The opposite of last season? Nats beat the hell out of the Phillies, fold up for the Mets? We'll find out on Tuesday!

what's the record for lowest OPS+ by someone leading the league in HR and RBI (or just one of those categories). Howard's 106 before tonight's game has got to be in contention.

what's the record for lowest OPS+ by someone leading the league in HR and RBI (or just one of those categories). Howard's 106 before tonight's game has got to be in contention.

Kong led the NL in HR in '82 with an OPS of 99.

The cracks are showing in the Phils' bullpen. I like Madson, Romero and Durbin, but they are showing signs of wear and tear. It looks like Chollie wants to ride them like he rode Romero, Gordon and Myers down the stretch last year but it's a little early and they've had a big workload.
I'll give Madson a pass for last night. He came in with bases loaded, nobody out and gave up 3 straight grounders. The first, hit medium speed, was scooped up by Howard moving to his right. He thought about coming home, which would have been a fine play, but must have thought about how erratic his arm is, hesitated and only got the out at second. The next ball was a medium speed grounder to third. It looked like Feliz hesitated for a millisecond, threw to second but the hesitation was enough for Utley to get wiped out at second. Two easy outs but two runs scored. Howard's hesitation was the key to 2 runs scoring that inning.

The way Myers is pitching of late, the Phillies have a slight edge in the overall pitching matchups this weekend. Wouldn't be surprised to see them take 2 of 3; thankfully, the Mets widened their lead in Milwaukee this week. Of course, a sweep would be disastrous.

Of course, a sweep would be disastrous.

I agree. That would give the Mets a six game lead with 19 to play, and we all know what would happen then.

It is totally illogical, but after 2007 (7 with 17 to go), and given how the Mets have played with a huge lead against the Phillies (10-1 became 10-9, 7-0 became an 8-7 loss), on some level, too big a lead seems possible.

Still, let this be the worst problem the Mets face.

Of course, a sweep would be disastrous.

Ending up tied atop the standings is not a disaster. It's certainly not favorable, however.

BTW Howard, allow me to say your climb up the standings in our league has been nothing short of astounding. Good show!