1) It has nothing to do with any disappointment in the Lions. Sure, they gave up 42 first-half points to a mediocre Eagles offense last week, but they're 2-1 and at least beating the bad teams so far. That's great improvement, you see, because we used to be the bad team that the mediocre teams beat. Maybe they've moved up! I'm optimistic, really.
2) The Phillies surge and coinciding Mets collapse was virtually unforeseeable! The Phillies are a ridiculous 11-3 over their last 14 games, and the Mets an even more ridiculous 4-10. That all adds up to: 3 games remaining, and they're now TIED!!! This article actually calls New York's now probable demise "historic":
NEW YORK -- The New York Mets' lead is gone, leaving them on the brink of a historic collapse.
The free-falling Mets managed just three hits off Joel Pineiro and Jason Isringhausen in a 3-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night, dropping New York into a first-place tie with Philadelphia in the NL East.
Not even Pedro Martinez could save New York, which had led the division alone every day since May 16. The Mets (87-72) were ahead by seven games on Sept. 12 with 17 remaining but have lost 10 of their last 14, a monumental tailspin for a team that counted on being in the playoffs.
No major league team has failed to finish first after having at least a seven-game advantage with 17 remaining. But with three games remaining in the regular season -- a weekend series at home against Florida -- the Mets might fail to win the division or the wild card.
Anyway, the Phillies color scheme will now positively remain until their season is positively over, and maybe longer if the unthinkable happens. But for now, I'm absolutely THRILLED to have been so wrong to give up on them.
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Isn't it awesome to be wrong about something that you strongly believe is going to happen(which is a bad thing) and a GOOD thing actually happens? That has happened SEVERAL times for me involving someone we both know. But the yoyo-ing back and forth is wearing me out.
Yep, Greg's quiet nature makes him hard to read sometimes.
I'm not sure why Greg jokes never get old for me . . . .
Because...he's...well...Greg?
I told him that with this new job there is a good chance I'd be working IN a Toyota plant. And I was like "And you KNOW how I feel about Toyotas.." at which point he almost fell over laughing.
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