Phils don't respond to Beltran's claim (AP)
Published 2/17/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
Maybe when Jimmy Rollins shows up, the Philadelphia Phillies will spar verbally with the Mets. One day after Carlos Beltran boasted that New York is the team to beat in the NL East, the defending division champions shrugged it off. "Whatever. I don't care," pitcher Brett Myers said Sunday. Beltran's prediction -- a direct message to Rollins -- came on the day newly acquired ace Johan Santana...
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