IGT - NLCS Game 3 - Mets at Cubs - Tue, 10/20/15, 8:07 PM

[Gwreck]

Let's Go Mets!

[Guest themetfairy]

Kill KILL KILL!!!

[Centerfield]

I hope Gwreck starts every thread for the remainder of the post-season.

You know the cool thing? With each win, the Mets guarantee that their season will last at least 4 more games.

[Centerfield]

I love that the Cubs were just dominated by Harvey and Syndegaard, and now get to go home and face our Ace.

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

Centerfield wrote: I hope Gwreck starts every thread for the remainder of the post-season.

Gwreck deserves to throw out the first pitch in Game 3 of the World Series.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Centerfield wrote: You know the cool thing? With each win, the Mets guarantee that their season will last at least 4 more games.

I also do that kind of math when the Mets are in the postseason. I first noticed myself doing that in 1999.

Also, when the season ended, I calculated that Citi Field would host between one and nine games. They've already played four, and it's now guaranteed to be at least five.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Pack up the black cat and the billy goat, the raccoon and the parakeet, we're going to Wrigley!

[Centerfield]

I would love to go to Wrigley.

I would hope that my seats would be better than the last time I was there.

[Centerfield]

I just realized that the Mets are facing Kyle Hendricks.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/33173/kyle-hendricks

Not Kyle Kendrick.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/28804/kyle-kendrick

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

Mets faced him on June 30 at Citi Field where they lost 1-0

[Farmer Ted]

That's Gold Jerry! Gold!

http://www.jokes4us.com/sportsjokes/mlbjokes/chicagocubsjokes.html

The one at the top, tho:
Q: What is the difference between Kyle Hendricks and bowling icon Walter Ray Williams, Jr.?
A: Walter Ray Williams, Jr. knows how to throw a strike.

[dgwphotography]

El Segundo Escupidor wrote: Mets faced him on June 30 at Citi Field where they lost 1-0

The line-up was just a bit different:

Curtis Granderson rf
Ruben Tejada ss
Lucas Duda 1b
Daniel Murphy 3b
Michael Cuddyer lf
Wilmer Flores 2b
Kevin Plawecki c
Jon Niese p
Juan Lagares cf

Edited October 19, 2015 by Guest

[Fman99]

dgwphotography wrote: Mets faced him on June 30 at Citi Field where they lost 1-0 The line-up was just a bit different: Curtis Granderson rf Ruben Tejada ss Lucas Duda 1b Daniel Murphy 3b Michael Cuddyer lf Wilmer Flores 2b Kevin Plawecki c Jon Niese p

We probably lost because we didn't have a center fielder in the lineup.

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

Different as in the #3 hitter could hit the ball and the clean-up hitter didn't have superpowers .........among other things.

[dgwphotography]

Fman99 wrote: We probably lost because we didn't have a center fielder in the lineup.

Thanks,

Fixed it.

[Frayed Knot]

Centerfield wrote: I would love to go to Wrigley. I would hope that my seats would be better than the last time I was there.

People complain about having to sit behind Poles in Wrigley but what do they expect, it's Chicago where the odds of sitting behind some guy named Kowalski or Pulaski are always going to be high.

[Edgy MD]

It's good to have a day off so's'n' I can finally get some sweep.

Wait. I meant sleep. What did I say?

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

Frayed Knot wrote: People complain about having to sit behind Poles in Wrigley but what do they expect, it's Chicago where the odds of sitting behind some guy named Kowalski or Pulaski are always going to be high.

I'm more concerned about d'Arnaud hitting behind a Pole that has often been caught just standing there.

[Fman99]

This playoff beard is itching like a sailor's rashy asshole.

Having said that, it's not going anywhere. It's the reason we're winning, you know.

[Farmer Ted]

Joe Maddon and his "I'm smarter and quirkier than you at the same time" bullshit has me going bat shit. Fuck you Joe. Fuck you Cubs. I lived in Chicago for two years so FUCK YOU CHICAGO. It's cold there, you're rude, and your inferiority complex for all-things New York is downright ugly.

KILL KILL KILL!!

PS-Theo, your manscaped eyebrows look like shit.

[Centerfield]

Really. Let's play this fucking game already.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Fman99 wrote: This playoff beard is itching like a sailor's rashy asshole. Having said that, it's not going anywhere. It's the reason we're winning, you know.

My patch is raging. You can almost see it if you get close enough.

[Benjamin Grimm]

If I allow it, I can drive myself crazy thinking through the possibilities.

With a 2-0 lead, this isn't a must-win for the Mets, but it is a must-win for the Cubs.

Therefore, it's a must-win for the Mets, because we must deprive the Cubs of winning a must-win game. (In the spirit of Kill Kill Kill, of course.)

I want to see this series end in four games; let's go all Brett Anderson on the next two Cubs starters. Although Lester and Arrieta proved that they're not all that scary, I'd rather not see either one of them again.

[Guest d'Kong76]

GAME: New York Mets (95-74) at Chicago Cubs (101-68)
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, October 20 - 8:00 PM EST
WHERE: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
LINE: N/A TOTAL: N/A
Playoff Series: League Championship; NY Mets leads 2-0

Daniel Murphy was thought to be on his way out of New York with free agency looming and prospect Dilson Herrera knocking on the door from the minor leagues, but a week of hot hitting in the playoffs is making him indispensable to his team. Murphy will try to homer in his fifth straight game when the Mets visit the Chicago Cubs for Game 3 of the National League Championship series on Tuesday. There is no scheduled ass eating for the road games of this series.

Murphy clubbed a two-run homer in the first inning of Game 2 on Sunday off Cubs ace Jake Arrieta and has taken Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Jon Lester and Arrieta deep in the last four games to provide plenty of support for the New York staff. �I definitely am seeing the ball well right now, so that's nice,� Murphy told reporters after blasting a first-inning homer for the second time in as many NLCS games. Chicago managed a total of three runs in the first two games but won both of its home games in the NLDS against the Cardinals and is still confident going forward. �We're looking for several one-game winning streaks and that would be kind of nice,� Cubs manager Joe Maddon told reporters. �Listen, it's never going to be easy this time of the year. They are good; we know that. We're also very good.�

TV: 8:07 p.m. ET, TBS

PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Jacob deGrom (2-0, 1.38 ERA) vs. Cubs RH Kyle Hendricks (0-0, 5.79)

DeGrom struck out 20 in 13 total innings over a pair of NLDS starts and won them both, including the Game 5 clincher. The former Rookie of the Year has allowed a total of three runs in his last four outings with 36 strikeouts in 23 innings during that span. DeGrom has never beaten Chicago, going 0-2 while allowing a total of 11 earned runs and 17 hits in 15 1/3 innings over three career starts.

Hendricks got the nod over Jason Hammel for Game 3 and will try to bounce back after surrendering three solo home runs among four hits in 4 2/3 innings at St. Louis during the NLDS. The Dartmouth product scattered three hits and no runs in 12 innings over his final two turns in the regular season and has issued a total of two walks in his five outings. Hendricks is 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA in two career starts against New York.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Murphy has five homers and eight RBIs in seven postseason games.
2. Chicago batters struck out 20 times in the first two games of the series.
3. New York 3B David Wright is 2-for-23 in the playoffs.

[Lefty Specialist]

Let's make them fly this flag.

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Therefore, it's a must-win for the Mets, because we must deprive the Cubs of winning a must-win game. (In the spirit of Kill Kill Kill, of course.).

In a group populated by ostensibly intelligent people, this has to be the dumbest rally cry i've come across in a while .

With that said, onto the game -- I'd like to see Lagares start because he's seeing the ball so well and I'm afraid Conforto will get lost in the Ivy of left field.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

I'm an optimist and the Mets being up 2-0 with deGrom starting against an average pitcher is about as good as it gets.

So why do I feel so anxious about this game?

[dgwphotography]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: I'm an optimist and the Mets being up 2-0 with deGrom starting against an average pitcher is about as good as it gets. So why do I feel so anxious about this game?

As long time Mets fans, we've been conditioned to expect the other shoe to drop

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

dgwphotography wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: I'm an optimist and the Mets being up 2-0 with deGrom starting against an average pitcher is about as good as it gets. So why do I feel so anxious about this game? As long time Mets fans, we've been conditioned to expect the other shoe to drop

I know, but I was never one of those types of Mets fans until now.

[dgwphotography]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: I'm an optimist and the Mets being up 2-0 with deGrom starting against an average pitcher is about as good as it gets. So why do I feel so anxious about this game? As long time Mets fans, we've been conditioned to expect the other shoe to drop I know, but I was never one of those types of Mets fans until now.

Something always changes us. I wasn't one of those fans until Madoff...