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From the Mets perspective, it makes playing the Phillies more unpleasant in the short term and gives another jersey option for all the lovely Philadelphians that visit CitiField when they’re in town. Otherwise, 2011 was essentially a reloading years regardless. Carry on and don’t get too caught up in what happens in 2011, it probably isn’t and wasn’t going to be “the year.”

The Phillies have a ton of money committed in older players, and there’s a good chance a couple of those contracts may look catastrophically bad before it’s said and done (Ryan Howard is well on his way). Basically their entire roster is over 30 outside of Cole Hamels and Dominic Brown, so they’d better hope there aren’t any injuries or unfortunate playoff upsets (like the 2010 NLCS) in the cards. Philadelphia fans will be pretty much unbearable, but they were pretty much unbearable anyway. 

The bright side for Yankee fans? You bid against yourselves for Derek Jeter despite all the posturing and saw the Red Sox get Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford. You also still have a billion dollars to spend next offseason, and you can always call WFAN and complain about how Cliff Lee wasn’t man enough to do what AJ Burnett did and don the sacred pinstripes. Not all bad.