Whether or not you’re a terrified Mets fan or not at all concerned about the current skid, one is abundantly clear. The Mets will go where the two Carloses (Beltran and Delgado) will lead them. With the Met’s starting rotation coming back to earth and the seemingly endless injuries to the geriatrically veteran position players, the Mets need Beltran and Delgado to snap out of their season long slumps. Fast.

There is no way Beltran will avoid a shower of boos tonight when he returns home from a horrific road trip tonight as the Mets take on Carlos Silva and the twins in interleague play, but I hope that most Mets fans use their head and show some class. While he may look lackadaisical, Beltran is obviously feeling the stress of a slump, and doing everything he can to snap out of it. I cringed along with every other Met fan when Beltran popped out to Rivera with the bases loaded on Saturday, and everyone knows he is softer than a temper-pedic mattress. The guy is almost always playing hurt, and unfortunately for Met fans he never plays well when he is sore.

However, as fans we should learn the lessons of two years ago, when we almost lost our Puerto Rican slugger. Beltran suffered through a mediocre year in 2005, and Mets die-hards thought it would be brilliant to boo the man on opening day. After Carlos hit his homerun to calm the disgusting display, it looked like he was ready to pack his bags before Julio Franco talked him off the ledge, and into our hearts. Remember that it was Beltran who led the lineup through most of the wonderful 2006 season.

I hope that Met fans will learn from this, and understand the personality of their team. If Beltran and Delgado are to snap out of their current funks, a barrage of boo-birds won’t be the catalyst. Both sluggers are too talented to be down for this long. They will both snap out of it, it is just coincidental and unlucky that both lost their strokes at the same time. Don’t be a fan who has to cheer the fan he booed last week.

Sometimes in baseball you have to be patient when everything seems to be slipping away. The Mets are a good baseball team, and have enough talent to win the National League. It isn’t time to juggle the roster around, trade away our stars, or jump ship just yet. Tonight that ship is the Maine, and while we all will Remember the Maine tonight, lets not jump off the Bel-train. I’d hate for him to once again resent New York again as he is carrying thefreight to November.