It seems as if Jason Bay got off to a snail’s start, with only 1 home run for the first 44 games. But did you know that for the last week, he’s hitting .500? He’s got 11 hits in 22 official at-bats, with 3 walks, 2 doubles, and of course, 2 home runs, both coming off a certain Mr. CC Sabathia, making it all the better. Even before he begun to catch fire, you saw a guy that was constantly hustling and more or less played like he had ice water in his veins. He knew he wasn’t being Jason Bay, but he also knew that eventually he would. His most impressive night for the Mets, by far, came last night at Citi Field when he hit those two homers, the second of which went the other way into the bullpen. If I understand this correctly, that bullpen’s roughly 4 miles away. I pass that bullpen on my way to my train station in Brooklyn. That bullpen’s so far away that I like to heckle the opposing team’s pitchers from my bedroom window. You get the idea.

Jason Bay, the guy who wasn’t a new starting pitcher, and the guy who wasn’t Matt Holliday (though to be fair I preferred him to Holliday), had a week that was basically his Met awakening. They say that Jason Bay’s a streaky hitter, so I guess this would qualify as one of those streaks. Keep it up, Jason, because you’re my Man-Crush of the Week, and I’d rather not feel like your my latest curse victim.