MET KILLER

Teixeira reached base four times on Saturday, scoring two runs. Then he iced Sunday's game with a two-run jack in the top of the 9th and a diving stop down the line in the bottom of the inning. He was scooping throws from centerfield to doubleup guys, and finished the short series off with his ultimately dorky straight-armed fist into the air after the last out.

Teixeira is just a complete tool box. And yes, that's an '84 Donruss Don Mattingly double shortprint special-rookie platinum card in his hand.

With Chipper, and now Teixeira, the Mets may never beat the Braves ever again.

*During Saturday's Fox broadcast, McCarver was talking about how the rest of the league didn't like how Jose Reyes and the Mets were doing all their handshakes and 'showboating' the last couple years. He claimed that doing that hurt the Mets by giving the other teams extra motivation. So Joe Buck, realizing how ridiculous this sounded, said in the most sarcastic tone he could, "so they're gonna try harder because they don't like your handshakes?". It was a rare moment of hilarity from Buck.

*Ah, spring training. He was so good in spring training. The Mets tried to battle back for Maine, even posting some runs off Hudson. I was impressed until Jorge Sosa got involved and the game was over quickly.

*Braves closer Rafael Soriano lost all his velocity on Sunday after his 20th pitch. He went from consistently throwing 94 or 95mph to 93, 92, 92, 91, 92. His last pitch that Schneider ripped down the line was a 91mph fastball. My point is, maybe in the future, if you make this guy work a little, he'll become very hittable, very quickly.

*Carlos Beltran did a reenactment of the final out of the 2006 NLCS on Sunday. He just stood in the box, take, take, take, take against Soriano on some very hittable pitches until he got punched out.