What do we call these guys if they win it all the way they should have in '06?

How about the Swingin' Mets? Which if Beltran had done it at nut-cuttin' time two years ago, we might've stuck Louis and swept Detroit.

But that's wallowing in the old.

How about now against the Cards? Can you believe Armas turning Wright and Church run production into a victory? After that lousy game Monday? Ya gotta.

That's the way the Mets meander. One night they look like lazy slobs while Philly and the Flyin' Hawaiian hustle like a banshee. The next day we have a solid staff and robust power. And Church comes back and halleluja.

I'm still not totally sold. This bunch looks a lot like  the 1990 Mets. We all thought they would pick up from '88. Instead, Davey gets fired and Bud can't do it.

Then again, I'm still rooting. The Carlos boys turn it on, and here we come.