WASHINGTON — This is the hard, routinely unfair business of playing baseball the way it’s supposed to be played: You can feel good about Eric Campbell delivering one of the biggest hits of his career at the very same moment you can lament Campbell’s presence at the plate.
Or on the team.
“Yes,” Campbell said, maybe an hour after his clutch, two-out pinch-hit single propelled the Mets to a feel-good 7-2 victory over the Nationals Tuesday night, “that feels very, very good.”
It should feel good for Campbell, same as those three home runs just before the break against Arizona should’ve felt good for Kirk Nieuwenhuis, same as the home run that Danny Muno hit against the Braves last month ought to make him feel good.