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Today could be a day in baseball long remembered by those interested by historical events - like milestone chokes.
A number of knowledgeable people chuckled this spring when Philadelphia shortstop Jimmy Rollins declared the Phillies the team to beat in the National League East.
The New York Mets, on the verge of being the first team to miss the postseason after leading its division by 7 games on Sept. 12, now know Rollins was serious.
As the two teams enter the final day of the regular season, the Phillies and the Mets are locked in a flat-footed tie and may need a one-game playoff Monday to decide the division winner.
Nothing says pressure in baseball like a one-game playoff.
New York may have begun its reclamation project Saturday. John Maine allowed one hit and struck out 14 Florida Marlins as the Mets won 13-0. Meanwhile, Washington beat tight-looking Philadelphia. 4-2.
Was the Mets' victory a glimmer of hope or the final bright flare of a light bulb before it burns out? Has Philadelphia's big rush run out of gas?
In baseball, momentum lasts only as long as the next day's starting pitcher; so, take a gander at today's starters. Philadelphia has scheduled Jamie Moyer to meet Washington's Jason Bergmann, while Mets' Tom Glavine must outduel Florida's Dontrelle Willis.
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complete its comeback, 2007 will add to the rich history of both teams when it comes to historic rallies and collapses. Historians will note that Philadelphia won 12 of 15 coming into today, while New York lost 11 of 16.
"It doesn't feel like nothing," Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel said after his team passed New York on Friday night. "Of course we smell it, and we want it."
Major League Baseball's season can be divided into two parts. Following the excitement of the season's start in April, everyone settles in for a long marathon.
There is a myth that games in April and May aren't meaningful. Not so. Philadelphia started the season losing 11 of its first 15. What would the Phillies give for a .500 April?
However, beginning Sept. 1, the long, drawn-out affair turns into a sprint.
Right now Philadelphia and the Mets are leaning at the finishing tape. With 161 games in the books, 2007 for both for comes down to one last day - or Game 163 should both tie.
Quite a bit was decided Friday and Saturday in the National League, as the Chicago Cubs took the NL Central and Arizona clinched a playoff spot. Colorado's impressive 11-game win streak came to an end, as did the surprising Rockies' playoff hopes, as San Diego took care of Milwaukee.
But let's go back to New York and Philadelphia. The Mets were caught by a team that owned arguably baseball's worst historical choke job.
In 1964, with 12 games remaining in the season, Philadelphia returned from a road trip to the West Coast with a 6 1/2 -game lead in the National League. The Phillies, who hadn't won a pennant in 14 years, were printing World Series tickets.
Then the roof collapsed.
Philadelphia lost 10 straight and St. Louis won the pennant and the World Series.
New York understands the other side of that coin.
In 1969, The Mets, in third place, were 10 games behind Chicago in the NL East. The Cubs were 8-17 in September, a bad time to slump, as New York won 38 of its final 49 games.
New York entered first place Sept. 9, eventually winning the division by a full eight games over the Cubs.
Now, 37 years later, the Mets, who are an unbelievable 40-40 at Shea Stadium this season, may have dug their own grave.
"It's pretty sad to think of where we were just a week ago,"