IGT, 09/05/07, Mets @ Reds--Looking for Six

[Willets Point]

I'm not talking to any of you who are rooting for the Braves. Watch out or Atlanta may snag the Wild Card and kick the Mets ass in the NLCS.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The NL East title is entirely in the Mets' hands. There's nothing the Phillies can do about it. Rooting for the Phillies to lose when they're not playing the Mets is just being a weenie.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Rooting for the Braves to lose is just being about six years behind the times.

[metirish]

It's cool with me when a team losses and it helps the Mets but I'm not actively rooting for the Braves to win or the Phillies to lose and I would certainly heed Willets warning.

Probably the only team I actively root for to lose is the yankees.

Edited September 6, 2007 by Guest

[Benjamin Grimm]

If the Phillies won yesterday, they would have been four games behind. If the lead is still at four when the Phillies come to Shea a week from tomorrow, then Philadelphia is a sweep away from being one game out.

It's important, therefore, to keep the Phillies as far behind as possible before that series starts. If the Phillies come to town six or more games out, the Mets will be in much better shape.

The Braves are 2.5 games further away from the Mets than the Phillies are. With only 23 games left, that's fairly significant. They're the lesser threat right now.

[Willets Point]

See I look at it that if the Phillies are 4 games out when they come to Shea, it's a good chance for the Mets to put them 7 games out. Call me a cockeyed optimist but I think the Mets can win the division by winning a lot of ballgames. And if they don't, it's their own damned fault.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Then why are you worrying about Atlanta in the NLCS? If the Mets don't beat them, it's their own damn fault!

[Willets Point]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Then why are you worrying about Atlanta in the NLCS? If the Mets don't beat them, it's their own damn fault!

I'm not worried about them. That was just a warning for those of you who are rooting for the Braves of what type of cosmic irony may occur.

[Gwreck]

Willets Point wrote: That was just a warning for those of you who are rooting for the Braves of what type of cosmic irony may occur.

...says the man frequently predicting nothing but doom and gloom for the Mets.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Gwreck - "......says the man frequently predicting nothing but doom and gloom for the Mets."

I thought ira was on a temporary leave.

[Willets Point]

Gwreck wrote: ="Willets Point"]That was just a warning for those of you who are rooting for the Braves of what type of cosmic irony may occur. ...says the man frequently predicting nothing but doom and gloom for the Mets.

Not me. I'm optoMetstic!