Posted by Joe: Please allow me to add something to Erin's posting for a moment here. Oh wait, I do not need any permission. After all, this is THE BLOG OF JOEYSCOOPS. In a New York Times article today, Lee Jenkins wrote that Piazza's mighty swat reminded people of one huge thing: whose house Shea Stadium really is. It does not belong to Barry Bonds, the man who visits once a year and does not play because of a runny nose. It belongs to No. 31, the pulse of the New York Mets, the man who led them when people were flocking to Queens, and watching their team play in a Subway World Series. As Mr. Jenkins' lede says, "The fans flocked to see one superstar at Shea Stadium last night and wound up celebrating another." As he says one graf later, "Piazza reminded Mets fans why they used to go to Shea regularly, no other inducements necessary." Maybe this team will get to .500, and those inducements will once again be unnecessary.