Love the way he takes a shot at Jerry Manuel in the final paragraph.

A New York MSM sportswriter praises the Mets? Actually calls them overachievers and uses the words "grit" and "gritty"? Advocates the re-signing of Jose Reyes? Wow.

"I don't see that's an upgrade" to the Rangers' bullpen, Ryan said. "And Beltran, you worry about his knee. And you're taking on an awful lot of salary." Texas: 27th in MLB in bullpen ERA Nelson Cruz OBP: .294 Carlos Beltran OBP: .372 Hmm...

Spoiler Alert: he doesn't break it.

Jeff Sullivan ponders the question due to conflicting reports about the ejection of Andrus from Sunday's game.

Why steering this crew to .500 is beyond admirable.