More of Last Night, Please

Seriously, when was the last time the Mets made a win look as easy as they did last night?As accustomed as we've all grown to the Mets scoring runs in the first inning, rarely do we see them pile on the way they did last night. Ordinarily, the Mets would have tacked on those first two runs, sent a man to the plate with the bases loaded and seen the inning die, the opposing team down but not out.Last night Omir Santos, the savior, stepped to the plate and smacked a grand slam to make it a 6-1 ball game. Santos' slam absolved Gary Sheffield of his first inning mishap in the terrain of despair that is left field, and gave John Maine the kind of breathing room typically reserved for an Ollie Perez-meltdown-in-waiting. Fortunately, Maine was able to make it stand up.* * * * *Tonight the team plays its 20th game of the season, and exactly who they are is still difficult to determine.On the one hand their hitting is both better and worse than I'd have expected. The averages are...