Ladies and gentlemen... boys and girls. Dyin' time's here!
So Hanna ruined a lot of people's plans, but that's cool. We get a double-header today. Combine that with Eagles kickoff and it's damn near the biggest Philadelphia sports day in decades.
In the Thunderdome of the National League East, the Phillies are obviously Mad Max -- nothing to lose, everything to gain, pronounced underdog. The Mets are the big, dopey Blaster. A sweep ties the Phillies with the Mets. If the Mets win just one game today, the Phillies are two games back without much of a difference in the difficulty of their schedules from here out -- Advantage: Mets.
Crafty old men Jamie Moyer and Pedro Martinez take the first game. Hopefully Moyer can improve on his last outing against the Mets. Phhhheeewwwww....