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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 6, 2024 11:06:47 GMT
i wonder how much the Brothers Steinbrenner paid the umpires for that fucking call?
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Post by mtbg on Oct 6, 2024 12:16:53 GMT
Safe travels man. Pumped for this series and hoping the week off hurts Philly. That being said, Senga to start game 1? Odd choice. I was just hoping he'd maybe give us some innings out of the pen. I am too very surprised on Senga starting. I thought he is out for the season. He was, after all, their best pitcher last season. I am sure Peterson will be standing by if he is in trouble. Good call. Peterson and the pen were great. Senga looked good and I understand if he's on a strict pitch count, not wanting to get him up then back down, etc, but I think he needs to go to the pen.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 6, 2024 15:21:33 GMT
Only the NL games today
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 6, 2024 15:24:47 GMT
I’m a day late but….YEAHHH!!!! Holy shitballs, that was epic! I’ll be back in the US tomorrow, ready to wear my heart on my sleeve for the upcoming series vs the Phils. Kinda hard to believe this is the first time they have ever played against each other in the postseason. You back yet? I don't remember either the Yankees or the Mets put so many exciting games in such short stretch like the current Mets.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 6, 2024 15:29:29 GMT
Let's go Tigers... let's see how low the WS tv ratings can really go. I don't know too much about the Tigers, but I had Reese Olson in my fantasy team. He has been a brilliant starter when he was not injured. He was excellent coming out of the pen yesterday allowing only 1 run in 5 innings. I don't understand why they don't start him instead of Holton who got clobbered.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 6, 2024 15:33:53 GMT
i wonder how much the Brothers Steinbrenner paid the umpires for that fucking call? lol. I sincerely thought Jazz was out at 2nd. The called him safe, which resulted in the winning run when Verdugo drove him in. I take it any which way.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 6, 2024 15:37:23 GMT
I am too very surprised on Senga starting. I thought he is out for the season. He was, after all, their best pitcher last season. I am sure Peterson will be standing by if he is in trouble. Good call. Peterson and the pen were great. Senga looked good and I understand if he's on a strict pitch count, not wanting to get him up then back down, etc, but I think he needs to go to the pen. Other than Schwarber's HR. Senga was very good. He could have gone further. Better play it safe. He could play an important role in the run. Yes, in the pen makes sense. Peterson is outstanding.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Oct 6, 2024 17:00:00 GMT
Good call. Peterson and the pen were great. Senga looked good and I understand if he's on a strict pitch count, not wanting to get him up then back down, etc, but I think he needs to go to the pen. Other than Schwarber's HR. Senga was very good. He could have gone further. Better play it safe. He could play an important role in the run. Yes, in the pen makes sense. Peterson is outstanding. I don't think they had any ideas about Senga going much more than that. He isn't remotely stretched out and they were always treating this like a bullpen game. The initial scuttlebutt was to throw Megill out there, the idea being that (i) the Phillies have their ace on the hill, (ii) in a hostile environment, and (iii) the Mets were due for a letdown after a highly emotional win the other night. May as well throw Megill out there and save your starters for the next game. Now, by winning last night, ALL of the pressure is on Philly. It's funny, the Mets are kinda like the '23 and '22 Phillies right now; getting in through the WC, getting hot at the right time and being the underdog lets them play loose. Curious to see how Philly responds in what it is an immediate must-win game.
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Post by mtbg on Oct 6, 2024 21:10:30 GMT
Other than Schwarber's HR. Senga was very good. He could have gone further. Better play it safe. He could play an important role in the run. Yes, in the pen makes sense. Peterson is outstanding. I don't think they had any ideas about Senga going much more than that. He isn't remotely stretched out and they were always treating this like a bullpen game. The initial scuttlebutt was to throw Megill out there, the idea being that (i) the Phillies have their ace on the hill, (ii) in a hostile environment, and (iii) the Mets were due for a letdown after a highly emotional win the other night. May as well throw Megill out there and save your starters for the next game. Now, by winning last night, ALL of the pressure is on Philly. It's funny, the Mets are kinda like the '23 and '22 Phillies right now; getting in through the WC, getting hot at the right time and being the underdog lets them play loose. Curious to see how Philly responds in what it is an immediate must-win game. I agree yet they didn't just get hot the end like Philly did. Their start was abysmal but they have the best record in baseball since June 1st. That's 4 months of quality baseball. Though they still entered the playoffs on fire as they have basically been playing playoff games for 2 weeks!
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Post by klawrencio79 on Oct 6, 2024 23:05:00 GMT
Vientos ties it with a 2 run HR off Strahan in the 9th!! Wow, these Mets just don’t die. Holy fuck.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Oct 6, 2024 23:29:03 GMT
Philadelphia sports takes off 10 years of my life every fucking time. I think Mike Schmidt said it best when asked about playing in Philadelphia - "It's the thrill of victory and the agony of hearing about it the next day."
I'm going to throw away my TV and move to the Arctic (and this is after a WIN).
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 6, 2024 23:31:06 GMT
Vientos ties it with a 2 run HR off Strahan in the 9th!! Wow, these Mets just don’t die. Holy fuck. What a battle! Tough Mets loss. They pitched around Harper, but Castellanos is no slouch either. Great series moving to Citi Field.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Oct 6, 2024 23:38:52 GMT
Great and exciting ending to that game. Philly wins but another big 9th inning rally for the Mets is still pretty memorable. Citi Field will be a madhouse on Tuesday.
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Post by Winston Wolf on Oct 7, 2024 0:28:40 GMT
Philly booing Nimmo for being injured is peak Philly
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Post by mtbg on Oct 7, 2024 0:46:47 GMT
Vientos ties it with a 2 run HR off Strahan in the 9th!! Wow, these Mets just don’t die. Holy fuck. What a battle! Tough Mets loss. They pitched around Harper, but Castellanos is no slouch either. Great series moving to Citi Field. That 2-0 pitch was a strike. Once they called it a ball, they pitched around him which I get, but like you said, Castellanos is no slouch. The Phills did what the Mets have been doing to everybody for weeks. Exciting game and series to watch with 2 bitter rivals going head to head.
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Post by tristramshandy on Oct 7, 2024 3:50:34 GMT
I'm guessing some Padres fans got attacked in the parking lot tonight. Probably the rest of this series should be played as day games.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 7, 2024 14:47:49 GMT
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Oct 7, 2024 22:13:46 GMT
Philly booing Nimmo for being injured is peak Philly I know, right? I mean, add on to that they way they had to delay the game for 10 minutes with all those dickbag fans throwing balls at Jurickson Profar, that whole city of Philly should be carpet-bombed. Especially since stuff like getting balls thrown at you doesn't happen ANYWHERE ELSE.... Sarcasm aside, the Dodgers have fans way worse than Philly and I'll die on that hill.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 7, 2024 22:22:12 GMT
Looks like Kwan trapped the ball in the replay, but review challenge called it a catch. Huge play in a scoreless tied with 2 runners on and 2 outs in the top of the 8th.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 7, 2024 22:50:16 GMT
Doesn't matter. Kerry Carpenter put wood on the ball and drove it out, off Clase no less, and gives the Tigers 3-0 in the top of the 9th. Can any closers go unscathed anymore? They all blown games.
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