Let's Get Home Early, Tim Redding's Pitching

Shortly before 1 today Joshua and I headed out to get some lunch and run some errands. (Digression: Kids would learn the value of saving better if passbook savings accounts offered interest that wasn't microscopic.) Yes, I knew there was a Mets game imminent. No, I hadn't forgotten my responsibilities as a chronicler. I figured we'd be home around 2, which would probably mean the bottom of the third or at worst the top of the fourth. The game would be just coming into focus. I was right about when we'd get home, but wrong about the game. To my amazement it was the top of the sixth -- and Tim Redding was pitching a gem. That second part is no longer quite so amazing, though. Not so long ago, poor Redding endured the indignity of numerous reports that his release was either planned or a foregone conclusion, leaving him in limbo for several days. Shabby treatment, but Redding's been not-too-shabby since returning to the rotation on August 22: He's lowered ...