Long story short, the Phillies lost to the Braves again last night, an abysmal 10-4. Brett Myers has returned to Mr. Hyde from Dr. Jeckyll and is pitching horribly. The hot hitting of the past few weeks from some players has just cooled off terribly, save for Mr. Ryan Howard.Earth to the Phillies: you are not the Mets. So stop blowing this playoff chance and start playing hungry. Yeah, we felt comfortable a few days ago at 2.5 ahead of the Mets for the NL East and the Brewers for the Wild Card. But now that lead has shrunk to 1.5--and that's only because the Cubs saved you last night by beating the Mets in extra innings.
The Mets play today while you have off. If they had won last night, you would be tied. Hear that? TIED. This is somehow reminiscent of last season, except now you are the team with everything to lose. The Mets are the ones who are supposed to fail, not you. You all are saying "One game at a time," "we're not looking to the playoffs," and "let's not get ahead of ourselves." Well, maybe you should start thinking ahead if it will make you play a little better; stop expecting little of yourselves because we, the fans, expect everything.
There are three games left. We can't afford any more losses. On your day off today, see how it feels a little bit. Do you like sitting at home watching other teams play? Because that's what you're going to be doing in about a week when the playoffs start if you don't start playing like the great team we know you can be.
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