Santana milestone: Win #100

Congrats, Johan Santana.

Here's to many, many more in a Mets uniform.

TSTDIA: Mets 6 -- Dodgers 1

This is the baseball we all knew the Mets, and Johan Santana, would put together day in and day out.

Carlos BellTRON

I miss Gary, Keith and Ron.

12 games: 3-1

Game 1: Mets 7 -- Marlins 6 (12 innings).
Game 2: Mets 8 -- Dodgers 4.
Game 3: Dodgers 9 -- Mets 5.
Game 4: Mets 3 -- Dodgers 2.

Record in the 12 games: 3-1. 8 left to play.

TSTDIA: Mets 3 -- Dodgers 2

After looking hapless for most of the day, the Mets battled back in the 8th with a 2-run blast from Carlos Beltran to tie and a single up the middle from Fernando Tatis ended up being the game winner.

Mike Pelfrey made the start, and he barely looked like he was going to make it out of the 1st inning, ended up logging a solid start, allowing only two runs through seven innings.

I believe in Aaron Heilman (and the New York Mets)

The headline is a spoof on famous Batman character, and soon-to-be blockbuster movie villain Harvey Dent.

For The Dark Knight, the latest installment in Christopher Nolan's Batman series, Aaron Eckhart (one of my favorite actors) will play Harvey Dent, better known as Two-Face.

Take note of the first names. Aaron Eckhart will play Two-Face in the theaters, while for Shea faithful everywhere, Aaron Heilman is playing Two-Face on the Mets.

Just take a look at Heilman's season so far by heading to his Baseball-Reference page. Here's a quick rundown of how his season has gone:

• First two games, both against Florida, he pitches three innings and only allows one hit and one walk while striking out four.
• Over his next three appearances, against Atlanta and Philadelphia, Heilman allows six earned runs in three innings.
• Bouncing back, facing the Brewers and the Nationals, he pitches 4 2-3 innings, again allowing only one hit and one walk, striking out five.
• Over the next four appearances, Heilman doesn't log a full inning. Facing the Phillies, Cubs and Nationals, Heilman allows eight runs (four earned), while striking out four in 2 1-3 innings.
• Heilman then logged six quality outings, lowering his ERA each time. Over 8 1-3 innings, he let in only two earned runs on six hits and three walks. He struck out eight in that stretch.
• His next appearance did not fare so well, as Heilman allowed three earned runs on three hits in only 1-3 of an inning. He followed that up with a slightly better performance, allowing two earned runs in one inning of work. He followed that up with another better performance, allowing only one earned run on three hits.
• Recently, against Florida, Heilman logged four innings of one hit ball, striking out seven.
• He imploded again last night, getting tagged for four earned runs on four hits. He did not strike out any batters.

Heilman, as I've shown you before, is having an absolutely roller coaster season, just like the New York Mets.

Though my good buddy Dave over at Mets Lifers has a post claiming Heilman is this years Met villain, using a picture of Heath Ledger as the Joker, I think the Mets would be much more suited as Mr. Harvey Dent, a.k.a. Two-Face.

They have become the masters of inconsistency. They tease us with a three game win streak, where the show fire, fight, heart, and talent. Then they come out, fight a bit, surrender leads, and watch their bullpen implode in their face.

It's going to be a very long season. Unless this team can put together a 40-game win streak, I'm not going to stop worrying until the season is over.

Up and down, up and down, probably all season long. Mets fans, we must get used to this roller coaster season, now titled 2008: The Year of the Two-Face Mets.

12 games: 2-1

Game 1: Mets 7 -- Marlins 6 (12 innings).
Game 2: Mets 8 -- Dodgers 4.
Game 3: Dodgers 9 -- Mets 5.

Record in the 12 games: 2-1. 9 left to play.

TSTDIA: Dodgers 9 -- Mets 5

The theme of tonight: close but no cigar. The Mets left 11 runners on base. They had the bases loaded three times and got one run out of it.

Missed opportunities all around.

Clayton and I

Here I am, sitting on my butt, munching on pretzels and sipping some soda and watching the New York Mets take on the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Clayton Kershaw, the phenom starter for the Dodgers, is a mere 4 months older than me. So as I sit on my green couch, blogging away about the happenings at Shea, a guy four months older than me is on the bump in Shea Stadium in front of 40,000 fans.

A bit of disparity, no?

I mean, I'm no slouch, but I could not even begin to fathom the idea of being in the major leagues, pitching in New York at my age. Heck, at any age.

A hat tip must go out to him and his blossoming career. I think he's going to have a pretty stellar career. Didn't look like it in the first, as he gave up a first inning 2-run home run to Luis Castillo.

And who is this person masquerading as the Mets second baseman? Whoever he is, can this one stick around for a while, preferably the next four years?

Keith Hernandez and his love affair with camera angles

In another life, I think Keith Hernandez would have been either a photographer or cameraman. Or both.

Every single time, without fail, that SNY switches to a new or "exciting" camera angle, Hernandez swoons and exclaims his love for the newest video angle.

It's truly hilarious and is just another wonderful facet to the team of Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Mr. Hernandez in the booth for SNY. They're the best in the biz (not just my personal opinion) and continue to keep us entertained through every game this year.

Kudos to you, SNY booth. Excellent stuff.