Battle in the NL East
Posted on 30. Apr, 2010 at 7:30 pm by Meerkat in Baseball, MLB Baseball, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies
This weekend the Mets and Phillies will be sluggin it out for control of the NL East pennant. Unfortunately, for me & my mooph, the stinkin Metropolitans jumped all over Kyle Kendrick Friday night (9-1 NYM) and have taken a 1.5 game lead over my brotherly-love heroes.
Oh wait, the salt in the wound now comes from the Nats beating the Marlins, so that means the Phils have dropped to 3rd! WTF!?! I did not envision the Fightins beginning May in the 3 spot … this is a nauseating thought. I might need to leave a bucket, bedside, for the rest of the weekend.
Halladay gets the ball Saturday, what a relief, but no cake walk with surprising Pelfrey (4-0, .69 ERA) for the Mets as the Roy opponent.
Ugh. But then it’s Moyer (5.25 ERA) vs Santana (2.08 ERA) on Sunday, warm up the Phillie bullpen now!
The world is a little upside down right now. In their last 11 games– the Mets are 10-1 and the Nats are 7-4. Huh?! The Phils are strugglin at 4-7 in their last 11.
At least Lidge is back in the bullpen, giving some hope that the arms won’t be as spread out in the late innings. Madson is no closer and his 7 ERA shows he’s having a rocky spring so far.
Now that Ryan Howard is signed up long-term (which I’m not sure to be happy or concerned about) maybe Ruben Amaro can begin tinkering with some scenarios on how to get an extra RP arm for the dog days.
Philly needs to wipe the diamond with the Mets Saturday & Sunday to get this big gooey cheez-steak dripping back in the right direction.
2 Responses to “Battle in the NL East”
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Stake
01. May, 2010
Simmer Kat. There is still 140 games left. Phils will win the east by 10 games, and be happy with the Howard signing. Lidge though is one who could blow everything for em.
El Rey
03. May, 2010
Nice effort by Santana…