Nah, the Phils are taking it. They are prone to choking, but I just don't see it this year.
a quick glance at the standings indicates that the phils are up .5 games on the fish, 3.5 on the braves, and 4 on the mets. with over 100 games to be played. hell, you're right. cancel the season, and lets start the playoffs!
During the Mets' thrashing of the Dodgers last night, they put up a graphic that showed all of the AL division leaders at June 1st last year, and they all made the playoffs. But, before that, they put up a graphic of all of the NL division leaders on June 1st, 2007 . . . and
none of them made the playoffs. There's still a
lot of baseball left to be played. June 1st, 2008, and the Phillthies lead the East . . . the Cubs lead the Central, and the D'Backs lead the West. There's still a few teams yet to be heard from, especially the one that beat the Dodgers last night. Johan's a second-half pitcher . . . if he's 7-3 now, that means he could end this season with 20+ wins. Pedro's coming back tomorrow night--his presence will help stabilize Ollie Perez, among others (Duaner Sanchez, for one). Carlos Beltran is getting hot. Jose Reyes has been hitting over .300 for just over the last month.
Don't be calling the race now . . . you'd be a Democrat.