Desperate Mets Stoop to Cheating, Still Lose

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Phillies fans + Mets fans + Beer = FIGHT!
Published 8/30/2007 by Michael Milici at Bugs & Cranks
... Not only have the actual Mets enjoyed a beating at Citizens Bank Park the past three days, now their fans are joining in the fun. In the ninth inning of last nights game (before Marlon Anderson secured the Philthie victory) some fans decided to take their anger out on Metro fans, who obviously don’t know how to act properly in someone else’s house. ...

A Slide That Will Live In Infamy
Published 8/30/2007 by The Feed at The Feed
... In 1969 a black cat ran onto the field during a game between the Cubs and Mets and was seen as an omen for Chicago's collapse against the soon-to-be Amazin Mets. 38 years later Marlon Anderson might have played the feline role when he slid into Tadahito Iguchi a little too hard on the last play of the Phillies 3-2 win on Wednesday night. Shawn Green was safe at first on the relay, scoring Endy Chavez with the tying run, but the umps called interference and the Phillies held on for their third straight win against the Mets. It was a questionable call, Anderson's foot appeared to have touched the bag, but there was no doubt that he shoved Iguchi on the transition. Making it worse was that it was probably not going to be a double play even if the second baseman got a clean throw off. The Phillies are but three games out of first before today's game closes out the series and have the look of a team that's going to be har ...

Throwing it around
Published 8/30/2007 by TheNaturalMevs at Diamond Hoggers
... The Mets cheated and lost last night. (The 700 Level) ...