Last night's game was a nice relief compared to the late inning nail biters recently played at Shea Stadium. Everyone had to be pleased with Soler's effort. He showed this kind of command after the first inning of his first game against Philadelphia. In the LA times, Steve Henson could not believe the Dodgers' inability to figure out this rookie pointing out his overblown ERA and that he had not won a game. What the writer failed to note is that Soler really has had only about three really bad innings in his first two games. The rest of the time Alay pitched effectively especially in his first game. He struggled with his breaking stuff throughout his second start. Last night he put it all together right from the beginning of the game. It has to be a great feeling for the Mets knowing that Pedro and Glavine are up next. But for goodness sakes, can the Mets score some runs for Pedro tonight?

It was also good to see Delgado get a couple of hits including a home run. And Milledge continued to contribute with his RBI single. The one thing that still concerns me is that the Mets continue to score predominately with the long ball. Do they muster a two or three run rally anymore?

Speaking of Milledge, what is all the fuss about high-five-ing some fans. What is the Giants complaint here? How dare they have the nerve to criticize when their own Barry Bonds stands at the plate for what seems like an eternity admiring his home runs. Now that shows the other team up. Giving high-fives to the fans the way Lastings did may have not been out of the MLB player's etiquette manual but certainly I didn't see it as showing up the Giants. He was simple sharing his joy with the fans. And more importantly the fans loved it. This is the kind of swagger the '86 club had with the fans. Tough if the other team doesn't like it. Listen, I'm the first guy to complain about athletes who shove it in the opponent's face. I hate that. That's why I can't stand pro football and basketball anymore. Those sports have become the "hey look at me" show. Even Michael Kay, voice of that other team in town, defended Milledge on his ESPN talk show yesterday afternoon. Milledge was having fun, and isn't baseball a game. It's supposed to be fun. Lighten' up, please.