Good for Carlos Beltran. I don’t mean his three run dinger. I mean his talk with Jose Reyes. Sensing that Reyes seemed depressed in the early stages of the season, Beltran had a talk with Reyes the other evening before the first game with the Nats. He told Jose to be himself. Have fun. Cheer his team and dance, dance, dance. Good. So what has Reyes done since? He went 4 for 5 on Tuesday night and last night he hit a game tying home run. In the bottom of the 5th after the Nationals had gone ahead.

The idea that Reyes should tone down his enthusiasm was ridiculous. As Beltran said, “who cares what other teams think”. For the last time, the Mets blew last year’s division championship because of pitching. The Mets offense scored enough runs, even with a slumping Reyes, to win at least the two games required to get them in the playoffs. The pitchers, both relievers and starters, could not hold the lead. And when they blew the lead, somehow the finger got pointed at Reyes for not jump starting the offense. Jose suffered from a bit of the A-Rod paradigm last season.

This idea that the Mets should be concerned about what other team’s think of their on field dances is a bit overblown. The Mets need only to look to their own past to realize that arrogance is a trait of a winner. There was no team hated more than the 1986 Mets who just happened to win 108 games and a world championship. I’m not saying these Mets should go to the extreme the ’86 club did but they certainly don’t need to tone down their behavior from last year. The Mets simply need their pitchers to hold the lead or keep the game close.

Now before we start getting all crazy thinking the Mets are back after these two wins, let’s not forget who they are playing. But there is good news here. A winning team needs to beat the crap out of bad teams. So far against the Nationals and Marlins, the Mets are 4-1. However against better team like the Braves, Phillies, and Brewers, the Mets are 3-5. The Mets need to play .500 against the National League’s elite which they are a member of. They also must pummel the lower division dwellers. So all and all, as David Wright himself said, the Mets failed the first test. The second test begins this weekend in Philadelphia and then two games in Chicago. Let’s see if they can do better this time.

Citi Field continues to look more and more complete with each passing day. The last piece of structural steel was installed a couple of days ago. Jeff Wilpon and others signed the piece before it was bolted into place. Green seats in the upper tier are already being installed from right field to left.

Inside the park, footings are being poured for what will be the lower field level seats. You know the real expensive ones. Work continues inside the park on luxury suites and restaurants. The outside façade is almost complete. The installation of the field and scoreboards will begin later this season.