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What you notice most in this stunning turnaround at Citi Field is that, in contrast to last year, it's the other guys making the crucial mistake or the dumb plays that leave a manager shaking his head.
For now, at least, the Mets aren't the ones playing bonehead baseball.
It's too early to pronounce them cured of the ills that plagued them in 2009, when their gaffes on the basepaths and in the field made them something of a laughingstock.
And as we saw Tuesday night, Oliver Perez is a long way from cured himself....
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