"Jason Bay has been fooled before.

There have been times when he has had a brief run of success at the plate with the Mets and thought he finally had broken out of a slump -- only to fall back into another one almost immediately.

"The tendency that I've had -- and I've talked to [hitting coach Dave Hudgens] about it -- is I get to a point where I'm feeling comfortable and then all of a sudden a week goes by and I'm not satisfied, so I start changing things," Bay said.

"I think I need to start driving the ball instead of just letting it happen and then I get away from what was finally getting me going," Bay added. "I think even when I have three hits, it's not good enough, because it's two singles and a little double."

Jason Bay has been fooled before.

There have been times when he has had a brief run of success at the plate with the Mets and thought he finally had broken out of a slump -- only to fall back into another one almost immediately.

"The tendency that I've had -- and I've talked to [hitting coach Dave Hudgens] about it -- is I get to a point where I'm feeling comfortable and then all of a sudden a week goes by and I'm not satisfied, so I start changing things," Bay said.

"I think I need to start driving the ball instead of just letting it happen and then I get away from what was finally getting me going," Bay added. "I think even when I have three hits, it's not good enough, because it's two singles and a little double.""