Don’t look now, but the Mets have won 4 in a row.  How’d they do it?  By beating up on teams that are even less competent than they are.  They swept the hapless Marlins in a series that Mets’ radio announcer Josh Lewin described as “schadenfreude theater.”  It was nice to see another team implode for a change.  Then they won the first game of the series against the Pirates, a team that has echoed the Mets’ pattern of getting off to a hot start, only to collapse in the second half.  Ike Davis hit 2 home runs in the game to raise his tally to 30 for the season.  Who woulda thunk it (to coin a phrase)?

To the Blogs:

• Metsblog likes the improvement Jenrry Mejia showed last night, but makes some suggestions on how he can improve further.
• Bleacher Report thinks the Mets may be putting too much pressure on Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler.
• Rising Apple thinks the Mets should keep David Wright.
• Real Dirty thinks the Mets should trade David Wright.
• The Post quotes a team source as saying there is “zero” chance the Mets release Jason Bay this offseason.
• Daily Stache has identified a bright spot this season for the Mets!

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