Mets Fail To Sweep Phillies, Still 2.5 Games Back of Wild Card

They're winning series', but also running out of time. Robert Gsellman pitched well, but Jay Bruce really needs to step it up and start hitting.

Anybody But The Phillies

Really now, I thought after they put a through whipping on the Cubs and with Rafael Furcal back, the Dodgers would take out the Phillies in 5, at the most 6. But now with the Phils taking the first two games and nobody hitting besides Manny Ramirez, I'm starting to wonder if L.A. can even get a game. Bottom line, Joe Torre needs to wake his team up and fast, starting tomorrow against Jamie Moyer or else this series will be over before it started. And I'll have to look forward to a sad baseball season get even worse with the Phillies in the World Series.

Manny Acta and the Nationals Really Suck

Ok, I'll admit to being a little upset that the Nationals aren't even competing against the Phillies in their current series and yes, we more than took advantage of the Nats ineptness just last week. But the irony here is Nats manager Manny Acta and all the love he was getting as a possible replacement for Willie Randolph during the offseason....I mean, this guy has done to show that he should be managing a major league baseball team during his entire tenure in D.C. Nothing!

Mets Back In First Place

Damn, Charlie Manuel doesn't play, sitting down reigning MVP Jimmy Rollins down in an important game like this? Gotta' respect that. Either way, we're in first place by ourselves for the first time since I don't know when, playing well and I'm starting the Carlos Delgado for MVP campaign. That said, this next series against the Cardinals is just as important to our run because of the wild-card implications (which hopefully we won't need at the end) so no need to get too high off of beating the Phillies two-outta-three, we still got major work to do.

Mets Take First Series With Phillies

Listen, I'll take 2-outta-3 anytime, especially against the hated Phillies, even if they didn't have their MVP for a couple of games. But Willie's gotta stop taking out these starting pitchers so early and quit acting like Aaron Heilman is Joba Chamberlain. Oh, and Angel Pagan? Godsend.

Rockies Beat Phils In Game 1

There's two things that'll help me get over the hurt from the Mets historic collapse: another Yankees first-round exit (Go Indians!) and the Rockies taking out Jimmy Rollins' Phillies. So far the Rockies are keeping their end of the deal.

Phillies 3, Mets 2

This game had the recipe for a Mets loss:

1) 44yo Jamie Moyer (sporting like a 8+ ERA in his last 5 starts) holds the Mets to two runs in seven innings.

2) A horrible umpire behind home plate

3) Predictably Willie decides not to squeeze with 1 out and Gomez on 3rd with reyes on 1st in the 8th; Castillo then strikes out (which he almost never does) and eventually Beltran strikes out with the bases loaded.

4) Aaron Heilman pitching in a tight game

Just a bad loss, now we have to take the next two to not only get revenge on the Phils, but to help us wrap up the N.L. East before this thing starts to get a 'lil dangerous.