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Mets vs. Dodgers | July 22nd - 25th 2010

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Dodgers vs. Mets | April 26th - 28th 2010

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Dodgers vs. Mets | July 7th - July 9th, 2009

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Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers | May 18th - 20th, 2009.

All of a sudden the bats come alive yesterday. Combined with a stellar performance by John Maine the Mets are able to eke out a 3-3 West Coast road trip. The Mets should have done better. Tuesday's game was well within reach given the number of opportunities. Had the Mets won that game I think we could have called the trip a success.

Meanwhile John Maine continues to show me that he is maturing even as Oliver Perez is collapsing on us. Thank heavens for Maine and Johan Santana. We'd be down with the Nats if it wasn't for those two guys and Ryan Church. Speaking of Ryan Church. I'm going to talk about him on the next podcast. He has been a revelation so far and definitely the biggest surprise of the season for me.