The Team. The Time. The Mets

The Team, The Time, The Mets.....The Magic is Back.....Your Team has Come....

These were some of the cheesy slogans spewed out by Mets ownership in the '80's, '90's, & 2000's to
try to promote the team.  My favorite was one not given by ownership, but one given by Robin Ventura in 1999.. Mojo Risin'.  It was a reference to the great Doors song L.A. Woman but it also represented a team on the rise...A team that was never out of a game.

The great quality of Bobby Valentine's late '90's and early 2000's ball clubs was the ability to come from behind to win ballgames and that is exactly  what these 2015 Mets are doing right now.

The Mets' resiliency and ability to come from behind makes it easy to forget that 8 weeks ago, if they were down 2-0 in the 4th, it seemed impossible that they would win the game.

Tonight's game was overshadowed a bit by the Matt Harvey story line of the last few days.
Harvey struggled.  He did not make the best of whatever amount of innings he's got left to throw this year.  But unlike early in the year, when the only way the team would win is if the starting pitcher threw a gem, the offense picked up the guy on the mound.  That is the mark of a good team.

Another mark of a good team is production from unlikely sources.  We all know Yoenis Cespedes is a beast.  The guy can do it all and he's shown that over the last six weeks.  He was one of the heroes tonight.  But the main hero was Captain Kirk Nieuwenhuis.  The guy who was Designated for Assignment twice this year, went to the Angels and then came back to play for Mets.  He hit the winning home run in the 8th inning tonight.

The Mets are playing well right now.  Mets fans are excited for the first time in a long time
Maybe the magic is back and our team has finally come.  The next few weeks should be fun as they try to keep their lead and charge into the playoffs and we will find out if this is their time.

-BNOLAN
9/8/15