With the division on the line, Phillies take on Mets

Enriquefed posted 7/22/2008 from allthingsphillysports.blogspot.com [flag]

The Phillies' hold atop the NL East is in jeopardy starting tonight when they travel to New York to take on the Mets. This should be a great series filled with interesting storylines, including how Joe Blanton will do in his Phillies debut and how Brett Myers will fare in his comeback. The Mets will be sending their ace to the mound tonight in Johan Santana and he will try to show why the Mets... [link]

With the division on the line, Phillies take on Mets

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Deadspin found this 7/22/2008 on nymag.com

The Phillies and the Mets are tied for first in the NL East — with the Marlins just one game behind, but who counts the Marlins? — and begin a three-game set at Shea tonight. It s just the type of series that is perpetually overplayed — there ...

Johan Santana's "big game"

TheRopolitansDOTcom posted 7/22/2008 from theropolitans.com

Tonight, Johan Santana faces newly acquired Phillie, Joe Blanton in the first of a three game series at Shea Stadium. Since it's the second half, against the Phillies, and both teams tied for first, it's already being outlined that this is the biggest start of Santana's Mets career. It seems to me that if he doesn't take a no-hitter into the seventh and finish with a three hit, complete game, i

Five reasons the Mets WILL make the playoffs

TheRopolitansDOTcom posted 7/22/2008 from theropolitans.com

Yesterday, I brought you five of the reasons the Mets wouldn't make the postseason in 2008. Here, now, are the five reasons I think the Mets will make it to the playoffs and contend for the World Series in '08. Johan Santana and Aaron Heilman are...

Life in the bubble

newyorkmetsdaily posted 7/22/2008 from newyorkmetsdaily.com

It’s 3:50pm on Tuesday, July 22. That’s 3 hours and 15 minutes, no, 3 hours, 14 minutes now until the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies open an important, but not “critical, must-win” series.

Blanton's first test as Phillies comes tonight against Mets | Philadelphia Daily News | 07/22/2008

the metropolitans found this 7/22/2008 on www.philly.com

MIAMI - As Joe Blanton stood at his locker 2 days ago and fiddled with the brim of his red Phillies cap, he wasn't much different than a lot of modern-day Americans feeling their way through the first couple of days at a new job. "Everything's moving ...

A dark night for Mets, who collapse vs. Phillies
Once again, Johan Santana did his part. Faced with his biggest test in a Mets uniform, Santana came up with his best outing Tuesday night as he silenced the Phillies over eight innings.

MONUMENTAL MET MELTDOWN
So Taguchi and Jimmy Rollins had two-run doubles in a six-run ninth, and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied against the Mets' makeshift bullpen for an 8-6 victory Tuesday night, taking over first place in the NL East. After Johan Santana pitched...

Phils rally for 6 in 9th, down Mets 8-6 (AP)
So Taguchi and Jimmy Rollins had two-run doubles in a six-run ninth, and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied against the New York Mets' makeshift bullpen for an 8-6 victory Tuesday night, taking over first place in the NL East. After Johan Santana ...

LIVE: First place at stake as Phils take on Mets

Can the ace go a little longer?
Johan Santana pitched fine. That wasn't the problem. The rub was yet another game that left you somehow wanting more. The problem was with his closer, Billy Wagner, out of the game with shoulder spasms, with the surging Mets playing arch nemesis ...