At least there’s one team in NY that can beat a team from Philly. http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=270930019 (0)

Unbelievable. With one (1!) game left in the season, the Mets and Phillies are all tied at 88-73. Tomorrow, the Mets take on the Marlins, Tom Glavine against Dontrelle Willis. The Phillies get the Nationals, Jamie Moyer against Jason Bergmann. I like the pitching matchups, but we need a good performance out of Glavine and our offense. The Mets now (again) control their own fate. (0)

I’m in a surprisingly good mood right now, considering how I’ve been feeling the past few weeks months, and that it’s now very likely that the Mets won’t make the playoffs. It’s almost as if resigning myself to the fact that the Mets won’t make it has let me get past everything else that’s bothering me. It’ll probably last until sometime tomorrow, and I’ll feel like crap again. I guess I’ll just enjoy this while it lasts. (0)

Oliver Perez threw 8 innings today, giving most of the Mets bullpen a much needed rest. He gave up 2 runs (1 earned), throwing 102 pitches, 70 for strikes. Aaron Heilman gave up a one-out double, but threw a scoreless 9th. The Mets won 7-2. (1)

No homers for me last night, but I went 4-6 with 6 RBI and a run scored. Strange line to have from the leadoff spot. All 6 runs driven in were with 2 outs, including a bases loaded triple. I also made a point to not walk at all last night. I swung at the first pitch for a 2 run single after back to back walks. One of my outs was a hard liner that the left fielder made a nice play on, and the other was a popup to the pitcher because I was trying to go to the opposite field. I need to learn how to do that. We won 21-9, shorthanded. We only had three outfielders instead of four last night. We made the playoffs, too! Of course, all 6 teams in the league made the playoffs, so I guess that’s not too impressive. We at least didn’t finish in last place. 5th outta 6 ain’t bad. :) (0)

Sweep! The Mets somehow just swept Atlanta in a three game series at Turner field, coming off a series where they were swept by the Phillies in a four game series. Nice way to bounce back. If the score in Florida holds up, the Mets will have increased their lead in the division back to four games. Amazing. For the next three days, I unfortunately have to root for Atlanta against the Phillies. Go Mets! (0)

I somehow cashed in a no-tap handicap bowling tournament tonight. In fact, I took third place out of 96 for $175 on my $20 buyin. Plus, there was free food, which was really the reason I was there. I shot a 278-275-256 for an 809, plus 78 pins of handicap for an 887. The third game was really probably my best, as all but one of the strikes were natural. The first two games I had a lot of 9 counts that turned into strikes because it was no-tap. I was not expecting to make any money, even after I knew my scores. I figured some low average bowlers would shoot big games. (3)

I hit the first home run of my slow-pitch softball career tonight! A drive to the gap in center field, and I beat the throw home. It was one of only two pitches I swung at during the game. The other one, I fouled off. I only saw one called strike. The pitcher had a really hard time finding the plate, and most of them weren’t close. The HR probably would have been ball two in that AB. I finished 1-1, 3 BB, 2 RBI, 4 R. We won 12-11. It was fun. (1)

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The Mets just lost 11-10 to the Phillies, to get swept in a four game series. They were behind 5-0 and tied it up, and then behind 8-5 and took a 10-8 lead, but couldn’t hold on. I was having flashbacks to Game 6 of the 1999 NLCS the whole time, and actually expecting it to end on a bases loaded walk, not a walkoff single. They’re now only 2 games up in the division, and have a series against the Braves, who they can’t beat, coming up. Not good. (2)