Phils - Braves

[Guest mario25]

2 things about Gonzalez-Howard 1) Gonzales looked like Mariano against us and 2) As much as i hate to say this Howard is more of an MVP then any Met because HE COMES THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH

[metirish]

Never a good sign when I am checking scores from other teams hoping they are losing....fucking Mets.

[HahnSolo]

Chipper, McCann, and Infante in the 9th for the Braves against Lidge I would assume.

[stevejrogers]

Whatever fucking works at this point!

[soupcan]

Phils win 8-7.

[HahnSolo]

Of course we're teased by Lidge walking the bases loaded only to have Blanco strike out to end it.

It is striking how similar this year is to last year.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

The Braves work 3 walks out of Lidge, but Blanco strikes out swinging to end the game.

The Mets are now trailing the Phillies.

[soupcan]

The Mets are 1/2 game out with 12 games to go.

We knew it would come to the wire and it has.

Let's Go Mets!

[Guest holychicken]

="soupcan"]The Mets are 1/2 game out with 12 games to go. We knew it would come to the wire and it has. Let's Go Mets!

The wire is till more than a week away. I have a hard time believing right now that the Mets will be in it at that point.

I can't see how losing first place so quickly is going to help them relax and play better.

[soupcan]

Hey, I'm trying over here.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Mike Schmidt was right; the Phillies are a better team than the Mets. They rise to the occasion, the Mets shrink from it.

Our best hope (and a reasonable one) is to have the Brewers suck more than the Mets do over the next week and a half.

And then, the next step is to have the Mets wake up once the playoffs start. That seems to be more of a pipe dream, but you never know.

(What is a "pipe dream" anyway? Does it have something to do with drugs? Or do people actually dream about pipes?)

[Gwreck]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Mike Schmidt was right; the Phillies are a better team than the Mets. They rise to the occasion, the Mets shrink from it. Our best hope (and a reasonable one) is to have the Brewers suck more than the Mets do over the next week and a half.

Yawn.

This is not 2007. The Mets have not been in first place all season. First place has gone back and forth and neither the Mets nor the Phillies have had a lead of more than 3 games since before the All-Star break.

This isn't a collapse, it's a pennant race. And we're behind by half a game. Sheesh.

[Frayed Knot]

]Mike Schmidt was right; the Phillies are a better team than the Mets. They rise to the occasion, the Mets shrink from it.

At least until proven otherwise, that is the case.



Tonight's matchup features LHP J.A. Happ for the Phils, just promoted to the rotation in place of the floundering Kyle Kendrick vs RHP Jair Jurrgens probably the Braves' best pitcher this season - or at least the healthiest.

[Benjamin Grimm]

="Gwreck"] Yawn. This is not 2007. The Mets have not been in first place all season. First place has gone back and forth and neither the Mets nor the Phillies have had a lead of more than 3 games since before the All-Star break. This isn't a collapse, it's a pennant race. And we're behind by half a game. Sheesh.

I didn't say it was a collapse. It is, as you said, a pennant race. And the Phillies are winning and the Mets are losing. Sure the trend can turn around at any time, but I don't see any reason to expect that it will.

Since the Brewers are also losing, it's not unreasonable to think that they're more likely to out-lose the Mets than the Phillies are.

[HahnSolo]

Gwreck wrote: Yawn. This is not 2007. The Mets have not been in first place all season. First place has gone back and forth and neither the Mets nor the Phillies have had a lead of more than 3 games since before the All-Star break. This isn't a collapse, it's a pennant race. And we're behind by half a game. Sheesh.

This is actually reminding me more of the near-collapse of '99. When we blew the wild card lead, then needed to sweep the Pirates just to qualify for the one-game playoff.