The Marlins posted another run as Jamie Moyer cruised through the fifth. It looks as if it’s safe to say that the Mets are cooked against the Marlins.
But the question remains:
Will the Phillies hold on?
If they don’t, is it really so bad? After all, the Phillies were trailing the Mets by seven games on Sept. 12. The fact that they were able to crawl back into this thing is victory enough, right? Are we being too greedy by asking the Phillies to go all the way?
Um… no. No we are not.
For the Phillies to blow it now, just 12 outs away from the NL East title, would almost be as bad as the Mets’ colossal collapse into oblivion. Notice I wrote almost because I believe the Mets’ demise is worse than the 1964 Phillies’ late-season collapse.
And how about those kids in the picture… are they going to be scared for life? Maybe they should just switch to being Yankees fans.
Meanwhile, Carlos Ruiz left the game with a right elbow contusion. Chris Coste is the catcher and will likely be on the field when (if) the Phillies clinch. That just adds on to the pile of extraordinary occurrences in the career of Coste. Crazy.