Wagner Jinxed

Billy Wagner lost his no-hitter today, losing the chance to become the first Met to throw a no-hitter for a whole season. With all of the discussion about his streak recently, the news media has to be blamed for mentioning the no-no before it was completed.

I'm taking credit for Delgado's breakout game. By implying his slump wouldn't end before Chinese Democracy was released, I reversed jinxed him into a good game. By mentioning this reverse jinx, I doomed him to another slump. So my vote still goes for Chinese Democracy.

Finally, the Braves may just be washed up. John Smoltz for sure. When you're giving up home runs to Delgado and Raul Casanova you're washed up in my mind. Just don't tell David Wright.

As of right now, we are in second place in the NL East, 1 game behind the Marlins. While we'd prefer to be on top with a cushion, we have to be happy to be in this, especially with the injuries we've sustained. Unfortunately, this looks like it could be the team we have for the rest of the year, with Alou's most recent injury.

The good news is we have had good pitching*, despite the fact that two of our five starters (Pedro and El Duque) have not pitched enough innings to qualify for a win this year. Back end of the bullpen is solid with Wagner and Sanchez.

After a month, this team seems to be in pretty good shape. Returns from injuries and a Delgado breakout will make this team a serious contender in October.

*Aaron Heilman not included

Michigan and the Phillies

Alright, actual baseball on Sportscenter this morning. Caught Jose's double and David's home run. For those of you who haven't seen this and would like to, here it is (not the Sportscenter clip, but it works). Also, the story about Billy wanting to bean the Michigan kid who tried to bunt on him. I'm so proud of Daddy Wags.

The Phillies become more and more laughable by the day. First, Little Jimmy Rollins tries to tell everyone he originated the term "team to beat." Then there's this post from yesterday on why the Mets are not the team to beat (and I hope an attorney at law would recognize he's plagiarizing Little Jimmy). Check out the comments as well, as they prove once and for all how much smarter Mets fans are than Phillies fans.

And here's today's Phillie Phoolishness. That's right, Philly.com did a writeup on how the Cubs have not won a World Series for 100 years. Isn't that just screaming "Yeah, we suck, but at least we haven't sucked as much as the Cubs!!!" Winning one World Series in your 125 year history apparently gives you the right to laugh at other teams failure to do so.

Don't worry Phillie fans. In 72 years when you have gone 100 years without a title, at least you can write about how the Cubs haven't won a Series in 172 years.