100 wins is a lot, but I’m certain we’ve got more coming our way this year than last. Hell, we may even pull off a winning April!

I’m always baffled by aholes who go to opposing teams message boards to make posts. I go to this site to get excited about the season with fellow Phillies fans, not idiots from Queens. Worry about your own team on your own boards. Jesus. It’ll all settle itself out on the field anyway.

Were the Mets confident when they left Philly after getting waxed in a 4 game series?

No way.

Yet, within a blink of an eye, they started winnig again and their lead went back up to 7, thanks in large part to the ultra-confident Phillies dropping a bunch of games they shouldn’t have.

Were the Phillies confident when they were down by 7 with 17 to play?

Of course not.

But 3 weeks later…they were division champs!!!

Were the Phillies confident after pulling off one of the greatest comebacks in divisional history?

Of course they were!

Confident enough to promptly get swept by the Rockies.

So yes…let’s talk about who is the more confident team. Its very important!

Lets deal with the tangibile.

Nowhere did I say that we should erase the Mets final three weeks of ’07 in handicapping this race. What I did say is they pitched horribly in that stretch, and they addressed that, and likley in a big way.

I’m simply surprised by many Phillie fans’ dimissal of the Mets. I suppose all it takes is a one game margin to alter the universe.

That’s ok…we’ll play ball soon and Madsen will pitch lights out, Hamels will become the 20 game winner this site predicts him to be, Lidge will close 90 % of his save opps, Rollins and Utley will both put up repeat career years, Howard will return to ’06 form, Victorino will make you all say “Aaron who?”, Feliz will be reborn in Citizen’s, and JC Romero will spin a sub 2.00 era all year long. All on the way to 100 wins and a division title, validating J-Roll’s roll as hardball prophet.

It’s in the blogs…I mean stars.

In case you forgot, the Phillies did everything they could in April to give the Mets the division. So if you erase the Mets collapse you also have to erase the Phillies April.

All the talk means nada. And no, you still haven’t made up that game because the season ran out on you. There’s no way the Mets can be more confident than the Phillies because we torched you 8 straight times to steal your lunch when it mattered most.

This is going to be a great season and a great three-way race. If we can agree on anything with Mets fans, it’s “beat the Braves”.

However…

since when did it become so outrageous for a Met fan to be optimistic about his 88 win team, but totally appropriate for Phillie fans to be over the moon about their 89 win team?

The Phillies lost their 4th best offensive player, added a platoon outfielder, a replacement level closer, and inserted Brett Myers into the rotation, and now they’re riding the J-Roll express to 100 wins and a division title?

But the Mets add Santana, Pedro and Sanchez to a team that pitched to nearly an 8.00 era during their 3 week collapse, and they haven’t made up that 1 game yet?

Ok.

Cool.

But nothing’s wrong with Santana; moreover, Pedro looks to be completely healthy and ready to go, by all indications. He does have a foot problem, but it’s very minor. El Duque, meanwhile, is having more trouble with his foot.

The Mets are banged up, much moreso than the Phillies, but it’s nothing completely worrisome quite yet.

The funniest part – “They have arguably the best confidence in the game, you can see it just in the clubhouse demeanor.” Really??? I’d like to have that argument…