After a couple of games that were pretty much blown because of defensive miscues (though I gotta say, I’ll take a couple of those over a leaky bullpen anyday), it was nice to see Good Ollie show up today and contribute to the first of what, God willing, will be a long list of wins at CiFi.

Other than Dr. Jeckyll notching his first win, other things about tonight’s game that made me happy were Delgado going the other way in the face of the shift then later reaching way down to mash one halfway to Rhode Island, the heads-up home half of the 7th (great plate discipline, nice job by Castillo getting the bunt down, and Reyes scoring from first on a stolen base and three craptastic throws), and, last but not least, getting to see the lovely Mrs. Robinson at the dedication of the Jackie Robinson rotunda. Here’s a link I found which points to a fascinating chronicle of the color line and MLB.

I didn’t realize Delgado was so close to career home run #500… they showed a graphic during the game saying that nobody had ever hit #500 in a Mets uniform… it’s cool how we have two players who could potentially do it this season.

Looking forward to Maine vs. Peavy tomorrow… should be a tough contest.