15 runs is a lot of runs and one would HAVE to assume the Mets will slide at some point, even if it is 3 or 4 straight losses. The real test will be next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, our last crack at the Mets at home. You really need to almost sweep the Braves this weekend and take 2 of 3 from the Mets to keep any kind of dream alive.

Still, it's hard for me to muster up too much optimism when Williams' hilariously poor management of the bullpen becomes less and less excusable by the day. Twice this week we were up 5-3 over the NL's best team on the road in the 7th inning; twice we would collapse thanks to a bullpen that's by now notoriously fragile, all the while failing to bring in your only bullpen commodities in Storen and Papelbon during crucial situations.