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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Monday, September 17, 2007
Leave it to the Phillies to storm back into National League East contention with three pronounced stomps on the neck of the team directly ahead of them.
A few days earlier, the Wild Card had seemed the only path to the postseason. While it still may be the quickest path, the Phillies have surged with their second straight sweep of their chief division rival. They completed this task with a 10-6 win at Shea Stadium on Sunday, shredding New York’s division lead to 3 1/2 games.
“We have to keep going,” manager Charlie Manuel said, gesticulating. “They have to keep coming this way and we have to keep going this way. We’re going to meet somewhere along the line if we keep doing that. That’s how I look at it.”
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In running their winning streak against the Mets to eight, the Phillies had to leave their rivals with an uneasy feeling heading into the season’s final 13 games, and not so much that New York might blow the division lead… Still, there’s no denying that the Mets have saved the Phillies’ season. The Phillies are 13-7 since Aug. 27—7-0 against the Mets and 6-7 against everyone else.
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Posted: September 17, 2007 at 02:42 AM | 7 comment(s)
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1. Crispix Attacks Posted: September 17, 2007 at 02:48 AM (#2527893)They'll still miss the playoffs by two games again this year, of course. For a franchise with such an epic record of failure, they have FAR more wins since 2001 than any other team to have not made the playoffs once in that span.
Well, OK, but who is that?
Nats/'Spos
Reds
Pirates
Brewers
Rockies
Jays
O's
Rays
Royals
Rangers
Big fish/small pond.
Simply, the rotation has been surprisingly good. Kendrick has been good. Lohse has been good. Even Durbin has been good. Everyone except Gavin Eaton.
I can't believe that our combination of decimated rotation and inadequate bullpen isn't giving up 9 runs a game, but it hasn't been, and now there's jus 17 games left. Still doesn't make sense that they will keep it up.
B-Pro's playoff odds:
NL East ChampionsMets 94.63930
Phillies 5.32180
Wild Card still seems the only path to the postseason.
They've been playing against the Mets a lot?
I bet that doesn't take into account that the Phillies have shown the Mets they mean business.
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