Phillies-Mets Rivalry Second Best
In a post to Dugout Central, Jeff Moore puts together some funky math to let us all know that the Phillies-Mets is the second-best rivalry in baseball, behind Yankees-Red Sox.
This NL East battle doesn’t have quite the history lesson behind it as the Cubs and Cards, but the recent battles have been great, and the Mets’ collapse last year was downright historic. The dislike between the teams has been well documented, but has only played out in the media thus far. One misplaced fastball could easily change that. The Phillies are currently in first place and the Mets should be closer than they are. Both have been in the playoffs recently, and no one in either clubhouse is too fond of Mets closer Billy Wagner. Add it up, and you get a powder keg ready to explode.
The Mets come down to CBP for a four-game series against the Phils starting tomorrow.
F the Mets and any Mets fans who make their way to south Philly this weekend. Idea: Ram a quarter-stick of dynamite up your collective asses and celebrate the fourth in Queens where you belong.
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3 Comments so far ...
The Rays/Sox has the start of a good rivalry. I can’t believe I just wrote that.
As for Mets/Phils, man both teams look like shit. No consistency for either team. A weak NL means one of the two will probably make the playoffs, but to me neither team looks like championship material.
Comment on July 3, 2008 02:56 pmwho knew that the rays/sox series would be get more hype than the yanks/sox
i think the phils are pretty consistent, but only against the NL, which is basically all they have to worry about until that very very special series, however, the mets are the prime model for inconsistency, so basically, mets SUCK, phils RULE
Comment on July 4, 2008 03:10 pmI hate the Sox/Yanks series. Just cause both teams spend more money then the GNP of some 3rd world countries doesn’t make it good baseball. The Sox/Rays game me, Dman, and Emoney watched on Wed. was awesome.
Comment on July 8, 2008 10:46 am