Jerry's Juice

After last night's excruciating loss to the Cardinals, Jerry Manuel said:

"You have to applaud the fact we have at least in these first ten games given ourselves a shot to win."

I, for one, do applaud that fact. The Mets have only won 3 games so far, but they kept themselves in just about every game. More importantly, the Mets are playing baseball the right way. They have been patient at the plate, drawing the 9th most walks in the entire league. They have also been aggressive on the base paths and are 10th in stolen bases. And here's the real shocker -- the Mets have the best fielding percentage in the NL, a far cry from the error-plagued season of a year ago.

All you can ask is that the Mets continue to give themselves a "shot to win". Soon enough they will catch some breaks and those L's will turn into W's.