Mike Piazza — I’ll be there at your Hall of Fame induction (in a Mets hat, I’d hope), and I was standing at home during your homers tonight, but hey. I’m glad the current Mets got the win Wednesday, 4-3. And a nail-biter it was, with Piazza bashing a pair and another Padre making it close in the ninth off Billy Wagner. But the final was good, and so is a magic number that stands at a mere …

37.

‘Tis over Philly, who beat Atlanta. Everyone’s a lot of games out.