Time to go with the hot hand...even if it's young.

Well folks, as predicted, the Ike Davis era has begun. The Mets kool-aid team made it out to Citi Field for our first games of 2010 yesterday, and what a game to pick. We saw Ike Davis not only get a hit in his first major league at-bat, but we also saw his first career multi-hit game and his first career RBI. Needless to say, there was kool-aid being poured all over Section 114 last night.

Not only did we drink tall glasses of Ike Davis kool-aid, but we also saw an excellent pitching performance by Jon Niese marking an entire trip through the rotation with good pitching performances by all - an excellent development.

With these guys stepping up, we have to ask ourselves what the Mets have in store for their strategies coming up here. In this writer's opinion, Angel Pagan has deserved the nod as the everyday center fielder until the return of Carlos Beltran especially after that big 2-run shot to left center last night. No matter what you may hear from John Miller and Joe Morgan, Gary Matthews Jr. is not the answer. Furthermore, I think we can all agree that we don't want to see Ike Davis going anywhere. I think we also need to see a little F-mart up here. Mets fans want to see our future now and the flashes of Ike we saw last night have told us, the future may be now. Niese is pitching well, Pelf is showing what he can do (and hopefully will tonight too), Jenry Mejia is looking better and better.

As much as we spout the positivity, last night's game was one of the first times this season that I actually felt comfortable watching a Mets game in the late innings. This needs to become a regular occurrence and I think it will as long as the Mets go with the hot hand and not worry how much experience someone has, where they are on the popularity scale, or how much they're getting paid.

There weren't that many people at Citi Field last night, but with wins will come attendance and with wins will come popularity. And, as long as our offensive stars come around, we keep pitching like we have been, and we see more of guys that work hard and perform like Angel Pagan and Ike Davis did last night, those wins should start rolling in. I said it before, and I'll say it again - Get excited Mets fans, the tide is about to turn!