It was an interesting and memorable scene this afternoon in the visiting clubhouse at Turner Field. After Jeff Wilpon, Omar Minaya and John Ricco closed the door to Jerry Manuel’s office, a crowd of reporters retreated to the other end of the room, and settled in to stare at the white brick wall that separated us from team brass….

Several hours after that, the Mets won a baseball game. A good game, actually, with clutch pitching from Mike Pelfrey, who just has that ace look to him most of the time this year, the way he stands on the mound and establishes a rhythm and pace for the entire game.

Afterwards, the Mets made clear that they were oblivious to most of the drama. They weren’t lying or feeding us clichés. This stuff matters way more to media and fan-types than it does to the guys on the roster.

– Andy Martino, Surfing the Mets.

Martino nails it here. The Mets’ decision-makers met, and then the Mets beat the Braves. The Mets did not beat the Braves because their decision-makers met. The Mets beat the Braves because even the worst baseball teams still win 1/3 of their games, and because Mike Pelfrey had a good game and Pedro Feliciano managed to wiggle his way out of a jam.

On Twitter last night, it was pretty baffling to see how eager people were to make post hoc ergo propter hoc arguments off a single game. It’s one game! And, for like the millionth time, to suggest that the Mets were somehow trying harder because they knew their manager was under the gun is to imply that professional baseball players aren’t trying really, really hard all the damn time.