Tonight in HISTORICAL REDEMPTION, the Mets are now at least a .500 team over their last 5,880 games, going back to Wednesday, August 23, 1978, an improvement of 1 game. Not much, but it's important to note that Sandy's team isn't just clearing the red from Joe McDonald's ledger, but from his own. The Mets are now 19 games over .500, equaling the total they've been under .500 over the last two seasons, plus one game for good measure. They're not only redeeming 1978, but 2012 also. Scratched from (or at least equaled on) the historical register is this punchless effort, in which a strong performance by Tom Hausman is undermined by an indifferent offense and late fart by Skip Lockwood. [fimg=800]http://www.ultimatemets.com/scorecard_graph.php?game=2733&font=1[/fimg] The Mets are now a .500 team dating back to the birth of Kobe Bryant (who grew up a Mets fan).