A Message to Phillies Fans

NYsportsGUY posted 2/17/2008 from www.nysportspace.com [flag]

I wanted to write a message to all Phillies fans/Mets doubters out there. Here is the first line "I was ecstatic to hear Carlos Beltran's response when a reporter's seemingly generic inquiry about Johan Santana's effect on the team had him go off on a tangent.The whole middle part justifies the following presumption. Here is the last line-"Once we are 8 games ahead of you... [link]

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