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MLB Betting – Phillies Host Mets, No Love Lost Between Rivals

The Philadelphia Phillies, (8-8, 7-9 O/U) and New York Mets, (8-6, 7-7 O/U) have renewed their National League East rivalry in a big way after the Phillies beat the Mets for the NL East title in 2007. Online baseball bettors are licking there chops at this one. After the Mets fell apart in the regular season’s final three weeks and were overtaken by the hard-charging Phillies, who fulfilled shortstop Jimmy Rollins’ spring training prediction that the Phillies were the team to beat in the NL East despite nearly every analyst and fan in the country picking the Mets and their superior talent to win the division.

Not only did Rollins help the Phils make good on his prediction, but backed up his words in Muhammad Ali-type fashion by going out and backing up his bold statements by winning the National League MVP award.

The Mets entered the 2008 season looking for revenge in a big way after centerfielder Carols Beltran ‘pulled a Rollins’ by declaring the Mets as “the team to beat” this year.

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