Note: Hello, the Mets play the Phillies Today
In the News Journal, while discussing the ‘war of words’ between his team and the Mets, Scott Lauber quotes Phillies manager Charlie Manuel as saying:
“As long as we whip ‘em, we don’t have to make a big deal about it. They’ll talk. We’ll hit.”
…lost in the emotion and nostalgia of today’s events at Shea Stadium, is the fact that the Mets are playing the Phillies…which, in the grand scheme of the season, may actually be more significant than some blue bricks…
In the New York Post, Kevin Kernan takes it a step further, and leads by writing, “You can call today an opener, the last Shea Stadium Opening Day, but before the Mets can truly open their season, they have to close the books on 2007. This day is a closer, not an opener.”
…kernan is a bit hyperbolic, but there is some truth to what he says…if the Mets lose today, you know every headline and article tomorrow will be about The Collapse and the Phillies and last season and so on…a win will reward the total opposite…ugh…
Thankfully, the players are focused on the Phillies, not nostalgia, according to Jeremy Cothran in the Star-Ledger.
