The Phillies: Everything We Wish the Mets Were

When I went to bed last night it was 4-3 Dodgers at the end of the 8th. I wanted to stay up to watch the finish but it was late; though I wouldn't watch it live, as I closed my eyes I had a sinking feeling that the Dodgers were teetering on the edge of disaster.And so, when I woke in the middle of the night and checked the final score on my iPhone, nothing was surprising about the fact that the Phillies had found a way to steal victory from defeat, winning 5-4 on a walk-off 2-run double by Jimmy Rollins.As Mets fans know all too well, that's what this Phillies team does. They never count themselves out; they're never out of a game or series or season until it's over. To a partial observer it's infuriating; to an impartial observer...* * * * *As much as it pains me to say it, the truth is that my vision of a dream Mets team looks a lot like the 2007-2009 Phillies.Young, home grown, pricey but not ridiculously oversalaried, imbued with a never say die attitude, the...