It's definitely feeling like this time last year, as the Phillies continue to play their best and the Mets continue to collapse, now when it's most important. The difference this year is that the Phillies have held the NL East for most of the season and it's been theirs to lose; the Mets just seem to be blowing the chance they had to take over in the last couple of weeks. I don't want to get cocky because it's the Phillies we're talking about here and there are always chances to blow it. But the Phillies won against the Braves at home last night, 6-2. The Mets blew it against the Cubs. J.A. Happ pitched a great game for the Phillies and, whaddya know, but hunka-chunka Pat "The Bat" Burrell sealed the lead for the Phillies in the 8th with a 3-run homer. Now are 2.5 games ahead of the Mets. We also only have to win 4 more games, assuming the Mets win every game from here on out, to win the NL East. If the Mets lose the next two and we win the next two, it's already over. Please, guys, let me be optimistic and not think I'm jinxing you by being excited.
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