After the Mets, the Giants come in for a 3-game series on Tuesday. We can sweep the Giants.

Then we go on the road to face the Rangers of the AL West and the Devil Rays in St. Pete. We can sweep the Rays; the Rangers and probably too nstrong of a team to sweep (Showalter's boys!) but 2 of 3 would be fresh!!!!

In fact, we finish June against the fairly competitive AL West: the Angels, Mariners and A's. If we have an excellent showing there, it leads to some important July road series against the Dodgers and the Rockies (hopefully they'll still be mediocre!) leading to the All-Star game. The momentum could wash GrimsleyGate right outta our hair - or remind everyone of 2004. It's the D-Backs choice.

I will buy a scorecard when I head back down and take my Walkman so I can score the game. When I come back I will post some thoughts on the game and the Chase Field atmosphere. The main patio area was fairly crowded at 4:30 - I think there might be a large crowd on hand tonight, and the Gonzo doll may be a reason.

There will be many Met fans in attendance. About 1 in 10 people I saw had Mets gear on.

That is a catchy little tune, you must admit. There are WAV's of it available on various Met-centric websites.

How come the D-Backs don't have a fight song? One that KTAR and FSN can play before each game? (And no, the "10% power/50% pain" rap song played on the Jumbotron does not cut it!)

last 8 games at Chase:

Mets 64 Diamondbacks 18

They swept us last year too.

The AFLAC quiz is "what is the record for number of road wins against the same team?" Obviously higher than 8, which is what they have on us now.

Let's not let them insult us like this.

This game is early and Soler is slipping from his strength. Webb is getting strikeouts with his sinker not as low as it should be.

All signs point to a comeback.

Again, let's not let that happen.

1. If it wasn't for the first inning I might still be there by now. 3 unearned runs in the first - then Webby settles down and notches (I believe) 9 K's. Lyon strikes out Soler in the 9th to get a team strikeout of 10 which qualifies everyone for a ticket redeemable for the 44oz. drink at Circle K.

1a. Soler a bad pitcher? He had two K's and made everyone hit line drive balls that the Mets infielders and outfielders routinely caught. The Mets infield is as good as I've seen and is every bit the equal of ours.

2. Announced attendance 35,150. Fairly good crowd, very tough to get Diamondback crowds cheering. Mets fans tried here and there to cheer "Let's Go Mets" but were always booed by the home fans.
3. No offense but pretty good defense. Great catch by Byrnsie in the 8th - but a run still scored. I heard the post game comments on KTAR, I think it was Green, basically saying the team is trying hard to get the offense started and it ain't workin'.
4. I had the radio on the whole game and drowned out the Annoying Blonde. Woo Hoo!
5. First time I saw the Taco Bell Race (the burrito won, Taco's towel almost came off and the big cup of pepsi was slow as molasses). I'll take the Milwaukee sausages any day of the week.