On the first day of spring, lets finish up our journey through the regular 2008 season with a look at the month of September. At this point it will be a year from the horrible collapse. The Mets will get plenty of chances next September to close the book if the race is tight between the Braves and the Phillies. For this entry, the Games will be listed in order that they will be played, because in September, the order of the games is crucial for the postseason birth.
MIL 3
PHI 3
WAS 2
ATL 3
WAS 4
ATL 3
CHC 4
FLA 3
The breakdown of the games is as follows. The Mets will play 25 games, 10 away 15 home. They will play 16 games against teams that were over .500 last season and they will play 7 games against teams that played in the playoffs. That month, they will get the 4th off, the 8th off and the 11th off, and the last game will be on the 28th. The breaks are at good places as one is before the PHI series, one after (before the WAS series) and one after that series before the ATL series.
Playing a four game set with the Cubs at the end of the month should be very beneficial if the Cubs run away with the NL Central, because they will be in rest mode there. So if the season goes down to the wire, the Mets could have the advantage. The Mets have a good mix of important games against rivals and teams that they should aways beat on paper to help them close the book and get into the 2008 postseason.
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