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Wow, still on a big-high from last night. I woke up happy and ready to take on the day this morning. The hell with breakfast, I’m brimming with plenty of energy. We’ve always called the Mets-Phillies match-ups a big rivalry, but let’s face it, it’s tough to call the last five years anything more than a Slaughterhouse 5 for the Mets. Last night however, that was huge. Now we’re talking. Now we can call this a rivalry. The tide has changed and now it’s us who have the Phillies on the run, and not the other way around. Now this is an exciting development. This is exciting stuff. Plenty of great reactions out there today, here are some of them: They are not the best baseball team in town, but they are the best show. In many ways, their flaws are what make them so much fun to watch every night. They don’t do this methodically, or in ways that are devoid of emotion. On the contrary, the Mets wear it all on their sleeves, showing anguish when they fail, and jubilation when they succeed. T...
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