This team has been really fun to watch, especially since July 25.
Let's Go Mets!
You Gotta Believe!
Let's Go Mets!
You Gotta Believe!
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From the Department of Irony: This was the year I started to use the terms "Metsochism" and "Metsochist" to describe continuing to root for the Mets, despite the pain it caused.....and were quite appropriate into July....
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As a lifelong Cubs fan, I must admit first that the Mets have outplayed them. But having said that, the Cubs are an extremely young team--really too young to have gotten this far, except for their extraordinary talent. Some seasoning, a few more years together, and we'll see them again, now winning. Gustav Mahler, whose music was largely neglected for 60 years, said in his last days "my time will come." He arrived with a vengeance. So it will be for the Cubs, but--save for a miracle--not this year. They'll celebrate the division title and move forward.
Among the remarkable plays by the Mets were ones by Wright. Three hits -- more than doubling his post season output -- and a leaping glove stab of a high bounder. He throws to first sidearm, but it's fairly accurate. Before Game 3 I thought he should be benched.
As for the TV commentators, I agree with others on this forum: execrable.
As for the TV commentators, I agree with others on this forum: execrable.
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A mute button works wonders. About the only way I can watch any sport on TV is with the sound muted.
There is no doubt that the Mets have great pitching and of course they are playing the hapless Cubs, but it didn't hurt that the plate umpire established a low strike zone.
This is for Teflon Joe Midwest: Ball 1, Ball 2, Ball 3, Ball 4.
NO HR FOR MURPHY, and maybe CUBS WIN!!!
NO HR FOR MURPHY, and maybe CUBS WIN!!!
This team reminds me of the '69 Mets. Three solid starting pitchers. Cespedes is this year's Donn Clendenon.
The '86 team's success was expected (and then of course it went to their heads and they imploded). Not so in '69 and not this year.
'69 was fun! This team is fun!
The '86 team's success was expected (and then of course it went to their heads and they imploded). Not so in '69 and not this year.
'69 was fun! This team is fun!
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And Daniel Murphy this year's Al Weis?
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As a longtime Mets fan, i alternate between pure terror and pure joy--and that is when they are winning! I refuse to think beyond tonight's game, but I will be wearing my lucky Mets shirt/sweatpants combo that I have worn each of the past five game nights! Just doin' my part to help the Metsies!
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To all the Yankee fans who say they are rooting for the Mets: Stuff it.
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I know some Cubs fans who were hoping the Mets would beat the Dodgers since they thought the Mets would be easier for the Cubs to beat in the playoffs. Well, they got their wish...
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The TBS crew is somewhat lame in general, but last night they were awful, particularly on the analysis side. In general, they focus way to much on the minutiae pitching, to the exclusion of much else. At times, Ron Darling was so quiet, I was wondering if he was even in the booth.
A key aspect of last night's game was Wright's and Cespedes's bats coming back to life, but it was hardly discussed. Cespedes was hitting everything on the nose, even going to the opposite field once. He seemed to have stopped swinging for the fences on every pitch. They barely acknowledged it. Same for Wright, who's been pretty pathetic. When he got his third hit, not a word was said. This was noteworthy stuff. Also not talked about was the fact that the Mets had runners on base with none or one out in six of the first seven innings (except for the inning when Murphy homered). This kind of relentless pressure is a key part of the bigger picture of the game, even if they weren't scoring every time. One more example was the missed catch by Schwarber. Personally, I thought it was an error. If nothing else, it was certainly open to discussion, but they said nothing. I had to look it up online to see how it had been scored. It's hard to believe that this is the best we can get for the MLB playoffs. I feel like a could have done a better job myself.
A key aspect of last night's game was Wright's and Cespedes's bats coming back to life, but it was hardly discussed. Cespedes was hitting everything on the nose, even going to the opposite field once. He seemed to have stopped swinging for the fences on every pitch. They barely acknowledged it. Same for Wright, who's been pretty pathetic. When he got his third hit, not a word was said. This was noteworthy stuff. Also not talked about was the fact that the Mets had runners on base with none or one out in six of the first seven innings (except for the inning when Murphy homered). This kind of relentless pressure is a key part of the bigger picture of the game, even if they weren't scoring every time. One more example was the missed catch by Schwarber. Personally, I thought it was an error. If nothing else, it was certainly open to discussion, but they said nothing. I had to look it up online to see how it had been scored. It's hard to believe that this is the best we can get for the MLB playoffs. I feel like a could have done a better job myself.
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Send in a picture and resume...you never know.
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You could have. Iron man Cal is rusty with hoary conventional wisdom. After years of listening to crisply incisive Gary Cohen, Ernie Johnson is an earsore.
Darling is quiet because those two lunkheads won't led him get a word in edgewise. Johnson and Ripken talk WAY too much, without adding enough.
Darling is quiet because those two lunkheads won't led him get a word in edgewise. Johnson and Ripken talk WAY too much, without adding enough.
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Yup, they are truly terrible. Ernie Johnson loves the sound of his own voice and the faux jocularity with Cal is icky. I feel sorry for Ron. He looks ready to flee at any moment. Will we have this gruesome twosome for the series? Hope not.
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Interesting comparison with 2004 Red Sox/Yankees. Theo, jinxed team, NY team dominating series. It ain't over till it is over.
I honestly feel for Cubs fans. I can't imagine what fortitude it takes to remain a loyal fan, knowing that so many have been born, begged for a Series win, and died without one. I bow my head in awe and humility at the strength of true Chicago Cubs fans. But...I'm a Met fan, for cryin' out loud, I remember '69 like it was yesterday -- ok, last week -- and oh boy am I enjoying this! (sorry, Chicago, your day will come -- just not this week, I hope)
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Cub fans have made the joy of losing an art form. Its a badge of honor. Not everyone can be on the losing side all the time. They would not know what to do and it would ruin everything if someday they won
This is a team that plays like a team and that is the bottom line. Superstar pitchers are a great help but you have to have others stepping to the plate. They have done that all year. Looking in the dugout is a joy, smiling faces hanging over the rail, fully into the game, congratulating their team mates as they come off the field. They deserve this, they earned it as they say the old fashioned way. Team work.
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Growing up as a hapless Mets fan, I spent many autumns and winters waiting for "next year."
Apparently, 2015 IS next year.
Apparently, 2015 IS next year.
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Murphy's Law has been rewritten!
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Ever since early September, the whole narrative in the baseball press was this:
The Mets are just a mediocre team from a weak division. They've got some good starters but a bad bullpen. They made some good trades but they've still got fundamental problems. They can't field. They can't run the bases. The Nats might still win the division. Oh, and Matt Harvey did this, Matt Harvey said that, Matt Harvey left a paltry 10-percent tip at a midtown restaurant. Trade that jerk!
The Mets won't make it out of the first round of the playoffs. The Dodgers are clearly the superior team. A steady diet of Kershaw and Greinke will cause these guys to fold like paper. Cespedes is their whole offense anyway.
The Mets won't win the pennant. The Cubs are clearly the superior team. They are, in fact, the team of destiny. Power hitting beats power pitching. Schwarber, Bryant, Rizzo, et al. will eat the Mets' young pitchers alive. Cubs in five!
Um, yeah, uh-huh. I eagerly await all the articles tomorrow explaining why the Mets won't win the World Series.
The Mets are just a mediocre team from a weak division. They've got some good starters but a bad bullpen. They made some good trades but they've still got fundamental problems. They can't field. They can't run the bases. The Nats might still win the division. Oh, and Matt Harvey did this, Matt Harvey said that, Matt Harvey left a paltry 10-percent tip at a midtown restaurant. Trade that jerk!
The Mets won't make it out of the first round of the playoffs. The Dodgers are clearly the superior team. A steady diet of Kershaw and Greinke will cause these guys to fold like paper. Cespedes is their whole offense anyway.
The Mets won't win the pennant. The Cubs are clearly the superior team. They are, in fact, the team of destiny. Power hitting beats power pitching. Schwarber, Bryant, Rizzo, et al. will eat the Mets' young pitchers alive. Cubs in five!
Um, yeah, uh-huh. I eagerly await all the articles tomorrow explaining why the Mets won't win the World Series.
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I cannot stand the Mets. Not since 1969 and didn't like them much before then either. From what I have seen they are playing good solid baseball as opposed to the Cardinals and Cubs who will throw at hitters.
The Cubs have a manager who is great (just ask him) and a bunch of young players who are green, not blue.
Same old Cubs
The Cubs have a manager who is great (just ask him) and a bunch of young players who are green, not blue.
Same old Cubs
Jon Stewart must be smiling.
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Ah, that doughty son of Erin, Daniel Murphy. Mr. O'Ctober!
At least we have the Bears.
Yep, we have the Bears.
We have the Bears.
We have the Bears.
We have the Bears.
We..........................................................................
Yep, we have the Bears.
We have the Bears.
We have the Bears.
We have the Bears.
We..........................................................................
Change the name of City Park to Murphy Stadium.
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The Mets may not win the World Series but they are now the only team in New York. That will be true for at least a decade to come. Win or lose the Mets are the only real baseball team in the city. Buy your seats early.
It is hopeless for the Cubs. Even the ivy covered walls of Wrigley Field are unable to help them. I gotta hand it to you New York - those Mets are awesome, inspiring and just darn incredible to watch - and it pains me to write that. The Mets came to play and capture the National League Championship and by gosh, I do believe they will succeed.
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I marveled at the turn-of-the-21st-century Yankees, a team I've rooted for since Mickey and Yogi and Whitey were still out there. To me, the Mets were pure mediocrity, except for '69 and '86, only 20-odd years apart, and they had Bill Buckner to thank for '86. Now, the tables are turned, the fortunes are reversed. The Yankees look like the old Mets, and the Mets, especially during the playoffs, look like the invincible Yankees' best teams of the last 20 years. Murphy steps up to the plate with same electricity surrounding him as The Mick did 60 years ago, when I was just a worshipful little kid; will he hit another one!? Go Mets, all the way this year, World Champs!
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Our governor's family owns the Cubs. I'd root for any team that's playing against the Cubs for that reason alone. The father, Joe Ricketts, uses his PAC to sway elections. The son Pete Ricketts bought the governorship in Nebraska. (Admittedly he was running against a weak candidate - but the guy has NO political experience).
The Ricketts family understands that money can buy pretty much everything they want...fortunately it doesn't buy wins in baseball.
The Ricketts family understands that money can buy pretty much everything they want...fortunately it doesn't buy wins in baseball.
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To Marie from Nebraska: FYI, your governor's sister, Laura Ricketts, is also an owner of the Cubs and is a major donor/PAC supporter for the Democrats, Hillary Clinton, and LGBT causes as an out and proud lesbian wife and mother.
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Yes, I know this, mememe. She's apparently the blacksheep of the family. Also using her money to buy things, just on the left side of the political spectrum, though. I bet Thanksgiving is interesting around their dining room table!
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In '69, the nuns at my parochial school on Long Island started each day of classes with a prayer for the Mets. We bowed our heads and implored God to favor the Mets, and to give Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Nolan Ryan, Cleon Jones, Jerry Grote, Ed Kranepool, and all the miracle Mets the fortitude to beat Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, and the practically flawless Orioles. The nuns all wore Mets buttons, and had pictures of Tom on the chalkboard. God must have listened. And now, in 2015, the same prayers are being answered.
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I can't wait to hear the announcement that World Series tickets will be going on sale at Citifield!! Right now it looks like the Mets will be facing the KC Royals in the World Series. Even Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, who hates the Mets with a passion, can't spoil the excitement at the prospect that the Mets can go all the way to take baseball's ultimate prize. Wouldn't it be wonderful for New York to host a tickertape parade in lower Broadway in a couple of weeks?? It's almost too good to be true.
The Cubbies Lose! The Cubbies Lose! I love tradition.
Dear Mets fans: Before you get too carried away, just remember what happened the last time a New York team had a "commanding" 3-0 lead in the league championship series over a team managed by Theo Epstein.
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Dave Roberts is now a first base coach somewhere. Is Jon Lester getting fried chicken and beer in the Cub house tonight?
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It feels like this will finally be the year when the Mets finally wins a World Series. That would be Yankee fans worst nightmare.
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I agree...I'm sure there isn't a Yankee fan anywhere who wants to hear "the world champion New York Mets" all off-season!
My friend Larry, who went to the '86 world series and remembers the Miracle Mets , barely, roped me into watching Mets games around seventeen years ago, seriously about fourteen years ago. We have watched a lot of games. I cannot believe Murphy is doing what he is doing, it is out of control.
Big payoff after some terrible years!
Big payoff after some terrible years!
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... poor Cubs fans. Just to ensure that hope never enters the lexicon of those most hapless of sports fans, the Chicago Cubs baseball faithful are forced to endure a 3-0 crushing of all things human, of all that is decent and good in sports. That is, even when they make a run at the playoffs, it's still no dice: the payback with this series about to send them home whipped and dazed, has left many a Cubs fan wondering if its safe to ever get hopes up again.
If this is to be the result, an ignominious 4-0, who can blame them for being like Peter at the not-quite-pearly gates of baseball fields everywhere, when asked if they are truly a Cubs fan: "Me....no, not me.....[and later] I don't know that team, I tell you I don't!....and [lastly] I tell you, people, all of you, I don't care about the Cubs! I am no fan! I'm not!"
And so the Cubs fan of the future has denied all knowledge of their Chicago team, as the cock crowed three times before the opening game of next season.
If this is to be the result, an ignominious 4-0, who can blame them for being like Peter at the not-quite-pearly gates of baseball fields everywhere, when asked if they are truly a Cubs fan: "Me....no, not me.....[and later] I don't know that team, I tell you I don't!....and [lastly] I tell you, people, all of you, I don't care about the Cubs! I am no fan! I'm not!"
And so the Cubs fan of the future has denied all knowledge of their Chicago team, as the cock crowed three times before the opening game of next season.
You make no sense.
History repeating itself for this Cubs fan.
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"...but before he could reach it, Cespedes scored."
Actually, it should read "...but before he could reach it, Conforto was safe at first and Cespedes scored." Because if Conforto gets thrown out at first, Cespedes' run doesn't count.
Actually, it should read "...but before he could reach it, Conforto was safe at first and Cespedes scored." Because if Conforto gets thrown out at first, Cespedes' run doesn't count.
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Thank you for saving me a correction. I explained that to my daughter as the play unfolded. But that was three straight pitches in the dirt. Montero did well to block the first two.
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Small ball redefined. The Mets have adopted third base as their own theater of operation.
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It's hard, breaking old habits, but I'm sure I'm not the only Met fan who recognizes the situation: a Theo Epstein-led team is down 3-games-to-none, with 2 more games at home, against a NY-based team, in an LCS.
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And let's not forget it was Murphy (as far as I recall) who hit the game-tying ninth-inning 3-run home run in Atlanta in late September, after the Mets had been down 3 and opened the 9th with 2 quick outs.
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Cubs are the natural born losers of the last Century....and this one too?
At least Chicago has the best Pizza!
At least Chicago has the best Pizza!
Wait until next century!
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My grandmother, a loyal Mets fan from the day the team started, is looking down and smiling.
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There once was a team from Queens
Who stank for so long it seems
Now they rake and they twirl
To the joy of the world
And the city's coming apart at the seams!
Who stank for so long it seems
Now they rake and they twirl
To the joy of the world
And the city's coming apart at the seams!
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Please NYT - enough of equating the suffering of Cubs and Mets fans. The poor Mets haven't won it all for 15 years. Oh woe is us.
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Um, the Mets LOST that World Series. They haven't won since.1986. Coincidentially, October 27, 1986 was the day the Mets last won the series, and also the day current Met Jonathan Niese was born.
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I'm just so Damn proud of the Mets.
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As a lifelong Red Sox fan, I feel the pain of the Cubs' fans.
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And to the luckiest team in baseball - who've had two WS handed to them on a silver platter. UGH!
Why has Collins not used his center fielder Lagares with .500 batting average in the playoffs more than rookie Conforto with .000 in same?? Have all the Cubs pitchers been right-handed?? Using him mainly as a late inning replacement??
Assuming the Mets can continue to win in game 4 or 5, they will face tougher experienced KC team, most likely. How does KC line up against the Mets??
Assuming the Mets can continue to win in game 4 or 5, they will face tougher experienced KC team, most likely. How does KC line up against the Mets??
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"Why has Collins not used his center fielder Lagares with .500 batting average in the playoffs more than rookie Conforto with .000 in same?? "
The Mets have won all three games. This is hardly the time for second guessing.
The Mets have won all three games. This is hardly the time for second guessing.
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I have been a die hard loyal Mets fan since 1967 and aside from the Miracle Mets of 69 and the Bad Boys of 86, it has been sparse for us. Lots of ups and downs and - of late - six straight losing seasons. And look, NO ONE picked them to do anything this year. The Nats were the shoo-ins to win the NL East. We win the East by 7 games. Dodgers in NLDS - please - why even play - Kershaw and Greinke - all the Los Angeles Pundits said a 3-0 sweep for Dodgers. Check please - put the dagger in the Dodger's heart in their own back yard - even sweeter. And now the NLCS - and everyone says the Cubs will homer like they've been homering all year and we are toast. Well, we are ONE game away from the World Series. And I'm sure if we are lucky enough to make it, whoever it is - whether KC or Toronto - everyone will tell these Mets why they won't win. And they will win. They seem to have a bit of that Miracle Mets Magic and us die hards BELIEVE!!!!! GO METS!!!!!
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(a) This team, these players, this city, was really tired of losing. All season long we fought off the bad stretches that sank seasons past, kept scratching, fighting, hanging in there against tough pitching all season long, and for half of that season with an utterly undermanned offense. When we added reinforcements via trade, callups and guys getting healthy, this team was ready to get after it. Let's not forget how we hunted down the Nats to get this all started. This team is hungry.
(b) What is this team not doing well right now? Starting pitching, controlling the tempo, early leads in all three games, taking every extra base, making every play, totally locked in, in all phases. I've never seen anything like it. This is easily the most talented Mets squad since the 86ers, who also oozed talent but played in a much different era, when you could be undisciplined and still dominate. These Mets understand how important every run, every out, every pitch is, and they've reinforced it all season long. They had one stretch of not hitting at all, then came the reinforcements, then came this explosion. Once you've learned how to do the little things well, then add some lumber to the mix, you become dangerous in all conditions. Such are these Mets, who would probably beat the 86ers in a seven game series.
(c) Mr. Collins is proving he is Manager Of The Year.
(b) What is this team not doing well right now? Starting pitching, controlling the tempo, early leads in all three games, taking every extra base, making every play, totally locked in, in all phases. I've never seen anything like it. This is easily the most talented Mets squad since the 86ers, who also oozed talent but played in a much different era, when you could be undisciplined and still dominate. These Mets understand how important every run, every out, every pitch is, and they've reinforced it all season long. They had one stretch of not hitting at all, then came the reinforcements, then came this explosion. Once you've learned how to do the little things well, then add some lumber to the mix, you become dangerous in all conditions. Such are these Mets, who would probably beat the 86ers in a seven game series.
(c) Mr. Collins is proving he is Manager Of The Year.
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Don't jinx it. - Lifelong Mets fan.
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I have been a Mets fan since '62 and my son has been a fan from birth. We have a running joke: If I report the Mets pitcher has thrown a two-hitter, he'll ask, "Did they win?" He'll call to tell me the Mets scored 12 runs last night, and I'll ask, "Did they win?" So... to the point: Yes, we're up three games to zero, but this National League Championship is not won yet. When we have four wins, I'll start celebrating with the rest of you. (But is has been fun so far!)
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A fellow New Breed Charter Member. Take me back to the Polo Grounds.
I have cancer, operated on at the start of the season and started chemo in June. My negativity regarding the Mets & cancer has been well documented on the comment pages of the NYTs.
My Lord God, what a difference 6 months make. Thank you Mets for giving a few hours a night to forget the fight and just wonder at the beauty that is baseball and life.
Let's go Mets!!!!!!!
My Lord God, what a difference 6 months make. Thank you Mets for giving a few hours a night to forget the fight and just wonder at the beauty that is baseball and life.
Let's go Mets!!!!!!!
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Let's go Quadgator !!!!!!!!
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It is hard not to root for the Cubs, but the bottom line is that the better the Mets do, the worse the Yankees look and feel, and to produce such is obviously the prime directive.
In 1969 I watched the Mets win the Series at the old Sears in San Francisco. The television department was jammed for the deciding game by all of us who couldn't afford a TV in our apartments and crash pads, as well as by 98% of the strore's employees, everyone rooting for the Mets. A robber could have walked off -- and perhaps did -- with any other department of the store, and no one would have noticed.
I can't help but note once again that Cespedes, like Josh Donaldson, exemplifies why Billy Beane should be traded for a batboy to be named later.
In 1969 I watched the Mets win the Series at the old Sears in San Francisco. The television department was jammed for the deciding game by all of us who couldn't afford a TV in our apartments and crash pads, as well as by 98% of the strore's employees, everyone rooting for the Mets. A robber could have walked off -- and perhaps did -- with any other department of the store, and no one would have noticed.
I can't help but note once again that Cespedes, like Josh Donaldson, exemplifies why Billy Beane should be traded for a batboy to be named later.
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The Cubs inexperience on defense really showed tonight. But this baptism of fire will make them better and next year they will be hungry. Maddon used his bullpen well tonight but they're still a starter short.
As for our Mets, now Cespedes and Wright are hitting, and thank God, Duda bunted. Sorry but I think the shift is cowardly baseball and putting the second baseman in short right is a bogus beer-league softball maneuver. Every batter should bunt down the third baseline until teams abandon the shift. I know there's nothing in rules about how or where to position those seven but there's a tradition.
As for our Mets, now Cespedes and Wright are hitting, and thank God, Duda bunted. Sorry but I think the shift is cowardly baseball and putting the second baseman in short right is a bogus beer-league softball maneuver. Every batter should bunt down the third baseline until teams abandon the shift. I know there's nothing in rules about how or where to position those seven but there's a tradition.
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Before we (Mets fans) get ahead of ourselves, there is still the spectre of the 2004 Yankees collapse in the ALCS. And I was at the 5th game of the 2012 NLDS when the Reds failed to clinch a third win at home after leading the Giants 2-0.
Well.....wait until 2115!!
Ok, Cespedes is on third with the go-ahead run. Let's go with the knuckleballer whose got so much movement on his ball that there isn't a catcher in the world who can handle it.
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The Mets are playing inspired baseball. I can't help but pull for the Mets now after feeling their pain in the 2006 NLCS against the Cardinals. The Beltran walkoff. The Chavez catch. The Molina home run to left field in the rain. I was pulling for a rematch in 2015.
But, it's now the Mets' turn to vanquish our Central division rival, the Cubs, who from 3rd place, entered the playoffs, and got hot off the home run ball. We all know you live and die by the home run. Up and down, the Cubs don't have a team for the World Series.
The Royals are ridiculous. Only the Mets' pitching can force the World Series to 7 games. May the best team win...
But, it's now the Mets' turn to vanquish our Central division rival, the Cubs, who from 3rd place, entered the playoffs, and got hot off the home run ball. We all know you live and die by the home run. Up and down, the Cubs don't have a team for the World Series.
The Royals are ridiculous. Only the Mets' pitching can force the World Series to 7 games. May the best team win...
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The opening of this story reads as if the writer knows nothing about baseball. There were two outs. Montero reaching the ball before Cespedes made it home was irrelevant. If Conferto is thrown out at first, he's out, inning over, no run, regardless of when Cespedes crossed the plate.
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Gosh, the Mets coverage in this paper is sorely lacking. It wasn't a wild pitch that decided this game. The Mets are pitching better than the Cubs, hitting better, fielding better, and running the bases better. They are flat-out better at the big things and the little things. They're also thrilling to watch. Now tell me again that a wild pitch separates the Mets from the Cubs. Explain to me why an article covering a big Mets victory that gives them a commanding lead, devotes the first three paragraphs to the "...sort of miscues [that] seem to happen to the Cubs this time of year." The Cubs never even play baseball this time of year. They rarely make the playoffs. Is it so hard so put the focus squarely on the Mets where it belongs, and tout this team as perhaps the best in the world?
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Hey, it put a smile on my face! Well done...
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It wasn't long ago that I'd watch, or listen, to a Mets game sitting on pins and needles, waiting for them to lose a lead. Now, I sit on pins and needles marveling at just how complete this team is, and how we don't have to worry about Benitez blowing another save in the ninth.
Go Mets!
Go Mets!
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As a Cubs fan I, too, long thought it was "pins and needles" irritating my bottom. I've come to discover that it's just hemorrhoids.
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IT'S REALLY QUITE SIMPLE . . .
...for all you have to do is one has to gotta believe ... and Having Murphy helps as well.
...for all you have to do is one has to gotta believe ... and Having Murphy helps as well.
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Can't believe Schwarber didn't get scored an error on Yoenis's ball hit to him. He seemd to make two mistakes on one play, misreading the ball to start with and then still not catching it as it bounced off his glove. Of course a run is a run, so not to worry.
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"There comes a time in every man's life,
and I've had plenty of them."
-- Casey Stengel
and I've had plenty of them."
-- Casey Stengel
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and a cautionary note from the Ole Prof:
"If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as good as we think we are."
"If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as good as we think we are."
Go Blackhawks!
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The Mets are playing like a winner right now for sure....BUT it ain't over yet :)
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Its over.
Bring ON KC
this is our year
LETS GO METS!!!!
Bring ON KC
this is our year
LETS GO METS!!!!
Go New York! I hope the Mets keep this momentum.
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I love how in your game recap articles on mobile you mix in beautiful photos of the game with the text.
Go Mets!
Go Mets!
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Daniel Murphy strikes again. Thank God.
Feel the power. The man occupies the center of gravity.
Up, up and away, it's Superman!!
Feel the power. The man occupies the center of gravity.
Up, up and away, it's Superman!!
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Let's Go Mets!!
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As a lifelong Yankee fan I am thrilled to watch the Metropolitans rallying at the right time. I hope they win it all. The Royals are a tough squad, but the Mets have better starting pitching, so I think they'll prevail. Either way, it's nice to see new teams in the post-season mix. I'm tired of the Yankees, Giants, Red Sox every year. This is fun.
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But you are not sick of the Cardinals?
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Yes! Thanks Ralph. Chronically ill of the redbirds.
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I was waiting for that...
These Mets are playing total baseball: power-ball, small-ball, crisp fielding and (of course) extraordinary pitching. On the base-paths, they inspire terror in the opposition with running that is aggressive without being reckless. And Collins continues to push all the right buttons. I'm an old man, and I haven't had this much fun as a baseball fan in a long, long time.
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Me too not since '69 & '86.
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Oh the joy of being a Mets fan!
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Go Mets! We love ya! From a B-Mets fan.
Maybe…for the 5th time in my life I'll get to root for the Mets in a world series.
It's looking good.
Man, that would be a pleasure.
It's looking good.
Man, that would be a pleasure.
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Yup, I'm afraid that my Cubs are about to be shut-out. Oh well, maybe next century.
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I'd root for them against anybody but the Mets.
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Sorry, but you know the old saying - never upset a goat named Murphy!
They got it wrong in Back to the Future Part II. The Cubs did not win in 2015. They won in 2501.
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Allow me to suggest a nickname for him: Mr. Murphtober.
And while we are talking nicknames, Jacob deGrom needs a superhero moniker like his moundmates. How about Iron Man? Anybody who can beat Kershaw and Greinke in the same series can't be mere flesh and blood.