East Coast Hunkers Down for Hurricane, Phillies-Mets Series
walkoffwalk.com 9/5/2008 — Forget football and forget the MARNA Indoor Nudist Swim , the two biggest things that are happening this weekend on the East Coast are Hurricane Hanna and the Phillies-Mets series . What's the common denominator? Both events feature a lot of ...
Pelfrey's innings count
theropolitans.com 9/5/2008 — Mike Pelfrey will open the series against the Phillies tonight, and according to this New York Times article, Dan Warthen "will be one of the more fidgety people in the Mets’ dugout." The article outlays the research by SI columnist Tom Verducci, where he found that if a young pitcher, under the age
Lineup: Phillies come to town
nydailynews.com 9/5/2008 — Here's the lineup for Friday's series opener against the Phillies:
Reyes, ss
Murphy, lf
Wright, 3b
Delgado, 1b
Beltran, cf
Church, rf
Castillo, 2b
Schneider, c
Pelfrey, rhp
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Looks like Jon Niese will have to wait for his next ...
ON DECK: PHILLIES AT METS
nypost.com 9/5/2008 — There are many members of the current Mets who were not a part of last season's historic collapse. And the players who were have put it in the past. The Mets (79-61) begin a weekend series against the Phillies (76-64) with a three-game cushion...
Brett Myers is THE MAN!
myteamrivals.typepad.com 9/6/2008 — Brett Myers totally shut down the Mets through 8 innings tonight. He allowed only 3 hits, walked 2 and did not allow a run to score. In fact, in his last 9 games since he came back up from his trip to AAA, Myers’ ERA is .173.
Phillies vs. Mets - Recap - September 05, 2008
sports.espn.go.com 9/6/2008 — Fast Facts • The Phillies have now taken five of six series-opening games with the Mets this season. The bad news for Philly fans -- in the remaining games of those series Philadelphia is 1-9. • On July 1st, Brett Myers was optioned to Triple-A after ...
John Delcos' NY Mets Report
nymetsreport.com 9/5/2008 — The Mets will take another performance from Mike Pelfrey like the one he gave them Friday against Philly. Three runs on four hits in seven innings. That’s five straight starts in which he gave up three or fewer earned runs. Pelfrey is 1-1 with a 0.69 ...
Phils blank Mets, shrink gap in East —
Major League Baseball News 9/6/2008
Friday was the most important game of the series, the one the Phillies needed to swing some momentum in their favor. Behind another dominating performance by Brett Myers, the Phillies accomplished that goal and pulled within two games of the Mets with ...
Schmidt stirs it up —
Surfing the Mets - NY Daily News Blogs 9/6/2008
Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt created a pregame stir. Here’s the Associated Press version of the story:
In a pep talk via e-mail, Mike Schmidt reminded the Phillies Phillies of their big comeback to win the NL East last season and said “the ...
Billy closer to returning —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 9/6/2008
As the Mets prepared Friday night for the most important series of their season, all Billy Wagner could do was watch. "I hate not getting to play against the Phillies," said Wagner, still out with left elbow inflammation.
