Who can work at a time like this?

The Mets are threatening to post their 8th straight victory, as they put a beatdown on Cory Lidle and the Phillies, up 4-1 early. Of course, the good feelings are wrecked by Met-killer Pat Burrell. Hopefully he'll head over to the AL soon to torture the Yankees.

In other news, Kris Benson gets the start on Saturday at Shea against Pedro. That should be a good time. I'm sure his wife is keeping busy posting on her blog (what a loser), about how dumb the Mets were to get rid of him. Fortunately she has some more redeeming qualities. (Poor Kris Benson, he can't even get mentioned on Sportscenter without his wife coming up.)

Update: 4-2. Trachsel is going to do his best to piss this lead away today.