schedule

one doesn't want to complain about the schedule the team gets handed every year. it feels like a cop-out. never the less, this part of the Mets schedule is unusually difficult-- six series in a row against teams that made the post-season last year-- in order, the Tigers, Dodgers, Yankees, Twins, A's, and Cardinals. our division rivals-- Atlanta and Philly-- face a significantly easier lineup of teams to beat than the Mets do in the same period.

though neither Minnesota nor St. Louis are playing all that well this year, it's hard to imagine that this tough period in the Mets schedule won't have a big effect on the final standings.