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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 10, 2024 15:07:52 GMT
At least I came to my senses How does Jorge Lopez feel about all this?
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 10, 2024 15:26:13 GMT
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 10, 2024 15:48:55 GMT
The bullpen is where the Phillies lost the series. Once Rob Thomson pulled SuΓ‘rez out in the 5th, Mets were revived.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Oct 10, 2024 15:58:40 GMT
At least I came to my senses lol. I was one of the assholes who are against blowing up the team, this & last year, when the the team is within reach. With what happened to Verlander & Scherzer. Last year was the right move. This year, the team has a bunch of young guys. Boy, are they fun to watch!. I had to finished watching them before switching to the Yankees watching Stanton's heroic. As incredible as it sounded, he stole a base first time since 2020. In fact he was a triple away from a cycle. It was an incredible night of NY baseball. That's true you were, but I would NEVER call you an asshole. I was the asshole in this scenario At the time, they were cruising towards last place in the division. What a remarkable turnaround. They basically just did to the Phillies what the Phillies keep doing to the Braves. The Braves are the Mets now.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 10, 2024 16:07:22 GMT
If Padres & Mets win series, both lead series 2-1, that would be 0-6 for the NL bye teams in this playoff format. I definitely think there is something to the byes being detrimental. In football, they're good. Gives you time to rest up and they only play once a week. In baseball, it's such a streaky sport and they are used to playing almost daily so I think a week off hurts. The other part is the top seeds are usually locked up for a bit before the end of the regular season. So those teams tend to take their foot off the gas whereas the wild card teams are scratching and clawing to get in to the very end. People like to say the hottest teams going into the playoffs usually are the most successful. That's true but the reason they stay hot is because they go into the playoffs playing playoff-like games. Hoping like Hell the Mets pull this off. Padres have been playing some good ball as well and I'd actually rather play the Dodgers than the Padres if given an option, to the above points. As Billy Beane quoted in Moneyball, "playoff is crapshoot" Nothing truer in the current format. Just make the playoff and get hot in September and October and not lose momentum like the bye teams. Seeding doesn't mean much. Any playoff team can win it all. At least in the previous format, the division winners have the bigger advantage. Regular season is almost rendered meaningless. If they want more teams in, shrink the regular season and expand the post season. Be like NBA & NHL, God forbid.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 10, 2024 16:20:23 GMT
It would be interesting if the Rays had made the playoffs. Since Milton tore the roof off Tropicana Field What a shame
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 10, 2024 18:49:02 GMT
When Roger Clemens' son Kody came to bat last night, Citi Field brought back the moment when Clemens threw the bat at Piazza in the 2000 WS.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 11, 2024 1:16:21 GMT
David Fry takes it to game 5 on Saturday.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 11, 2024 2:51:41 GMT
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Post by klawrencio79 on Oct 11, 2024 13:16:02 GMT
Hell yeah dude, Subway Series here we come!
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Post by masterofallgoons on Oct 11, 2024 14:15:40 GMT
Hell yeah dude, Subway Series here we come! With the same outcome as last time! Woohoo!!
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 11, 2024 14:28:56 GMT
Yu Darvish vs Yoshinobu Yamamoto
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Post by klawrencio79 on Oct 11, 2024 15:32:08 GMT
Hell yeah dude, Subway Series here we come! With the same outcome as last time! Woohoo!! *dislike
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Post by sdm3 on Oct 11, 2024 15:44:15 GMT
Hell yeah dude, Subway Series here we come! With the same outcome as last time! Woohoo!! And maybe a Jets/Giants Super Bowl, too!
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Post by mtbg on Oct 11, 2024 16:30:09 GMT
Hell yeah dude, Subway Series here we come! So they were talking about a potential Subway Series on the radio and would Mets fans actually want that. Many didn't as they want the Mets to have the spotlight for themselves. I personally would love it as they would have beaten the Braves when they needed to to get in, knocked out the Phils, and won it all by beating the figgin Yankees! What better dream scenario could one think up? So, Mets and Yankee fans for that matter, would you rather a Subway Series or for your team to play anybody but?
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Oct 12, 2024 0:39:18 GMT
Yu guys watching the game?
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Post by Winston Wolf on Oct 12, 2024 1:48:46 GMT
Darvish dealing but Padres offense is anemic af
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 12, 2024 2:12:24 GMT
Darvish dealing but Padres offense is anemic af Lame Padres offense is wasting Darvish effort. Only 3 hits, but 2 of them HR. See if they will come back with two innings left.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 12, 2024 14:47:21 GMT
Tarik Skubal vs Matthew Boyd
Tigers should have the advantage unless their bats hit like last night's Padres.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 12, 2024 14:49:41 GMT
MLB Network is already starting showing many clips from the 1988 NLCS and WS.
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