Nice to see Felix pitch well today

With the M's back to .500 before the All Star break, today would be a great time to see Felix push them over the top. For some teams, getting even in the win-loss column is a temporary victory. A few losses and before you know it, you never see .500 again. Being even a few games over .500 is a huge mental advantage not only to the players, but the fans. It's hard to look in the W-L column and worry about how many games back you are when you have a losing record.

But over .500 everything changes. You are now legit in the minds of many fans as being a playoff caliber team. You might not be hyped as World Series contenders, but you get mentioned a lot earlier in Sportcenter shows, and compared to where this team has been .500 is pretty amazing.

Arizona is reeling. Felix takes the mound. It sure would be nice to see him step up and keep this streak going.

It's good to be an M's fan again.