NCLS Game 5 Oct 18 2024 5 PM Dodgers at Mets "If This is It"

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: At the age I'm at, every day is starting to feel like a potential elimination. No point in giving myself a stroke over it — though I'm sure my pressure will rise (and my butt will squeak) if the game is tight in the late innings.

Relax, kid, and enjoy it.

Later

[batmagadanleadoff]

Lefty Specialist wrote: =metirish post_id=176496 time=1729253246 user_id=72] Peterson will start ,Senga available if needed Mendoza says

It has to be this way. Senga can't be trusted with the season literally on the line.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Peterson will start ,Senga available if needed Mendoza says It has to be this way. Senga can't be trusted with the season literally on the line. If Senga can't be trusted with the season on the line, why would he be needed at all? IF he comes into today's game with the Mets still in it, I will assume that he can get batters out. I assume that the Mets know a heckuva lot more than I do about Senga's present abilities and what he's got left in his tank.

To tell you the truth, if Senga was "on" --- if his mechanical issues were solved, I'd prefer that he start over Peterson. When he's healthy and on his game, he's got the best stuff on the Mets staff and he, better than any other Mets pitcher, could retire Dodger batters while pitching in the strike zone. When the Mets announced that Senga would only pitch a few innings at a time (like two or three) at the beginning of the playoffs, I figured that he'd recovered from his injuries but that his stamina or endurance was still a little suspect. Obviously, that hasn't been the case so far.

[Edgy MD]

Sounds like a Smoltz "narrative "

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"Hello, Greater Hendrickson Tractor Club!! We ARE The John Smoltz Narrative!!

Who's ready for some good-time rock 'n' roll?!?!"

[Lefty Specialist]

=kcmets post_id=176537 time=1729274734 user_id=53]
There's something wrong with me. Elimination game in what could

be one of my last Mets pennant series. I have zero anxiety. Pulse is

87. BP is 119/81... considering calling an ambulance...

[batmagadanleadoff]

Lefty Specialist wrote: It has to be this way. Senga can't be trusted with the season literally on the line. If Senga can't be trusted with the season on the line, why would he be needed at all? IF he comes into today's game with the Mets still in it, I will assume that he can get batters out. I assume that the Mets know a heckuva lot more than I do about Senga's present abilities and what he's got left in his tank. To tell you the truth, if Senga was "on" --- if his mechanical issues were solved, I'd prefer that he start over Peterson. When he's healthy and on his game, he's got the best stuff on the Mets staff and he, better than any other Mets pitcher, could retire Dodger batters while pitching in the strike zone. When the Mets announced that Senga would only pitch a few innings at a time (like two or three) at the beginning of the playoffs, I figured that he'd recovered from his injuries but that his stamina or endurance was still a little suspect. Obviously, that hasn't been the case so far.

On the other hand, if Senga is worthy of getting another start, does it really matter if he gets that start today or in Game six, assuming there is a game six? The Mets have to win the rest of the games anyways. They have to win game six as much as they have to win game five.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Peterson in Game Five, Manaea in Game Six*, and Severino in Game Seven*.



* If necessary.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Lefty Specialist wrote: It's no shame to lose to the Dodgers.

I wouldn't feel any shame or any disappointment no matter who the Mets lost to. And that includes the White Sox if, hypothetically, the White Sox were allowed to compete in the post-season. It's just a couple of games and baseball is an extremely luck-plagued sport. The playoffs are much fun when you have a strong rooting interest in the games but I don't derive much profound meaning from any of it. After a few games, I've watched practically none of the pre and post-game analysis. None of it To me, it's almost entirely unwatchable, all of it. Just mindless blather. There's some good stuff in there but the signal to noise ratio is microscopically tiny.

[ashie62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Peterson in Game Five, Manaea in Game Six*, and Severino in Game Seven*. * If necessary.

That's the spirit



Need something out of the bottom third of the lineup



This is a must win



LGM

[batmagadanleadoff]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Peterson in Game Five, Manaea in Game Six*, and Severino in Game Seven*. * If necessary.

That's about right, unless the Mets know something very positive about Senga that isn't obvious to us regular fans.

[Frayed Knot]

Sounds like a Smoltz "narrative "

It was actually the p-b-p guy (whose name I never remember). One or both of them used the phrase multiple times but it was a very broad use of the phrase.

[Lefty Specialist]

Lefty Specialist wrote: It's no shame to lose to the Dodgers. I wouldn't feel any shame or any disappointment no matter who the Mets lost to. And that includes the White Sox if, hypothetically, the White Sox were allowed to compete in the post-season. It's just a couple of games and baseball is an extremely luck-plagued sport. The playoffs are much fun when you have a strong rooting interest in the games but I don't derive much profound meaning from any of it. After a few games, I've watched practically none of the pre and post-game analysis. None of it To me, it's almost entirely unwatchable, all of it. Just mindless blather. There's some good stuff in there but the signal to noise ratio is microscopically tiny.

The pre and post game analysis is riddled with Yankees, which is enough for me to avoid it.

[MFS62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Peterson in Game Five, Manaea in Game Six*, and Severino in Game Seven*. * If necessary.

Whaddaya mean "if"?

We got this locked.

Later

[bmfc1]

“Show a little faith there's magic in the night”. #LGM

[ashie62]

Keep the Dodgers off the board in the first

[Centerfield]

Let's not walk everyone.

[ashie62]

Way to go Jeff ughh

[metsmarathon]

Hey it's not a walk.



Iggy gets that tho, right?

[ashie62]

Put a tent on this circus

[Edgy MD]

Well, I guess it's relevant to ask if Iglesias gets to that.

[metsmarathon]

Ohh… my goodness.

[metsmarathon]

Settle down kids.

[Edgy MD]

It's worth asking if, well, anybody else would have gotten to that ball in right.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Disaster already before I'm barely settled in. They induce Ohtani to hit a grounder that doesn't even bounce -- it skids ,-- and it goes through for a single.

[ashie62]

ACE PETERSON

[Centerfield]

Big giant balls on David Peterson.

[batmagadanleadoff]

And Peterson gets out of the jam. Now its the Dodgers that can't cash in gift wrapped runs.

[Edgy MD]

This ain't high school.



T'was a grown man that pitched his way out of that inning.

[Centerfield]

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=176579 time=1729286207 user_id=68]
And Peterson gets out of the jam. Now its the Dodgers that can't cash in gift wrapped runs.

[Edgy MD]

If you look at all that goofy glove-shaking, I bet Flaherty has a give in his motion.