Note: Back in a New York Groove
With yesterday’s win, the Mets, who are 9-4 versus the Phillies this season, erased a 7.5 game Phillies lead and took possession of first place in the National League East for the first time since April 19.
Jerry Manuel, on taking all four series from the Phillies this season:
“Well, (long pause, and laugh), that’s a pretty good statement for the guys in the clubhouse. I’m sure there was a lot of questions about whether we could play with them, and I think that we have proven so far – in all of the series that have been deemed big series – and we’ve yet to probably see the biggest series – so we’ll probably have to keep proving that over and over again until we the end of the season.”
David Wright, on beating up on the Phillies:
“When you go out and take care of business from a team that’s chasing you, you don’t have to rely on any help down the stretch…You don’t have to rely on other teams to help you out. And that gives you confidence, knowing that you’ve taken care of business.”
…what was most impressive about the Mets recent series versus the Phillies, is how they were able to overcome a devastating loss on tuesday night and fight to take the last two games of the series…perhaps this will help this team continue to exorcise the demons of their september collapse…
