Irrational Exuberance

[Guest d'Kong76]

Since this is the irrational exuberance thread, I declare that I fully
expect the Mets to be looking to go up 3-2 on Sunday evening.

Expect the Mets!

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

d'Kong76 wrote: Since this is the irrational exuberance thread, I declare that I fully expect the Mets to be looking to go up 3-2 on Sunday evening. Expect the Mets!

Yay to this!

[MFS62]

Lefty Specialist wrote: At this point I just want to avoid embarrassment on the national stage. Take a game at least and show a little fight, Metsies.

I want to avoid it at the office level.
I'm surrounded by very virulent YLDBs.
One good thing, one of the few people rooting for the Mets is a mean looking 6'2, 300+ pound ex-football player. He's a nice guy, but his brain hasn't let his face know it yet. He'll keep their gloating and smirking in check.

But, it won't come to that. The Mets are still going to win this fucker. Nothing is ever easy.

Later

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Centerfield wrote: If Bartolo is ready, I was thinking give him a start in Game 4 with Matz ready in the pen.

Is Bartolo ready? Are the Republican debates a "straight-talkin'" shitshow? Is Europe getting a collective boner over your microwave burrito? Are the Wilpons half-crooked and half clueless? IS Bartolo ready? Motherfather, he's over in the corner, slouched into a beanbag chair, pants half-zipped, watching a "Rockford Files" rerun, sipping on some pumpkin-spiced toddy while he flips through a Skymall catalog. OF COURSE he's ready.

Of course, I'm not sure what purpose Bartolo-as-rotational-changeup serves, exactly-- Velocity curveball? Visual distraction?-- but hell, I'm onboard.

And what the hell is all this Royals-are-unbreakable-warriors shit? They're great and balanced and particularly pesky, sure, but they've played, like, one great game and one pretty-good/lucky one. THEY WERE PRACTICALLY TAKEN OUT BY THE ASTROS. Just because Yost has an analytic department and lineup card, doesn't make him f'ING Yoda.

We'll kick some ass tomorrow. Or we won't. Whatever. But these guys aren't the fucking be-all end-all. They're Zobrist and a bunch of hot-hitting Ecksteins, and they can get got like any other punks. With all due respect, save the defeatist reckoning for the offseason, when this is all done. In the meantime, there's yelling to do, and your throats are needed. Let's Go.

Edited October 29, 2015 by Guest

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

This is the best sentence ever written:

Motherfather, he's over in the corner, slouched into a beanbag chair, pants half-zipped, watching a "Rockford Files" rerun, sipping on some pumpkin-spiced toddy while he flips through a Skymall catalog.

[Vic Sage]

Lets go Knicks! Oh, are we still playing baseball? cool.

[seawolf17]

Centerfield wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: At this point I'd be content just to see the Mets win a World Series game. No one expected them to get this far, so winning at least one game would be an accomplishment. And I'm not down on the Mets. I don't think they're bad. I just think the Royals are too good. They're practically unbeatable. I think I am falling in somewhere around here. Trying to organize my thoughts/emotions this morning. I hate to say it but I think this series is effectively over. I know it's not impossible to come back from 2-0, but it is much, much harder when the other team is just simply better. I am an idiot and will admit to completely underestimating this Kansas City team. No wonder they beat Toronto. They are amazing. It's like facing a lineup of 8 Keith Hernandez, and then a 9th pesky hitter. I think the Mets will win Game 3. Then the Royals will either win the next two, or take it back to KC and win there. But the series will never really be competitive again. And surprisingly, I think I am ok with this. At least as of now. I would have been furious if the Mets had lost to the Dodgers after that bullshit play. I would have been mad if they lost to a lesser team. But these Royals have beat Harvey, deGrom and Familia. And none of those guys pitched that bad. They just got beat. If the Mets come back and win, I'll be ecstatic. But if Kansas City wins, I just have to tip my cap and call them my daddy. It's ok though. We were hoping this would be 1986, maybe it's 1985. Kansas City wins the World Series. We have to wait one more year for the Mets' world domination.

CF and I are basically the same person sometimes, although I have slightly more confidence in this team to make it interesting in the next two games.

[Edgy MD]

One. Game. At. A. Time.

Anything is possible � likely, even � if you can take it step-by-step.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

And if this is the last sequence of steps, well, walk hard.

Your "Ah, well, they're just better" rock-kicking is not needed here. We are in want of yelling, constant and true. Your throats are needed here. Your rage-against-the-strike-zone is needed here. Your joy in every single; your fist-pump at every "meaningless" nice Wilmer play; your stupid-enthusiastic, who-the-fuck-is-that-guy-clapping-at-ONE-hit clapping. Take a cue from Cubs fans in Game 4-- hell, from the Royals themselves in Game 1-- dust yourselves off and keep going. Because it's baseball, and we're Met fans, and that's what we do. Don't get "pumped," or rather, don't focus on pumped. Pumped dissipates. Pumped flags and sometimes curdles. Instead, just stay. Stay loyal. Stay engaged. Stay loud. Dance. We're gonna dance tonight, and tomorrow, and for as long as there's music, we're gonna keep dancing. Not interested? Not as interested as you used to be? Well, nice having you around-- the door to the parking lot is that way. Those of us who are here are here. We're present. We're gonna dance, and we're gonna dance a lot.

LET'S. GO. METS.

[Edgy MD]

Bloody fucking yes.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Edgy MD wrote: One. Game. At. A. Time. Anything is possible � likely, even � if you can take it step-by-step.

Step 1 - Don't get swept.
Step 2 - Guarantee that the Royals can't celebrate a championship in Citi Field.
Step 3 - Prevent the Royals from winning any games at all in Citi Field.
Step 4 - Win a game at Kauffman.

Seems simple.

[Ceetar]

Step 1: Don't let the Royals get runs.
Step 2: Score runs.
Step 3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 nine times.
Step 4: Repeat steps 1,2 and 3 four times.

[Edgy MD]

Step One. Score more runs than the Royals tonight.

Step Two. We'll discuss this tomorrow. All available planning and assets focused on Step One.

[Benjamin Grimm]

We'll know so much more after tonight's game. The difference between 0-3 and 1-2 is tremendous.

If the Mets lose, they're virtually doomed. And if they win, they're back in it.

I'm pretty much taking all of the things I was thinking when the Mets were up 2-0 on the Cubs and looking at it from the other side.

[Centerfield]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: And if this is the last sequence of steps, well, walk hard. Your "Ah, well, they're just better" rock-kicking is not needed here. We are in want of yelling, constant and true. Your throats are needed here. Your rage-against-the-strike-zone is needed here. Your joy in every single; your fist-pump at every "meaningless" nice Wilmer play; your stupid-enthusiastic, who-the-fuck-is-that-guy-clapping-at-ONE-hit clapping. Take a cue from Cubs fans in Game 4-- hell, from the Royals themselves in Game 1-- dust yourselves off and keep going. Because it's baseball, and we're Met fans, and that's what we do. Don't get "pumped," or rather, don't focus on pumped. Pumped dissipates. Pumped flags and sometimes curdles. Instead, just stay. Stay loyal. Stay engaged. Stay loud. Dance. We're gonna dance tonight, and tomorrow, and for as long as there's music, we're gonna keep dancing. Not interested? Not as interested as you used to be? Well, nice having you around-- the door to the parking lot is that way. Those of us who are here are here. We're present. We're gonna dance, and we're gonna dance a lot. LET'S. GO. METS.

Look, make no mistake of it. I will be there for every second of it. My throat will be hoarse at the end of the night. I will rage. I will cheer. And no matter what happens tonight, I won't be able to sleep for hours after the game.

I just don't think they're going to win. Not after what I've seen. I wish I did. I really wish I did. I don't know how to change that.

[Benjamin Grimm]

You really don't have to change what you think will happen. No matter what you think, events will soon prove you right or wrong.

[seawolf17]

Ceetar wrote: Step 1: Don't let the Royals get runs. Step 2: Score runs. Step 3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 nine times. Step 4: Repeat steps 1,2 and 3 four times.

"Great insight, Cal. Back to you, Ronnie."