...because the mets sure can't beat them. they SUCK! WTF!!!!?????????? this is supposed to be a championship caliber team and they can't beat ANY of their divison rivals? mark my words, i will be suprised if they are still leading the division this time next week. they not only have to finish getting swept by the phils tomorrow ( and believe how hungry the phillies are playing and the hate they have for the mets, that will most likely happen), they then have to go to turners field and play the braves who have ALWAYS kicked the mets arse this year. congrats, yankee fans. you have a better chance to make the playoffs but the mets will have their frigging collapse right here and now. it doesn't matter, the yankees aren't going to win sh#t just like the mets. minaya is the most overrated gm. why not ask miniya why he did not bolster our bullpen this season? because us mets fans were to giddy about last year even though we didn't make the world series. unbelievable! watch a team coming out of no where ( arizona d backs?) make it to the series. because we as sure won't. i hate the mets celebrating and hooting and carrying on. we haven't won sh&t! STFU! you saw how the phillies play? they approached it like business as usual. we want to play and have fun. yeah, have fun at home watching the phillies play in the playoffs. i guess i am SO frustrated as not only a mets fan but a new york fan as well. we haven't won crap in a long time for a city with the most teams. and it looks like we won't for awhile anyway. probably for the next ten years. giants and jets are crap. islanders are crap and the rangers will mess up even though they signed gomez. don't get me started about our beloved frigging knicks. the mets in the beginning of the season looked like a possibility now they look like idiots. that team has more talent than any team in the national league and we can't beat our flawed division rivals? is reyes, wright and beltran overrated because once in a while they make a great defensive play for sportcenter? how is there clutch hitting this year? its not like last year! its BULLSH%T! sorry i had to vent!

Marlon Anderson is a a**hole for what he pulled tonight, we basically had the game tied. But even though we aren't playing good we still have the lead in the division and I dont see the Braves coming up. The Phillies are a problem and it will be a fight to the end but when it is all said and done I believe that we will take the division, we just need to get a damn heart. From what I see watching these guys is a bunch of girls, they dont want it and Willie needs to change that attitude. But I still have us going to the playoffs.

[Edited by - CDB on 08-29-2007 11:15 PM]

Posted by CDB:

Marlon Anderson is a a**hole for what he pulled tonight, we basically had the game tied. But even though we aren't playing good we still have the lead in the division and I dont see the Braves coming up. The Phillies are a problem and it will be a fight to the end but when it is all said and done I believe that we will take the division, we just need to get a damn heart. From what I see watching these guys is a bunch of girls, they dont want it and Willie needs to change that attitude. But I still have us going to the playoffs.

[Edited by - CDB on 08-29-2007 11:15 PM]

exactly want i am saying. they have the most talent than any team in the national league but you know what is holding them back? no heart. you don't see any hunger in their eyes. they seem like they are going through the motions. phillies to me are an average squad. but they keep beating the mets because they have the heart. when they play the mets, you can see in their eyes that they want to beat us and there isn't a damn thing we can do about it. that is why i am sick of rooting for these teams and they do sh%t! and cook i hope you are right and i would be the first to apologize in november but we might not make the frigging playoffs let alone worry about the world series. i can't see us winning until we play the reds next week and we end up in second or third place next week. and randolph with no urgency and no sense of accountability. i am starting to get sick of him too.

mets are the best team in the NL. they have the best lineup. their glaring weakness is the bullpen but what are you gonna do?

philly + atlanta are not good enough to make major runs to overtake the division. pedro is right around the corner. i can see why mets fans are worried but losing the division would be basically a major collapse and that's not gonna happen.

mets fans were spoiled by the tremendous season last year but not having pedro an entire year probably cost them a minimum of 5-6 wins. now, pedro may never be as good as he was but he's still better than brian lawrence.

I think that we really underestimate the talent of the philles, they are in a better hitters park without question but who on the mets blows you off the page when you compare them to the philles

Ryan Howard AVG .270 | HR 35 | RBI 108 | OBP .389 | SLG .573
Wright AVG .316 | HR 24 | RBI 87 | OBP .411 | SLG .533
Edge: Philles

Chase Utley AVG .337 | HR 18 | RBI 84 | OBP .414 | SLG .587
Jose Reyes AVG .297 | HR 9 | RBI 48 | OBP .369 | SLG .435
Edge: Philles

Aaron Rowand AVG .310 | HR 21 | RBI 74 | OBP .378 | SLG .511
Betlran AVG .273 | HR 25 | RBI 84 | OBP .357 | SLG .521

Pat Burrell AVG .268 | HR 22 | RBI 74 | OBP .409 | SLG .504
Delgado AVG .249 | HR 19 | RBI 73 | OBP .325 | SLG .428
Edge: Philles

Jimmy Rollins AVG .290 | HR 24 | RBI 74 | OBP .340 | SLG .523 Alou AVG .313 | HR 9 | RBI 31 | OBP .372 | SLG .488
Edge: Philles

Reyes has not been as impressive as everyone makes him out to be, i love the guy he is awesome and has a ton of stolen bases and really messes with the pitchers heads. I am sure if you changed all the guys and but them in the opposing park that the numbers would skew in the mets favor but right now, lets not act like the philles aren't as talented as the mets

phillies don't have the pitching to hang.

but in the mets case, maine looks like he's getting tired (maybe they need to implement a maine's rules) and how much longer can el duque keep this up (and he's the REAL mvp of the team, reyes 2nd)? but getting pedro is a shot in the arm they need.

Mets have desperately missed Duaner Sanchez.

Pedro, Pelfrey and quite possibly Phil Humber will be "manning-up" as the replacement pitchers.

Dear Chicken Liver hearts:

That's why you have a September. To get excited about a pennant race

sheesh

Hold up, I almost forgot... (deep breath)

(shouting at the top of my lungs) "Let's Go Mets!"

Briggs - a tad more explosive? You can only shuffle the batting order. 1-5 is good enough.

Carefully monitor #7 for fatigue. Delgato needs to shake off the cobwebs and get his groove back. The challenge is to fill 6-7-8 with productive hitters.

September rotation- Glavine, ElDuque, Pedro, Pelfrey and Perez

Endy Chavez for City Council

[Edited by - misterearl on 08-30-2007 11:12 AM]

dj - totally agree

Castillo rests on days after night games or when his knees start barking

the Mets outfield rotation of Chavez and Alou in left, and Green and Milledge in right will be fun to watch.

I miss Ramon Castro

Posted by djsunyc:

how does a player hit .350 if he's in and out of the lineup everyday?

you mean like Ruben Gotay was before Castillo got here?

Posted by djsunyc:

you play castillo at 2nd every day - end of discussion.
the position of flux is right field - that's where decisions must be made.

you have to play delgado b/c you have no other first baseman.

Castillo is the better defender, but Gotay is a much better hitter vs. righties. And Conine, yes a first baseman, was picked up to platoon with Delgado.

Posted by djsunyc:

conine is a pinch hitter.

In todays game maybe, but he was brought here to PLATOON with delgado against tough lefties as well.