A good sign for the Mets?

I’ve avoided making any comment on the firing of Willie Randolph, because of how utterly dysfunctional the entire affair showed the organization to be.

But I have the game on now and I am struck by what I just watched in the top of the second against Aaron Cook of the Rockies:

• Carlos Beltran — singled to right.
• Carlos Delgado — homered to left, Beltran scored.
• Trot Nixon — popped out to shortstop.
• Damion Easley — singled softly to center.
• Brian Schneider — singled to center, Easley to second.
• John Maine — flied out to center.
• Jose B. Reyes — singled to left center, Easley scored, Schneider to second.
• Endy Chavez — singled to right, Schneider scored, Reyes to third.
• David Wright — singled to left, Reyes scored, Chavez to second.
• Carlos Beltran — grounded out to first.

Yes, a five-run inning. But that’s not what was striking. It was the three straight hits with two outs, something I don’t think I’ve seen from this team in more than a year.

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet