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If you haven't read Terence's Moore's masterpiece, you really need to set aside a few minutes to read one of the biggest exhibitions of homerism in the history of the universe.

Consider, too, that the Mets have fossils Tom Glavine and El Duque leading a ghastly collection of starting pitchers. Many of those nice freshmen from last year’s Florida Marlins bunch are likely to become duds as sophomores. The Washington Nationals are the worst team in baseball. That leaves the Phillies, who haven’t won anything in 14 years, and the Braves, who are flashing signs with a rejuvenated bullpen of becoming the Braves again.

So there we have it! A perfectly laid out case for why the Braves are the team to beat! Hudson? No worries! Chipper? Forget about it. Smoltz a year older? Only he is immune to aging and Glavine is a fossil...not him. Hampton? Pencil him in for twenty wins. Losing a 30 homer bat at first? Who needs that shit? Francoeur? We all know David Wright is a poor man's Francoeur.

This is the Braves returning as winners. That’s because they have fewer “ifs” throughout their overall pitching staff than anybody else in the NL East, and because Bobby Cox is baseball’s best manager, and because everybody in the division is still chasing them.

Craptastic. Really sound reasoning there. Though, if you asked Braves fans, even they might say Mr. Moore is crazy. In fact, quite a few did already.

Actually, this article is so uncharacteristically positive (except for the choke job snipe) for Terence Moore that it almost seems like an April Fool’s joke.

It is crazy enough to be just that.

Mr. Moore, put down the crack pipe.

Last year the Mets didn't have the pitching & Phillies were suppose to finish just ahead of the last place Marlins.

Good luck with that…

Why is everyone so confused and under the impression the Mets had some bulletproof staff that was the strength of the team in 2006. Out of the rotation, bullpen, fielding, and hitting, it was the weakest component and stands to be better this year.

The 5th paragraph was a hilarious bit of unrealistic homerism, but optimism is always nice.

Hilarious it was.

Fun article. OF course, it really ignores the 800 pound gorilla in the room — the NY Mets. While I admire what the Braves did the offseason and continue to marvel at their ability to plug holes on a shoestring budget, the fact is that the Mets are just better. Money can cure a lot of ills. Go down that lineup, position for position, and compare it to the Braves. Scary. Sure, the Mets could be beaten. Front of the rotation is old, back of the rotation is a bit suspect. Regardless, this is the same team that blew away the entire National League until they stumbled in the postseason. While the Braves have addressed bullpen issues, their lineup was sacrificed to do it.

This just proves some Braves fans actually do watch baseball. You wouldn't know it by being able to walk up to the ticket window on game day during the playoffs and find yourself some primo tickets, but they are out there.

I don’t know much about the AJC, but that had got to be the biggest homer column I’ve ever read in a major publication, it seems as if this article was written because the author didn’t have anything to write about, so he figured he’d just appeal to those die-hard fans and get a cheap pop

That pretty much encapsulates it.

Glavine who just turned 41 is a fossil but Smoltz who will be 40 next month is in his prime? It’s good to have hope. That’s why they play the games. Glad there are more than one closer in this bullpen because “Big Bob Wickman” can’t last much longer and Braves are going to need them against all those Mets bats. Saw you in the rearview last year, see you there again in September.

I'd like to believe some Braves fan pointed out the painfully obvious, but it was a Met fan. And I would also like to note the irony of the article as Glavine just picked apart the Cardinals and looked tremendous the night of this lunatic's rants.

But we'll end this discussion with the ever brilliant Ruben Silva's comment.

METS FANS DID YOU WATCH THE BRAVES GAME TODAY?? SEE GONZALES GIVE UP A WALK A DOUBLE WITH NOBODY OUT? THEN HE STRUCK OUT 2 AND RECORDED A GROUNDBALL OUT? I HOPE SO CAUSE THATS WHATS IN STORE FOR THE METS…….SO GOOD LUCK OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE METS WIN 15 DIVISION TITLES IN A ROW THEN THE BRAVES WILL BE CHASING THE METS BUT UNTIL THEN THE DIVISION WILL CHASE THE BRAVES CAUSE WE SEEN THE WHOLE DIVISION INCLUDING THE METS IN OUR REARVIEW MIRROR FOR 14 YEARS IN A ROW. METS FANS YOUR HURTING SMELL YA!!!

SMELL YA!!! too Ruben...Who needs sound reasoning with facts and thoughts that pertain to reality?

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In a shocking turn of events, Gary Silvers from PhillyBurbs.com picks the Phillies to win the NL East! Is it so hard to ask for a little objectivity? I know I'm not alone. Peter Gammons had a raging boner talking about the Mets on Sunday and how they are light years ahead of other NL teams. Let us just look at the lineup the Phillies ran out on opening day:

Hitters
J Rollins SS
S Victorino RF
R Howard 1B
C Utley 2B
P Burrell LF
W Helms 3B
A Rowand CF
R Barajas C

Wow...you look at that lineup and tremble with fear. Their bullpen is not even worth getting into. Ten of eighteen ESPN 'experts' picked the Mets to win the NL East. When you throw out Steve Phillips' vote for obvious reasons, that is ten out of seventeen votes. Out of all of those 'experts', only three said the Mets miss the playoffs all together and one of those guys was not so surprisingly Steve Phillips. Even Keith Law, who has been one of the biggest detractors of the Mets rotation, picked them to make the playoffs via the wildcard. Of course all of this means nothing, but it I think it says a little something about who appears to be the best team around.

BP picks the Mets to take the NL East, but not many people think their rotation is good enough to take them deep into the playoffs. Jose Reyes and David Wright are picked to finish 2nd and 3rd in the MVP voting with Carlos Beltran in the top ten. The Mets have some serious talent in case you didn't know.

Joe Smith got tested early and though he didn't get the job done, you have to wonder if that was even possible. The kid must have been going nuts...

DG....you definitely have to hate Eckstein. Plain and simple.