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Sports of The Times: Mets? Rise Began After Some Simple Accounting

The Phillies can ponder the motivational note from the Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt from Friday night, but the Mets had their own declaration of inspiration earlier this season.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=9d31e63739f94ac9a3521c8cf5c5f216&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/sports/baseball/07vecsey.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=9d31e63739f94ac9a3521c8cf5c5f216&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/sports/baseball/07vecsey.html" border="0"/></a> </span>