Thank you Willie

For dropping Delgado to 6 hole. Definitely needed to happen, long overdue. More important than that, though, is I think the following:

"Sometimes when you're a big power hitter you fall back into who you are instead of doing what's necessary," Randolph said afterward. "We talked before the game about taking little bites, about taking advantage of what they give you, taking advantage of that big hole.

I'm surprised someone needed to explicitly tell this to Delgado, since this has been obvious to anyone watching the Mets. Don't worry about the power for now: if you're as deep in a slump as Delgado, focus on even just getting a single. ESPECIALLY when chipper is opening up a hole a mile wide on the 3rd base side just mocking your inability or unwillingness to go the other way. Luckily, Delgado made them pay for that overshift twice last night, I was very glad to see that. Even if his power #s drop Delgado can still be a potent contributor to offense; but what we can't have is someone batting .209 and constantly killing rallies.