Congratulations 2006 NL East Champions Philadelphia Phillies

[stevejrogers]

Oh sure they are down by 4 right now in the 9th, but make no mistake, the Mets will be overtaken by the end of the week and the Phighting Phillies, the last non Braves team to win the NL East, will go on to win the East and the Mets will head towards yet another mediocre season, where they'll raise our hopes again in a futile push for the Wild Card come Labor Day weekend.

Race is over, see you in 2007



Oh by the way, what did that scoreboard say with 2 outs botom of the 10th Game 6 1986 WS? Just trying to get some Karma going in what has to be a loss worse than the two to the Phillies last week

[Guest GYC]

More like 15th consecutive time Braves.

[DocTee]

The sky is not falling.

If you told me on 1 April that the Mets would be in first on 20 May, despite:

Beltran missing significant time
Wagner blowing 4 (?) saves
2/5 of the starting rotation on the DL

I'd be pretty damn surprised-- and happy.

Let's get 'em tomorrow.

NB-- this is not an apologia for WWSB-- he, not Billy the Kid, lost today's game.

[Willets Point]

Steve's trying to do reverse karma here not throw in the towel. Kudos to him.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

It's their year, if you think otherwise you're just a hater.

[nymr83]

lets calm down, i know you all hate the yankees (i do too) but if this game had been against the Pirates you'd be over it the next time we won 3 in a row. And in the grand scheme of things the yankee series is one of the LEAST important of the year because our opponent is neither a division rival nor a potential wildcard rival.

[Guest GYC]

It reminds me too much of this:

]--------------------------- MIDDLE 9TH Bottom 9TH B:0 S:0 O:0 Defensive Substitution: Jose Offerman remains in the game as the first baseman. Bottom 9TH B:0 S:0 O:0 Pitcher Change: Aaron Heilman replaces Victor Zambrano, batting 9th. Bottom 9TH B:0 S:0 O:1 Rob Mackowiak grounds out, shortstop Jose Reyes to first baseman Jose Offerman. Bottom 9TH B:2 S:2 O:1 Jose Castillo singles on a line drive to right fielder Mike Cameron. Bottom 9TH B:1 S:0 O:1 Daryle Ward singles on a ground ball to right fielder Mike Cameron. Jose Castillo to 2nd. Bottom 9TH B:0 S:1 O:2 Ryan Doumit flies out to right fielder Mike Cameron. Jose Castillo to 3rd. Bottom 9TH B:4 S:0 O:2 Jack Wilson walks. Daryle Ward to 2nd. Bottom 9TH B:0 S:0 O:2 Pitcher Change: Braden Looper replaces Aaron Heilman, batting 9th. Bottom 9TH B:0 S:0 O:2 Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Tike Redman replaces Brian Meadows. Bottom 9TH B:2 S:2 O:2 Tike Redman singles on a ground ball to center fielder Carlos Beltran. Jose Castillo scores. Daryle Ward scores. Jack Wilson to 2nd. Bottom 9TH B:0 S:1 O:2 Matt Lawton doubles (25) on a fly ball to center fielder Carlos Beltran. Jack Wilson scores. Tike Redman scores. Bottom 9TH B:2 S:2 O:3 Freddy Sanchez grounds out, shortstop Jose Reyes to first baseman Jose Offerman. --------------------------- MIDDLE 10TH Bottom 10TH B:1 S:0 O:1 Jason Bay grounds out, shortstop Jose Reyes to first baseman Jose Offerman. Bottom 10TH B:3 S:2 O:1 Rob Mackowiak reaches on throwing error by second baseman Miguel Cairo. Rob Mackowiak to 2nd. Bottom 10TH B:0 S:0 O:2 Jose Castillo grounds out, third baseman David Wright to first baseman Jose Offerman. Bottom 10TH B:4 S:0 O:2 Braden Looper intentionally walks Daryle Ward. Bottom 10TH B:1 S:2 O:2 Humberto Cota singles on a line drive to left fielder Cliff Floyd. Rob Mackowiak scores. Daryle Ward to 2nd.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

This loss hurts me so --just as someone who dislikes the Yankees intensely--that I can't imagine the pain of actually rooting for the Mets as well. How do you people take this? Do you ever think this whole thing(MLB) is a gigantic sham designed to torture you?

[The Big O]

="Nymr83"]lets calm down, i know you all hate the yankees (i do too) but if this game had been against the Pirates you'd be over it the next time we won 3 in a row. And in the grand scheme of things the yankee series is one of the LEAST important of the year because our opponent is neither a division rival nor a potential wildcard rival.

I appreciate the sentiment, but the last time we won 3 in a row is when we won 4 in a row (2 vs. Pittsburgh, first 2 over Atlanta). Those games over the Braves were our last consecutive wins, too. Since then, we're 4-8.

Let's make it 5-8 tonight.