A couple months ago I did a column about the Phillies that bemoaned the fact the Endy Chavez, once the 24th best player on the Phillies, had absurdly become a valuable piece for the Mets. This year’s Chavez has been Marlon Anderson.
So the Phillies are trying to finish off the Mets for the third straight night and the Mets get a couple of guys on base, down 3-2 in the ninth, and the two guys on base happen to be Chavez and Anderson and I’m already starting to get annoyed and…
Wait a minute. Anderson just made a really stupid football play and man, has this been an interesting baseball week.
Something I’ve thought over and over this week as the Phils battled the Mets and, up I95, the Yankees and Red Sox are at it: Wouldn’t it be cool if Phils/Mets could be the NL equivalent of Yankees/Sox?
Can’t happen, of course. The reason is three of the four have really serious, well-funded ownership and the fourth has the Claire Betz Experience.
We’re having fun now, though, aren’t we?
