Seems to me the Mets have been scoring runs early lately. In fact, a quick glance shows 15 first inning runs over the last five games. In contrast, their opponents scored only 16 total runs during that period. And those games were on the road. That means the Mets were up an average of 3-0 before their starting pitcher even took the mound.

Let's hope for a three-game sweep of the Phillies.

Mets Blog reports that Carlos Beltran was named NL Player of the week.

I couldn't find one particular thing to link to on Metstradamus -- the whole thing cracked me up. Check it out.

Via Mike's Mets we find that Sports Illustrated has put the Mets at the top of the NL Power Rankings. Personally, I'd rather be the underdog. However, that would mean the Braves were favored, so let's just run away with the dang thing.

And this list is long, but it's worth a read. [via NJ.com Always Amazin' -- registration required]
My favorite? #2 -- Lastings Milledge wasn’t slapping fives with fans after his first big league homerun. He was healing lepers and cripples. Heh.