Well, whaddaya know

The Mets are working on a team-wide streak of 27 scoreless innings. They shut out the Phillies for an entire series. There must not be a good sightline from the away bullpen to the plate. In honor of this great achievement, I give you the first official Thus Spoke Keith Hernandez Terrible MS Paint:



Wasn't that fun? I never would have expected that on a six-game homestand against the Yankees and the Phillies, the Mets would manage a 5-1 record. I guess all they had to do was get Maine and Perez out of the rotation.

The only problem with this is it means it's going to be a little longer before Jerry Manuel finally (finally!) gets fired. Maybe if Fernando Nieve's arm falls off (he's appeared in 27 out of 48 games, tying him for the league lead with teammate Pedro Feliciano) they'll can him. It would be nice if it didn't have to come to that, though.