Heard a funny rumor

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah. Davey planned to have Aguilera start Game 4, but once the Mets dropped the first two at Shea, he scrapped that plan and went to a three-man rotation.

He did go with four in the NLCS that year, as Gooden, Darling, Ojeda, and Fernandez all got starts.

[Guest AG/DC]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: ="AG/DC"]When Davey Johnson went to a four-man rotation in the World Series, it struck me as the exception --- and the right move. Hey! You fooled me. Davey went with a three man rotation against the BoSox. Darling, Ojeda and Gooden were the only WS starters for the '86 Mets.

Yeah, my lousy memory must be conflating the NLCS with the World Series. Fernandez went in the NLCS.

[Guest themetfairy]

I agree with iubitul. If Stone won Game 6, that would have been nice. But Seaver was never at his best on short rest, and he would likely have been better fully rested in Game 7 than he was in Game 6.

[batmagadanleadoff]

AG/DC wrote: ="batmagadanleadoff"] AG/DC wrote: When Davey Johnson went to a four-man rotation in the World Series, it struck me as the exception --- and the right move. Hey! You fooled me. Davey went with a three man rotation against the BoSox. Darling, Ojeda and Gooden were the only WS starters for the '86 Mets. Yeah, my lousy memory must be conflating the NLCS with the World Series. Fernandez went in the NLCS.

Yeah. Sid was odd man out only because of Fenway's configuration. Against any other AL team, Sid would've pitched one of the middle of the series road games and Davey would've had his four man rotation.

[Guest AG/DC]

It wouldn't have been nice, it would have been a world championship. Of course his quality is a factor.

There are back-end starters worth bumping up your top starters over and there are back-end starters not.

[G-Fafif]

Not that those A's weren't a pretty tough outfit.