Phillies take third game in row from first-place Mets - MLB

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Torture
Published 8/30/2007 by Jason at Faith and Fear in Flushing
... When did it all go wrong? When we took the field, more or less. ...

THT Daily: Division Races
Published 8/30/2007 by Matthew Carruth at The Hardball Times
... PHI 3 NYN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 6 CHN 1 ...

Rule 7.08(b): It’s a bitch.
Published 8/30/2007 by Paul Moro at umpbump.com
... What we will never know is if Green would have beaten the throw to first had Iguchi been able to get it to Ryan Howard cleanly. The groundball to Rollins was not hit very well, and the momentum of Iguchi’s body was going to third base, which with his arm may have made for a difficult throw. I’ve seen the replay quite a few times and I still don’t know. ...

Interference or Hard Slide?
Published 8/30/2007 by Jack Cobra at Cobra Brigade
... I've spent quite a few minutes this morning checking out the video and pictures of what happened and I think, I think, I've made a decision on how I feel about the play. Being a former middle infielder in college I was initially predisposed to side with the decision of the umpire. It's crap for a runner to slide into the upper legs of the second baseman like that and he should be called out for it. I wouldn't have a problem if it was a regular slide (which it wasn't) and Anderson hit him around the ankles, that much is fair game...... ...