said by The Dv8or :

Outta jail!

Anyway... I dont have this hate for the Phillies like most other Met fans do primarily for one reason. I have tremendous respect for how the Phillies built their organization the past 5 years. They had tremendous prospects in the farm system that developed into a trio of MVPs. They havent signed a super-blockbuster free agent by tossing around wads of undeserved cash. They took players that other teams cast off (Lidge, Ibanez) and turned them into pieces that helped them win at a bargain price. Their bench is unbelievably productive. I include Jayson Werth in that mix, because he was acquired to be a bench player. They held on to their top prospects in the Cliff Lee deal, and werent suckered into trading for Halladay. The Phillies are what the Mets should be. I can't fault a team for winning if they build their team the right way and play the game well. The Yankees, on the other hand, are just this mash of ridiculously high-salaried talent. Their 1-6 in the lineup makes over 10 million, with three of them making over 20 mil. Purely pathetic. There's no sense of front office ability when you can throw around that kind of cash. It's just easier to swallow 80 million dollars in mistakes (Pavano and Igawa).

said by The Dv8or :

Outta jail!

Anyway... I dont have this hate for the Phillies like most other Met fans do primarily for one reason. I have tremendous respect for how the Phillies built their organization the past 5 years. They had tremendous prospects in the farm system that developed into a trio of MVPs. They havent signed a super-blockbuster free agent by tossing around wads of undeserved cash. They took players that other teams cast off (Lidge, Ibanez) and turned them into pieces that helped them win at a bargain price. Their bench is unbelievably productive. I include Jayson Werth in that mix, because he was acquired to be a bench player. They held on to their top prospects in the Cliff Lee deal, and werent suckered into trading for Halladay. The Phillies are what the Mets should be. I can't fault a team for winning if they build their team the right way and play the game well. The Yankees, on the other hand, are just this mash of ridiculously high-salaried talent. Their 1-6 in the lineup makes over 10 million, with three of them making over 20 mil. Purely pathetic. There's no sense of front office ability when you can throw around that kind of cash. It's just easier to swallow 80 million dollars in mistakes (Pavano and Igawa).

said by jwersan :

BTW, this is NUTS that they are playing BASEBALL this late in the year, it should have been OVER WEEKS ago!!!

said by Fishead1 :

Are you kidding me.Most people here are Mets fans.