Mets Defy Odds and Blow it


	Mets Defy Odds and Blow it

BobbyDelray

10-1-2007 3:55 PM

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the numbers of the 2007 mlb season, baseball, mets, phillies, choke, collapse

BobbyDelray says:

Good stuff in the rest of the article. Real good.

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10-2-2007 12:47 AM

egoldstein

They deserved to lose...their cockiness on the field is immature and unprofessional. was glad to see them knocked out.

10-2-2007 1:49 AM

davboz

Amazing. LOL

10-4-2007 4:22 PM

Heitz669

They need to get rid of some of their old players.

10-7-2007 7:10 AM

rachael_e

Ha ha....GO PHILLIES!

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