Its great to see National Leauge baseball (real baseball w/o a DH) leading the NY baseball world again, been too long a time.
But as my wise 90 year old Dad says; "give the Mets a chance, they'll blow it."
Maybe the only thing stronger than that sentiment is the arrogance of the Nationals. One thing is for certain it will be "must see" baseball here on the east coast and should be allot of fun.
What's the name of the otherr baseball team in NY again? I forgot.
But as my wise 90 year old Dad says; "give the Mets a chance, they'll blow it."
Maybe the only thing stronger than that sentiment is the arrogance of the Nationals. One thing is for certain it will be "must see" baseball here on the east coast and should be allot of fun.
What's the name of the otherr baseball team in NY again? I forgot.
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They had a bigger lead than this with just 17 games to play, once upon a time.
It's NEVER to late to catch the Amazins, not until the rest of the East teams have all reached their elimination numbers.
It's NEVER to late to catch the Amazins, not until the rest of the East teams have all reached their elimination numbers.
I've got a lot more faith in deGrom, Harvey, Niese, Syndergaard, Colon and Maybe Matz coming down the stretch than the likes of Tom Glavine, John Maine and Ollie Perez during the choke years. See Ollie give away the one game the Stros lost against the Yankee$? Three walks, with a wild pitch, and a Sac Fly to lose a 0-0 game.
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I don’t particularly dislike the Nationals, but the media anointed them World Series Champions before one pitch was thrown in April. Nothing would please me more than to see them miss the post season.
There is a promo that runs on the MLB channel of an excerpt of an interview with Jayson Werth proclaiming “The Nationals are the team to beat and everyone know it”. This is also why I hope they miss the post season.
There is a promo that runs on the MLB channel of an excerpt of an interview with Jayson Werth proclaiming “The Nationals are the team to beat and everyone know it”. This is also why I hope they miss the post season.
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The Mets look like a team. The Nats? Just a bunch of highly paid guys.
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As a long time long suffering Mets fan the Nats scare the hell out of me. The Mets always get hot all together then go into a collective slump all together. Right now they are wasting valuable home runs and clutch hits when they are already ahead instead of saving them for when they will need them in the close games!
I hate feeling like this but can't help figuring the Mets are going to score maybe three runs against the Nats in all those coming games (total), lose the lead, tumble into 3rd place and we sit out the post season yet again.
Not that I ain't happy right now, just scared and experienced.
I hate feeling like this but can't help figuring the Mets are going to score maybe three runs against the Nats in all those coming games (total), lose the lead, tumble into 3rd place and we sit out the post season yet again.
Not that I ain't happy right now, just scared and experienced.
Third place? The Mets are 16 1/2 games ahead of the braves with 36 to go. Did you look at the standings?
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As a Mets fan in DC better, this season has been a dream The Nationals are arrogant, smug, cocky... and I'm not just talking about Bryce ("Where's my ring?") Harper, I'm talking about their fans. When super-genius Rizzo shut down Strasburg in 2012, I said it was a mistake but the fans talked about it not being their only chance at a World Series. How many World Series have they won? They expected to run away with it this year and did not which gave the Mets an opportunity, and the Mets took advantage. Just keep Parnell off the mound at Nationals Park.
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As a long-time Mets fan from the UK (lucky enough to see them in their last season at Shea) it's great to see them putting the wins together. Their season has effectively been over by July/August the last few seasons.
Another good couple of weeks and no worse than .500 in the games against the Nats should see them into a play-off berth
Another good couple of weeks and no worse than .500 in the games against the Nats should see them into a play-off berth
I'm elated that the Mets with a payroll nearly half of the Nats are making mincemeat of the Nats.
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The Mets are 70-56 and have 36 games left to play. If they go 18-18 the rest of the way, they'll finish at 88-74. The Nationals are 63-62 and have 37 games left. In order to finish 88-74 they have to go 25-12 the rest of the way--a .675 winning percentage. The Mets have a very easy schedule, they just got David Wright back, and Steven Matz will probably return next week. Since acquiring Uribe, Johnson and Cespedes (and getting Cuddyer and D'Arnaud back from injury) they suddenly have a deep bench, which means that players can be rested. It's possible they'll suffer a collapse, but I think they already had their collapse--in June. The Nats might have to play .700 ball to catch them. Winning the division is not impossible, but very tough, and getting tougher by the day.
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The Nationals are so arrogant. They keep talking a big game and the Mets keep keeping their heads down and winning.
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Mets are cruising and widening their stride. Another series sweep tomorrow night?
Nats are just keep their nostrils above the water line. Lost tonight to the Padres.
Six-and-half and stretching.
Let's Go Mets!
Nats are just keep their nostrils above the water line. Lost tonight to the Padres.
Six-and-half and stretching.
Let's Go Mets!
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A lot of people still live in 2007 anytime the Mets are brought up (there are almost more comments about the Mets here than the Nationals). The Mets are a completely different team except for Wright, who has been out most of the year. Tell us they are flops after they do some actual flopping in the standings. Right now it's the Nats who remind me of the '07 Mets. It was the Nats who led the division most of the year then sank into .500 ball. The 2015 Mets had no offense until trade deadline additions sparked the entire lineup to start matching the tremendous starting pitching. Completely different season if you are really watching.
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The point of invoking 2007 is to inject a bit of reality into the "is it too late to catch the Mets?" hysteria. It's not too late to catch just about ANY of the divisional leaders, Mets included. Stating that abundantly obvious point doesn't mean we're living in 2007. It means we're living in reality.
And the reality today is that the Mets are on a roll, and it's terribly fun and exciting to watch. But the fat lady ain't even clearing her throat yet.
And the reality today is that the Mets are on a roll, and it's terribly fun and exciting to watch. But the fat lady ain't even clearing her throat yet.
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It's never too late to catch the Mets.
I also remember the 1942 Cardinals coming from 10 1/2 maybe more, in August, to beat the Dodgers to the pennant. The Dodgers won 104 games, lost 50 (154 game season) and lost to the Cards.
Meanwhile, anything is possible in a short series when you have three top line pitchers. The best pitchers usually win, not always the best team in the playoffs and Series.
Meanwhile, anything is possible in a short series when you have three top line pitchers. The best pitchers usually win, not always the best team in the playoffs and Series.
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Full disclosure, I am a Mets fan but the Nationals strike me as such an arrogant bunch of posers. I have no idea why articles such as this one on the Nationals keep getting written. It's like their PR department is getting this out there in case they don't make the post season (which is looking likely) after acting in March as if they were already in the World Series (Bryce Harper: "Where's my ring?"). Every team has injuries to key players, not least of all the Mets. How many games have the Mets played where David Wright, Lucas Duda and Dan Murphy have all been on the field? Not many I'm guessing and I'm also guessing their record is pretty darn good when they've all started. But, again, who cares? The Cardinals lost their ace (and arguably the best pitcher in the game) months ago and they don't seem to be standing around saying "we haven't been healthy all season"... just shut up and play Nats, you're boring everyone.
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I have full CONfidence in this year's Wilponzi scheme.
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Mr. Socrates while I enjoy and usually agree with your well written posts lighten up on the Mets and thw Wilpons. It was Adoff's Ponzi scheme and according to the Couirts the Wilpons were victims of Mr. Madoff as well.
Beyond that its the team that matters and if your history is correct the other baseball team in the Bronx was run by a two time convicted felon for many years.
Beyond that its the team that matters and if your history is correct the other baseball team in the Bronx was run by a two time convicted felon for many years.
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Late season baseball at its best. Scheduling serendipity with six more head-to-head, especially three at season's end.
Game on!
Game on!
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San Diego beat on Gio Gonzalez and held on while the Mets had a momentary burp before beating on the Phlopping Phils. Mets now lead by 6 1/2 games. Mets are 11-1 against Philly this year, and have four more against them with a DH-less Boston in between. Then they have another series with Philly before the season ends. If the Gnats don't win almost every day, those two series could amount to sweep or bust, especially with Pittsburgh and the Cubbies well out of sight for the wild card.
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In the post-season tournament last year the Royals showed us that a team can start believing in itself and go on a roll. And stay there!
The Mets are giving baseball fans that merrygoround impression.
Where she stops nobody knows?
Could be next week? Could be with their caps high in the air after the final out of Game 7 of the World Series.
I may be wrong, but didn't someone once say, "You gotta' believe!"
The Mets are giving baseball fans that merrygoround impression.
Where she stops nobody knows?
Could be next week? Could be with their caps high in the air after the final out of Game 7 of the World Series.
I may be wrong, but didn't someone once say, "You gotta' believe!"
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"The [National's] problem is the Mets."
Which, oddly enough, is also the Mets' problem.
Which, oddly enough, is also the Mets' problem.
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In 2007, the Mets had a seven-game lead over the Phillies with 17 to play. The Mets finished 5-12, while the Phillies went 13-4.
Let's not crown them yet.
Let's not crown them yet.
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Definitely not. As a lifelong Met fan, I've seen them blow bigger leads--remember the 2007 season?
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The Mets, all the way up to the top, are content to contend in 2015. That fulfills a promise that has been previously and repeatedly broken. So, the better question is, do the Mets as an organization really care about taking the division this season or does merely playing meaningful games in September suffice?
I don't love the Wilpons either, but don't you think all those trading-deadline acquisitions answer that question? What would you have Sandy Alderson do right now that he isn't doing? (A replacement for O'Flaherty would be nice, I admit...)
The Mets motto in spring training was "Take the damn thing." They even made shirts with the expression.
Does that answer your question?
Does that answer your question?
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I'm tired of hearing about the Nats' injuries. The Mets had or have almost everyone on the team (think Wright, Murphy, Cuddyer, D'Arnaud, most of the bullpen) on DL. They're in first place. Everyone has injuries. No excuse for playing lousy baseball.
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If the Mets keep winning, the article is moot
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The Nats (and their fans) act like they're the first team ever to have lots of players go on the DL. Ok, so they didn't have Zimmerman, Rendon, Span and Werth for a long period of time.
The Mets didn't have Wright and D'Arnaud for most of the season, either, and Murphy was on the DL in May/June. Those were their three best hitters. They also have lost two aces (Wheeler & Matz) for all or large parts of the season; lost two closers (Mejia and Parnell), multiple key relievers (Edgin, Blevins, Vic Black, Leathersich) etc etc etc. This is why depth matters, and I have to admit Alderson did a pretty good job building depth. All teams have injuries; it's the teams with organizational depth that can overcome them, and that's why the Mets are in first place and the Nats aren't.
It'll be a great race from here on out, though. Go Mets baby!
The Mets didn't have Wright and D'Arnaud for most of the season, either, and Murphy was on the DL in May/June. Those were their three best hitters. They also have lost two aces (Wheeler & Matz) for all or large parts of the season; lost two closers (Mejia and Parnell), multiple key relievers (Edgin, Blevins, Vic Black, Leathersich) etc etc etc. This is why depth matters, and I have to admit Alderson did a pretty good job building depth. All teams have injuries; it's the teams with organizational depth that can overcome them, and that's why the Mets are in first place and the Nats aren't.
It'll be a great race from here on out, though. Go Mets baby!
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Hey, you should listen to their TV team, Carpenter and Santangelo. If those two can't give you agita with their smarmy musings on the Nats perfections and how they never do anything wrong, despite what the umps and the official scorers say, you have a cast iron stomach.
Yes. But look on the bright side Nats fans.
You still may be able to say first in war, first in peace and last in the [National] League. (Well, at the the third part of the statement.)
You still may be able to say first in war, first in peace and last in the [National] League. (Well, at the the third part of the statement.)
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Fans sitting in the seat at Nationals Park wonder whether tha Nats WANT to win. Maybe the Nats don't care. The team is happy to be playing winning baseball to adoring fans, and making tons of money. Pennants? A Series ring? Icing on the cake, but so long as they're having cake.....why bother with icing?
To many fans, it seems as if there's something missing from the Nats team.
To many fans, it seems as if there's something missing from the Nats team.
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For all the Nationals' injuries, the Mets have suffered more. Denard Span (who missed the most time) has only 270 plate appearances? That's more than the total for the Mets' two best position players, Wright and d'Arnaud. Of course the Nationals' one true offensive star has been healthy and is having an MVP season.
Strasburg missed a month? So has Steven Matz, and Zack Wheeler has missed the whole year.
Both teams have had adversity this year, but now that both teams are relatively healthy the Mets are pulling away
Strasburg missed a month? So has Steven Matz, and Zack Wheeler has missed the whole year.
Both teams have had adversity this year, but now that both teams are relatively healthy the Mets are pulling away
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Mets pitching staff looks pretty good. No reason to think it wont stay good and they are starting to believe.
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Honestly this is why I love baseball; a real divisional race is in the works. Two teams that I love going head to head. I think the Nationals can come back and take the momentum into the playoffs. If they don't I still get to root for my second favorite team in the National League.`A win win for this fan.
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The Nationals Are Finally Healthy, but Is It Too Late to Catch the Mets?
No.
No.
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Yes
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yes, it's too late.
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To quote late New York punk rocker/poet Jim Carroll:
"It's too late, to fall in love with Sharon Tate
But it's too soon to ask the words I want on my tomb."
The tomb, in this case, has the Gnats' name on it. The Mets' only remaining games against teams with .500+ records are against the Gnats (for now) and the Yankee$. Phils, Marlins, Reds, Red Sawx fill out the rest of the sked. The Mets could easily make the two Gnats series moot.
"It's too late, to fall in love with Sharon Tate
But it's too soon to ask the words I want on my tomb."
The tomb, in this case, has the Gnats' name on it. The Mets' only remaining games against teams with .500+ records are against the Gnats (for now) and the Yankee$. Phils, Marlins, Reds, Red Sawx fill out the rest of the sked. The Mets could easily make the two Gnats series moot.
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But since the media anointed the Nats before one game had been played, they have to constantly find reasons behind their mediocre play because they can't have been wrong. Gotta be the injuries!
The Nats aren't much of a team, they're just a collection of players. Harper is the new A-Rod, incredibly talented but a self-centered jerk no-one likes. The Mets have jelled at the exact right time and will easily win the division. The Nats will join the Yankees, Dodgers and Angels playing golf in October.