According to Phils Fans: "Santana Know Longer Scary!"

Well it's pretty obvious that Mets fans are excited. We've had a record number of posts in the last few days. We've had a record number of traffic in the last few days. There's a buzz around everyone's offices, schools, homes, etc because the Amazin' Mets are Amazin' again. Not only that, but we're about to head into Philly to face a true rival, a team I hate more than almost any team out there. The Mets are about to walk into a lions den of degenerate fans, face a team that has won the NL for the last two seasons, and take on the hands down favorite to win the NL again this season. If it's good enough for the Mets, it's good enough for our blog, so we took to the message boards over at Phillies.com to pour them a glass of Koolaid and see what they had to say. As intelligent and well-spoken as I know Philly fans to be, I was pretty excited.

My first stop was to find out some thoughts on tomorrow's series opener, so I got to a thread started by user Julius May - the official thread of tomorrow's game on the message board. I had a little trouble as there were actually 2 official threads. Well, actually there was "Mets vs. Phillies 4/30/10 OFFICIAL GAME THREAD," but there was also "Mets vs. Phillies 4/30/10 OFFICIAL GAME TREAD." I guess Julius may be a little nervous about Kyle Kendrick testing his 7.71 ERA against Jon Niese in the opener tomorrow night. Maybe Kendrick isn't used to the weight in his hand anymore now that he gets to wear those rings. Hopefully Pelf and Johan won't have the same effect on them next year after wearing their 2010 World Series rings. Not to worry Julius, whether it's an official thread or tread, the Mets are going to be beating up your pitcher.

Next, I decided to post a little something up on the boards since the Philly fans are in need of a little Koolaid here. Well, the response on a prediction for Game 2 brought out the enthusiasm and positive thoughts from pfosty who said, "Game 2 goes to the Phillies (Halladay is pitching, nuff said)." Sorry to tell you this pfosty, Halladay is facing Mike Pelfrey, the best pitcher in the NL statistically right now. And speaking of statistics, I hope for the Phillies sake that the Mets can't keep up their .337 clip they are hitting against Halladay in his career. Between the short porch everywhere at Citizen's Bank, the way the middle of the Mets' order is hitting the ball, and the way Mike Pelfrey is pitching, you are going to have to love this game.

Finally, for the third game, the Sunday Night game, the ESPN game, you had to figure Phils fans would be a bit shook up considering they'll probably be facing a potential sweep with Johan on the mound. Lucky for Philadelphia, they have our good friend 1diehard pouring their own brand of Koolaid saying, "I agree santana know longer scares me either. Mark this down if phils win game 1 it will be a clean sweep." I'd respond, but I don't think that's English. Someone should go back to second grade and learn their "no" vs "know" rules. Although in Philly I'm sure they teach vomiting on opposing fans or throwing snowballs at Santa Claus instead of grammar. Don't worry 1diehard, we don't have to worry about your prediction anyway because we already know the Phillies aren't winning game 1.

So it looks like we are all set here. 3 more wins for the Metropolitans, more evidence to the abomination that are Phillies fans, and a great day for the Mets Koolaid blog. In all seriousness though, let's get pumped for an awesome series this weekend, let's get out that blue and orange shirt you haven't worn since the first week of September in 2007 (that's right we're welcoming back the bandwagon fans), and let's watch our boys extend that lead in the NL East. Drink it up, and LET'S GO METS!!!!