So it's come down to this.The Mets come in to Philadelphia as the Ralph Nader of baseball..."fightning the good fight" as they are still mathematically alive, but most likely they get to decide who gets to go to the playoffs. Ironically, a good showing in Philadelphia by the Mets will help, of all people, Roger Clemens go to the playoffs.
Kinda takes the fun out of it, no?
Monday: Jae Seo (7-2, 2.38 ERA) vs. Brett Myers (12-8, 3.75 ERA)
Tuesday: Victor Zambrano (7-11, 4.10) vs. Jon Lieber(16-12, 4.23 ERA)
Wednesday: Steve Trachsel (1-3, 2.78 ERA) vs. Vincente Padilla (8-12 4.61 ERA)
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I hate to say it Metstra but there's a part of me rooting for the Phillies in this series (oh, the blasphemy!) IF a Phillies series victory over the Mets means the Astros don't make it in.
Of course, I could always root for the Marlins, Astros and Phillies to lose the rest of their games and for the Mets to complete a 10 game winning streak to end the season but I've already fallen for those kinds of scenarios this season much to my chagrin and Pedro's already given up for the year so why shouldn't I?
Go Phillies!
I wouldn't mind the Phillies winning. But I have developed a scientific method of choosing a postseason bandwagon of which I will share with everyone soon.
Hey Mestradamus -
Like many people lately, I stole from you this weekend. A bunch of people from my firm drove from Columbus to Cincinnati for the Reds v Phillies game on Friday. We had some pret-tay pret-tay good seats right behind the ball boy on the 3rd base line.
After watching in disgust as Adam Dunn let three balls go over his head I remembered a little something from a story you posted about a month agao. I yelled out "Hey Dunn, what do you and Michael Jackson have in common? You both wear a glove for no apparent reason." Not a second went by before my girlfriend slapped me upside my head. I was instructed to never do anything to embarass her like that ever again. The ballboy got a good laugh.
It was worth it. I've said it all season long (not here) we don't need any reds on the mets. We screw up enough on our own.
Amazingly enough, the Reds came back and took a five run lead after giving up a huge lead in the first two innings. Then they brought out the BELOVED David Weathers. Hating Weathers more than I hate the Phillies, with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth (and being a Larry David fan) I gave him the stink eye "YOU WILL FAIL!!!!" sure enough on that pitch he gave up a grand slam. Everyone else was pissed, but I had a good time. In case you wonder, Weathers gave up two more runs and now even more people hate him.
Joe,
That must have been why I got a warm happy feeling on Friday for no apparent reason. Thanks for making me proud!
Great work!
What was the line from Nicholas Cage's new movie "Lord of War":
"I'd tell you to go to hell, but it looks like you're already there."
tru dat.
Yeah, I heard it too. Doug Johnson, Johnathan Quinn, and Jesse "The Bachelor" Palmer are going in for tryouts.
Oh joy.
SPOIL AWAY!!!! the mets win!!! 10 PM on the west coast... wish these games were meaningful!!!
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