For ESPN.com, Bob Klapisch officially commences the 2008 rivalry between the Mets and Phillies.  Among other things, he discusses the trash-talk, the collapse and the possibility of a brawl between the two clubs.

He writes:

The two rivals face each other six times in April, which will not only stoke the rivalry, but give both sides a sense of the 2008 chemistry, too. Are the Phillies even better now than in ‘07, as Rollins claims? Are the Mets damaged from the most prodigious collapse in regular-season history? 

Let’s win tomorrow. I’ll be there, and I can’t remember being this excited for an April game.