twin killing

Even Marty Noble couldn't help but recognize the Mets reassertion of superiority over the laughably pathetic Philadelphia Phillies yesterday afternoon. After a three game sweep at Shea by Philly in early June helped kick off a maddeningly pathetic losing stretch for the Mets, the Amazins marched into Citizens Bank Park yesterday afternoon and asserted some older-brotherly dominance in the city of brotherly love. Philly fans really might want to consider packing it again until football season, when the E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles will surely continue to assert their dominance over my laughably pathetic New York Giants.

David Wright > Eli Manning

Aside from a near bullpen meltdown in game 1, the Mets pretty much owned the Phillies across the board Friday. Philly fans can whine all they want about career minor leaguer JD Durbin and the fact that he started the first game, but in addition to the fact that the Mets followed their 6-5 game 1 victory by beating Phillies ace Cole Hamels 5-2 in game 2, Durbin's outing would seem to illustrate the fact that the "deep starting pitching" that made the Phillies the popular Baseball Tonight pick to win the NL East doesn't look like it's as deep as Jimmy Rollins and co. thought when they anointed themselves as 2007's "team to beat." Maybe the Phils should have signed Jorge Sosa instead of Adam Eaton. Hahahaha.

Too bad Pat Gillick isn't Omar Minaya

All jokes aside, it was nice to see the Mets go into a visiting ballpark in a big spot, play good baseball, and watch the results speak for themselves. They even had some fun while they were doing their thing. 2 more wins this weekend and this Philly series might end up being reminiscent of last year's midsummer show of force in Atlanta.

Not that I'm getting too cocky. Okay, maybe I am, but it's fun to tease your younger brother, and since I don't have a younger brother, the Phillies will just have to suffice. Besides, to avoid losing a minimum of 2 games to the Mets in the standings this weekend, the Phillies will have to win both today and tomorrow. I'll take my chances.

More than anything else, yesterday's doubleheader should serve as a friendly reminder that yes, the Mets are better than the Phillies, in pretty much every way, and yes, the John Kruks of the world who picked the Phils to win the East this year are just fat and stupid.

No, really. They are.

After yesterday's clarification, whatever happens in the rest of this weekend's series is pretty much a formality.

(photos courtesy photofile.com, mlblogs.com, cantstopthebleeding.com)