"I am Canadian" <dont@email.me> wrote in message
news:q94rd41eet49qa0e8g4ed7e63ue26e40vc@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:16:19 -0400, Mike B <ameobi_like@setanta.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>>Yeah, I know you're more into the Phils. You're just the opposite of
>>>me. I used to be huge into baseball and followed this team very close
>>>until the strike and I kinda fell off and got totally back on the
>>>hockey bandwaggon. I like this team, just wish they were deeper in
>>>pitching.
>>
>>I am still trying to figure out how a dude from Western Canada is so
>>into all of the Philly teams! You gotta let me in on that sometime.
>>
>
> It was all about timing and jumping on the bandwaggon.
> I got into hockey as a kid when I was about 5. That's when the Flyers
> won their first cup and I just loved watching Clarke. At 6 years old
> my bedroom was plastered with posters of the Broad Street Bullies.
> I didn't get into baseball till I was 10 or 11. I played third base in
> my first few years so you can guess where that's going. I just loved
> watching Schmidt hit and play 3rd. I wasn't so much into the team at
> first as I was into watching him. But when they won the world series I
> was hooked.
> As for Football, had the Eagles won the Super Bowl in 1980 I probably
> would have been an Eagles fan too. That Super Bowl is the first NFL
> game I had sat down and watched. The next year I started watching
> regularly and fell in love with my all time hero Joe Montana otherwise
> know as God.
> I've forever been totally loyal to all those teams.
> I love hockey, but I think football is my favorite "season." Every
> game is so important and playing fantasy football is a blast. I've
> gone to SF to watch a game, but have not made the cross continent
> treck to catch a Flyers game (easier to get the wife to SF than
> Philly). In time I plan to get out there for a week and catch 2 or 3
> games. If I could turn back time the one thing I would do is get out
> there and catch some games back in the Spectrum, especially a playoff
> game. I have few regrets in life, that is near the top of the list.
>
> Phils win.
> Mets down 5 going to the bottom of the eighth.
> Do the Phils own the tiebreaker??
>
> Jeff
The Phillies had a losing record against the Mets this year. So, no, I think
is the answer to your question.
But, Beastfish posted, likely correctly might I add, that the phils were
clearly a sub .500 team when playing other teams with a plus .500 record. I
wonder how that has worked out now that they have all but sewn up the
division and look to be +20 games *over* .500?