Jeff Rosenberg

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Does any team want to win the NL East?

The Phillies are trying their hardest to give away the division title, but the Mets don't seem to be interested in taking it. When I turned on the Phillies game, they were trailing the Braves 5-3. Atlanta scored another run, and then Chipper Jones came to the plate. The announcer had just finished saying that Chipper had 407 career home runs and was tied with Duke Snider on the all-time list when he hit a three-run shot to give the Braves a 9-3 lead and blow the game wide open. I must have fallen asleep shortly after that, but the final score was 10-4.

The Mets were playing the Cubs and leading 5-3, but they blew it. The Cubs tied it up, took a 6-5 lead, gave up another run to the Mets, and won it with 3 runs in the 10th. The Brewers won their game, so now they're tied with the Mets for the Wild Card lead.