Hank Kalet

This AP shot on CBS Sportsline says everything about this Mets team. I think. I hope. Do I have the strength to believe?

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This has to be the moment. Leadoff walk to a speedy runner with the big powerhitting first-baseman coming up. No outs. The rain is falling. We need some runs so we can end this series with a win and all go to bed.

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Here is “Cleavings,” a poem of mine just published by the Identity Theory literary web-zine.

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This is not an easy game to watch, though the baseball purist in me really loves it. It’s just that this is it, the end of the line for one of these teams. And the Mets need to plate a couple of runners.

Jeff Suppan has been great, tossing all-star caliber stuff, but he is Jeff Suppan, a middle-of-the-rotation guy. At some point, he has to pitch like one.

Aaron Heilmann should be in for the eighth, with Pujols due up third. He needs to keep the men in front of him off base and then be careful with the big fella.

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Not so heroic now, I guess — but I still love to watch him play the outfield.

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