It’s been painful, Mets fans, but just hang on.  After all, that’s why we’re fans.

I’ve been purposely inactive since last night’s game on the blog, and basically as a fan in general.

He’s the reality of it; last night sucked. When the game ended, I was in a horrible mood. Not just about the Mets, but it for some reason really crippled me living my own life last night. I just felt dejected. So today, I decided I need a day away.

Truth be told, everyone is starting to over-think all of this. The front office, the coaches, the players, the media and even the fans. Yes, the Mets are playing terrible baseball and that was a pitiful display at Turner Field. But too much thought is being put into turning things around and how to go about it. It’s simple, go win. It could be a perfect win or a sloppy win, it goes down as one in the W column. So enough with the extra thoughts. That’s why I needed a day away. I haven’t read a paper or listened to a thing of talk radio. We need to try and relax. And by we I mean everyone linked to the New York Mets.

I have one comment to make for tonight’s game out in Colorado…

Let’s Go Mets!

In the 3rd inning of last night’s game, Moises Alou pulled himself due to a leg cramp.  As it turns out Alou has a mild strain in his left calf.  Alou told reporters he is not optimistic, but hopes for a “miracle” and can be back in a couple of days.  He is back in New York for an MRI

…basically, we’ll see you in a few weeks, Moises.  It’s crazy how this guy can’t stay healthy.  And the hearing him say he’s not optimistic tells you this will be a little bit of time.  I hope I’m wrong…

Ryan Church said he never had a concussion and hopes to be back in the lineup tonight.  Willie Randolph however wants to be “ultra-cautious”.

…I’m becoming a big Church fan.  He’s a gamer.  It’s great that he wants to get right back out there…

Pedro Martinez arrived in Atlanta yesterday only to fly back to the Dominican Republic to be with his ailing father.  Pedro was scheduled to throw a bullpen session and possibly start for the Mets next week at home against the Marlins.

…our thoughts and prayers go out to Pedro and his family, it’s a tough thing when someone in your family takes that turn for the worse…

When it rains its pours, and right now absolutely nothing can go right.  I noted how the Mets won as a team twice over the weekend at Yankee Stadium, well they’re losing big time as a team as well.

Time and time again I’ve had to hear from the players, the manager, the front office, whoever, that 2007 is in the past, it’s behind everyone.  Well if it’s in the past, then why the hell is this team performing the exact same way? If they’re all over the collapse, why are they continuing to collapse?  I’m hearing the same post-game comments whether it’s win or loss for this team and I’m tired of it.  I thought that maybe today they would come out and find a way to take the Braves down, rally around their manager who is clearly on the hot seat, but of course that’s not the case. I was crazy for thinking it would be.

I mean think about it, what gives any fan any reason to believe this team will turn it around into consistency.  If I woke up tomorrow morning and heard Willie Randolph was fired, I would not be surprised.  I’m not saying that’s the right thing to do or that’s gonna change anything, but I feel its just been such a downward spiral of late.

And I don’t wanna hear anything about it being the Braves and it being in Turner Field, this team has looked like this against just about everyone at some point in time, even the Pirates earlier this year.  I’m sure all fans feel the way I do, as this is an extremely frustrating situation.

This team, this organization, has to take a good, long look at themselves in the mirror.  It’s time to go out and perform.

I can’t believe it, but here we are, May 21, and the Mets are 22-22.