Time To Be Optimistic, Cautious

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May 18, 2004

Based on the last few games you’d figure us fans would be on top of the world. And we are. Our team has won four out of the last five games capped with a dramatic finish on Sunday. They were expected to lose all five due to the level of the competition (Randy Johnson, Brandon Webb, Roy Oswalt, Andy Pettitte & Roger Clemens).

So why not be optimistic? Because these are the Mets we’re talking about here. If history has taught us anything it’s that five games does not make a season. You could be on top of the world one day and trampled on the next.

What’s my conclusion? It’s OK to be optimistic. (As you can tell by my post after James Baldwin‘s first start I believe in optimism and not judging people too quickly.) But while we’re being optimistic it’s also important to be cautious. The road to hell is paved with people who, after beating the toughest of competitors, fell to the lowest opponents. Let’s hope these Mets don’t join them.

Notes:

  • Both the New York Post and the Stamford Advocate have pieces on Braden Looper.

  • There are rumor circulating this morning that Grant Roberts will have surgery soon. The rumors are coming from this story in the New York Daily News. My take? There’s obviously something going on behind the scenes here because this situation is just too weird. I’m very curious to see what the whole story is once the smoke clears.
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