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Chipper: Mets And Phillies Can't Keep Their Mouths Shut
2nd January, 2009 - 2:06 pm
Sporting News - Chipper Jones had a Q&A with Ken Bradley of Sporting News.

"The rich get richer," said Jones about the Mets' acquisitions of Francisco Rodriguez and J.J. Putz. "It's becoming more and more apparent that the bigger markets are crushing the smaller markets with these signings. From a Mets standpoint, they've had a running feud with the Phillies the past couple of years. It's kind of weird not to be in it.

We won for 14 consecutive years, and you never, ever saw any bulletin board material. And now that these two teams are on top of the division, they can't keep their mouths shut. Just go play baseball. It's Cole Hamels now. It was Jimmy Rollins and Carlos Beltran the past couple of springs. These two teams are constantly going at each other verbally. You know, win with class, lose with class. Just keep your mouth shut and go play your game.

"I think that the Mets have something to prove after the past couple of years, having lost big leads in September. I think their bullpen was a big part of that, especially last year, so it was imperative that they go out and make a splash with their bullpen. And they certainly did." [READ]