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I love that Nimmo of all people is in the pronunciation column. wonder if he lobbied the organization to include him so everyone says 'NIH-mo' more and stops with 'finding Nemo' jokes

Mets play a doubleheader at 4 tomorrow. the Braves complicate things with a 6:40 start - the starter for game 2, whoever that might be, is likely going to be deep into his outing before we learn the outcome of the Braves game.

Yeah, 32 teams does help a lot of schedule issues.

=Ceetar post_id=109750 time=1664803857 user_id=102] =nymr83 post_id=109699 time=1664763293 user_id=54] =Ceetar post_id=109626 time=1664758222 user_id=102] I think they're just upset she's black.

=bmfc1 post_id=109744 time=1664798881 user_id=73] =roger_that post_id=109740 time=1664795406 user_id=128] Funny thing is I strongly support this playoff setup. I've been saying for years that the team with the best W-L record should get all sorts of advantages like a BYE in the first round, and getting to face the WC card team off a tough series, at home, etc. Now it's not so funny.

There is hardly a team in all of baseball that wouldn't take deGrom, Scherzer, and Bassitt starting 3 games in a playoff series. The problem with having to play the wild card round, besides having to face the Dodgers in the very next round should the Mets advance, is that because the WC round is a two out of three series, it's virtually guaranteed that neither deGrom nor Scherzer will get to pitch more than one game against the Dodgers. The wild card series: Oct 7: deGrom Oct 8: Scherzer Oct 9: Bassitt The best of 5 NLDS could be: Oct 11: Carrasco/Walker on 5+ days rest (Or Bassitt on 5+ if they sweep) Oct 12: deGrom on 4 days rest Oct 14: Scherzer on 5 days rest Oct 15: Bassitt on 5 days rest (or Carrasco/Walker if they swept the wild card and Bassitt started game 1) Oct 16: Carrasco/Walker/Bassitt on 4 days rest, or push deGrom on 3 days rest with the season on the line. OR do they do this? if deGrom and/or Scherzer get lit up early then Showalter gets the wrath of the NY media. if they win, he is the genius who "went old school" - sometimes your 37 year old ace just needs to march out there the day after he threw 7 innings and throw another one to beat the evil MFY. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI200111040.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI200111040.shtml Oct 11: deGrom on 3 days rest Oct 12: Scherzer on 3 days rest Oct 14: Bassitt on 4 days rest Oct 15: deGrom on 3 days rest Oct 16: Scherzer on 3 days rest

At this point, the Mets may as well ignore the last 3 games and lock up deGrom-Scherzer-Bassit for the wild card with Diaz banned from pitching again and any reliever on the postseason roster banned from the last 2 games

Jansen's entire delivery feels like a balk

=bmfc1 post_id=109706 time=1664763880 user_id=73] If it's a NYY-ATL WS I might not watch a pitch.

Willets Point wrote: The people who bought an ad on a national broadcast against Stacy Abrams are complaining that she's bankrolled by out-of-state interests. I think they're just upset she's black. this is a standard complaint in states outside NY/CA/TX/FL about any candidate with lots of funds raised. nothing racist there.

Willets Point wrote: The anti-Abrams ad came right after the chop. The pro-Abrams ad came in the next ad break. i love that it was pushing legalized sports gambling. wonder if ESPN sponsored it themselves!

Willets Point wrote: ESPN sharing racist rituals with the world. the cellphone lights being waved up and down actually seems much better than the chop normally is! But, not to lose their chance, the Braves have a big "burning (digitally) A" that ESPN had to focus on, that made me think they were going to burn a cross on someone's lawn.

=Fman99 post_id=109420 time=1664669930 user_id=86] =G-Fafif post_id=109387 time=1664664964 user_id=55] Lame duck manager Don Mattingly says ace Sandy Alcantra will not start as scheduled vs ATL on the season's last day.

I'd rather see the Phillies as an opponent, but I'm rooting for the Brewers, because Phuck Philly always!

it makes no sense. They need to tell the Braves: you can play tomorrow, or if the weather doesn't work out, you're going to playing them in New York.

BALLGAME!

BRAVES LOSE!

where did Nido's ball hit? the orange line isnt a homer?

Frayed Knot wrote: See, we don't need pinch runners for Pete. We could use a designated slider though. He's got the ugliest head-first in MLB. He is probably one of the guys hurt by the rule change years back to prevent collisions at the plate. I have to assume his game plan on plays at the plate was never going to be "slide" under the old rules

ESCOBAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edgy MD wrote: Moving Friday up and pushing two games to Sunday seemed to me like it was going to be the plan they go for. I'm not thinking it's going to work and this may be a one-game series. Things don't just return to normal after a hurricane. They may end up stuck in town. Surely Steve Cohen owns a fleet of helicopters ready to evacuate the Mets directly from the Braves field?

break this shit open! i want 3 innings on fucking Medina or whoever in a 10 run game!

Wow, Jansen walked in the winning run! LFGM!

Meanwhile in St Louis, the Cardinals have 1st and 3rd with one out down a run in tje bottom of the 9th to Atlanta

=Gwreck post_id=105418 time=1661555065 user_id=56] Initial reactions: Even though Murphy and Colon (?) are the closest to ML service, I like the Amazins.