Turning Point?

I can say one thing for sure: this is going to be one crazy effin season.

For us Mets fans just this past week was utter insanity. First we had to endure a horrendus homestand -- capped by a crushing loss to the Nats that sent the majority of us toward the ledge. The mob assembled, ready with pitchforks to run Willy out of town. The chorus for his head was deafening. Then all of a sudden, two tremendous wins against the skank...er Yankees and all of a sudden I'm not sure what we're looking at. I'm way to lazy to do the research but it was several years ago now that Bobby V's Mets went up against the Yanks and got spanked -- hitting rock bottom and leading to the firing of almost all of Bobby's coaching staff. As I recall, the Mets responded to that moment and caught fire -- this was either '99 or 2000 but I remember distinctly that the Subway Series was the turning point. I only wonder if we may have just witnessed another such moment. 

The two games against the Yankees certainly seemed different. The Mets came out with fire, they piled on runs, got key hits with men on base and shut the door at the end. They looked like a new team. Even Willy -- despite the flap over not getting ejected -- was into it. Sadly I fear he may have been playing to his critics, trying to act more emotional for the cameras. Hopefully it was genuine and signals that the Mets and their manager FINALLY get it. Now we need to see consistency. They've played well before this season, only to slip back into a funk as soon as the high wears off. Atlanta will be the test. I'll be watching.