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No Hurricane Yet, But It Sure Did Blow
Faith and Fear in Flushing — ... I'd like to think the Xcel Center in St. Paul is the only place that had an elephant in the room this week, but this was the first September date at Shea since the last spate of September dates at Shea. Sure, certain events and certain series from the recent past tend to cross your mind, and yeah, some Schmidthead in a Phillies jersey waved a small banner from Modell's that said 2007 at the start of the bottom of the ninth and the gods did not punish him for his obnoxious presumptuousness (presumably the oversized hanky was a Pennsylvania promotion, but boycott Modell's ...

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The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus — ... "One pitch, one at bat, one play, one situation, think ‘small’ and ‘big’ things result, tough at-bats, lots of walks, stay up the middle with men on base, whatever it takes to ‘keep the line moving’ on offense, 27 outs on defense, the Mets know you’re better than they are. They remember last year. You guys are never out of a game. Welcome the challenge that confronts you this weekend. You are the stars. Good luck. #20." -Mike Schmidt, in an e-mail to the Phillies before Friday night's 3-0 Met defeat. ...

Mike Schmidt Motivates Via E-Mail
FanHouse — ... decided that before this big series with the Mets at Shea Stadium, he would write a motivational speech via e-mail through Charlie Manuel, who posted it in the Phillies locker room before Friday's 3-0 win (I guess it worked). ...

Doug Flynn’s Inspirational Email
Mets Today — ... In response to Mike Schmidt’s email to the Phillies, former Met Doug Flynn sent a note of his own to the home team clubhouse at Shea. ...

You Don't Have To Be Smart To Be A Hall Of Famer...
24 Hours From Suicide...A Day In The Life of a Met Fan — ... defense, the Mets know you're better than they are," Schmidt said in the letter. "They remember last year. You guys are never out of a game. Welcome the challenge that confronts you this weekend. You are the stars. Good luck. #20." Manuel hung the message on the bulletin board in the Phillies clubhouse to psyche his players up. Billy Wagner had a nice retort by saying, "Did Gary Carter send us one?" For more about this moron, read Schmidt: Mets know Phillies are better than them

Schmidt To Phils: The Mets Know You’re Better
SPORTSbyBROOKS — If the Philadelphia Phillies needed any extra motivation going into their three-game series against the New York Mets this weekend with the NL East lead on the line, they found it in Mike Schmidt. And it’s not just from the power of his luxurious mustache: he wrote the team an e-mail telling them that “ the Mets know you’re better than they are. ” ...

Morning Juice: Schmidter's email reaches Pedro, but not Johan
Big League Stew — ... (Game 1): With the loss of Tom Brady stunning the sports world, a distraught Mike Schmidt e-mails Charlie Manuel to tell the Phils to keep their heads up. Some 40 years ago, Schmidt left Dayton, Ohio, with two very bad knees and a dream to become a major league baseball player. I just thank God acted quickly enough to help the Phillies take two of three from the Mets — who know Philly's better, according to Schmidt — and so we could poke fun at the realization that Schmidt does email. You'd think, being from the '60s, he'd use a candygram or ...