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Mets' win draws sour grapes from cheesesteak capital
Published 7/25/2008 by Eddie D'Anna at SILive: Ya Gotta Believe
Memo to Phillies: Take a chill pill, would ya? Nobody likes a sore loser. Seems like the Mets' chief rivals and their television announcers weren't in a very playful mood this week while losing two of three -- nine of 13 on the season -- to the suddenly Amazin's. A number of Phillies, it seems, took exception to Jose Reyes holding his finger in the air as he rounded first base after socking a three-run homer -- the biggest hit for this team in a year and a half -- Wednesday night. Even Phillies' announcer ...

Put A Jersey On
Published 7/25/2008 by Metstradamus (noreply@blogger.com) at The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus
... Here's why I'm not going to get too crazy over this latest hypocrisy of Larry Andersen wanting to put one in Jose Reyes' neck, while Shane Victorino can run around being baseball's Theo Fleury: Larry Andersen is a homer. All these baseball announcers are homers to some degree. Even Keith Hernandez slips once in a while and says "we" when he means "they", while Gary Cohen lets his Yankee disgust subtly seep through every once in a blue moon. But trust me on this, it gets worse when you get away from New York and move towards, say, Chicago. Try sitting through a White Sox ...