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Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates | August 15th - 18th, 2008.

now, don't think i did this research all by myself, the following text is copy-pasted from anothe rmets site. but remember how i have been saying all along that the difference between the mets and phillies this year (and i would guess last year as well) has been 1. late game prowess and 2. converting with RISP? i have said that while our bats have been getting on base more effeciently than the phillies, the phillies are converting in RISP situations, late game situations, and other clutch times and that is whay they have been leading the NL East for most of the year. well, not that any f you were disagreeing with me, i found some stats to evidence my point. take a gander.

I know. It's a little early to be fretting about 2009. But word is out on the planned prices at Citi Field. They're high. And remember that Citi has 15,000 fewer seats than Shea.

The New York Post is reporting that lower deck seats will range from $125 to $479 a piece. Overall ticket prices will go up 79%. I guess the days of the $10 upper deck seats to a "bronze" game are over. According to the NY Post story, "Reserved seats in the upper deck at Citi Field, called the Promenade, will average $19."

If you (or your company) has a few bucks to spare, one of the forty-nine luxury boxes is still available for up to $500,000.

NY Post - METS TO RAISE PRICES 79 PERCENT NEXT YEAR

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Mets vs. Washington Nationals | August 12th - 14th, 2008.

I don't have too much hope for a team that can't beat the worst teams in the league. We got swept by the Astros. The bullpen blew another lead today against the awful Pirates. Almost no lead is safe. It really doesn't look good as far as the playoff possibilities are concerned. Every pitcher in the bullpen is weak. What the heck should we do?

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Mets vs. Florida Marlins | August 8th - 10th, 2008.

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Mets vs. San Diego Padres | August 5th - 7th, 2008.

Apparently the mets are going to be involved in another fight down the stretch this year, only this time with 3 teams! hopefully this year will have better results than last. but the following facts are all in our favor, meaning that i think we have the edge to overcome our 3 game defecit and take the division. consider that...

1. Out of all three teams, the mets opponents from here on out have the lowest winning percentage. so frankly, the teams we're playing from here on out aren't as good as teh teams's their playing.

I left on July 16th, the final day before play resumed after the all-star break, with the mets back a half game and on a 9 game winning streak. all i know now is that we are three games back and on a 4 game losing streak, and maine is on the DL and wagner may be soon to follow. sounds like things haven't been going well. but then again, i wasn't here, so fill me in. how have we been playing? have we been motivatred and playing with heart, but have just got a few bad breaks? have we completely collapsed after the break and are lucky to be as close as we are? somewhere in the middle? i know which games we won, but not howe we won them or other big news. i also came back to find the manny ramirez, jason bay, mark teixara, and ken griffey jr. all have new teams!