IGT 0926 - Mets at Phillies

[Guest Spacemans Bong]

Mets win.

Giants STEAL one from the Padres and keep the dream alive, baby!

The Giants are the new 73 Mets.

Believe!

[Guest Iubitul]

metirish wrote: Great freaking game.....still I would rather the Phills win the WC than the Astros....

I'd rather the Mets win the WC than either of them....

[MFS62]

I keep hearing about Rollins breaking the Phillies team record for hitting in consecutive games.
But what team was Pete Rose playing for when he set the NL record?
I though the was with the Phils at the time.

Later

[Guest Rotblatt]

I can't believe I went to bed after the seventh last night.

I suck.

A happy, happy recap to wake up to, however! Nice job, everyone!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Pete Rose hit in 44 consecutive games in 1978 with the Reds. He joined the Phillies the next season.

It's one of those conveniently forgotten facts that fly in the face of a quasi-fact. Pete Rose supposedly "taught the Phillies how to win," but he arrived in 1979, and the team dropped to fourth after three first-place finishes, and shed a manager, before winning the whole enchilada in 1980.

Clearly they were missing Richie Hebner.

Danny Ozark only got 56 more games replacing Frank Robinson with the mysterious 1984 San Francisco Giants. In a world of retread managersI can't think of another guy off the top of my head who so seemingly earned another chance and didn't get one.