Dear Mets and Mike Pelfrey,
Wanna start converting some skeptics [1] into believers? Beat the best pitcher in the National League tonight.
Your opponent, lifetime at Shea:
4 starts, 2 wins, 1 loss (a 2-1 affair in which Victor Zambrano went deep, throwing [2] the game of his life), 29 innings pitched, 29 strikeouts, 5 walks, 18 hits, 1 earned run.
Brandon Webb's earned run average in those four Shea outings: 0.31
This year overall, Webb is 11-2, toting a 2.58 ERA and wielding a WHIP of barely more than 1.
Alou isn't available (the sun shifted imperceptibly this afternoon, requiring Moises to undergo an MRI). Chris Aguila is apparently up [3], Abraham Nuñez undeniably down. The Mets are riding 'round in a hole in the ground.
Want us to believe you're worth believing in tomorrow [4]? Beat Brandon Webb or at least his team tonight.
Cordially,
F.U. in Flushing
F.U., of course, stands for Fired Up.