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https://50yearoldcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/mad129-italian.jpg> Mort Drucker's version of Yogi the Mets icon, September 1969. https://50yearoldcomics.com/2019/09/14/mad-129-september-1969/https://50yearoldcomics.com/2019/09/14/mad-129-september-1969/

McNeil on, Ottavino off.

Mendoza was coy on who will take the ball after Senga.

Senga announced as Game One starter. And Manaea for Game Two.

9-6 vs the next opponent.

[media=youtube]k4FY-143yjE[/media] Well, we now know where we'll be having fun in the warm California sun. Us at the Dodgers, Sunday, 8:15 m EDT/5:15 PM PDT on Fox. As the cheerleaders out there say, bring it on.

Wear sunscreen.

Stevie says we have a couple of days to cultivate new anxieties. Until then… [media=youtube]mMTkujnftIs[/media]

Francisco Lindor is a man possessed by the desire to win.

Kase, geez.

Bartolo Colon will catch Murphy's first pitch. FS1 is your network at 5:08. The West Coast Game doesn't start until 9:08,so unless there are A LOT of extra innings, there shouldn't be overlap necessitating FS2.

Schwarber DH Turner 6 Harper 3 Castellanos 9 Bohm 5 Realmuto 2 Stott 4 Wilson 7 Marsh 8 Suárez LHP

vs LHP Ranger Suárez (12-8, 3.46) Lindor SS Vientos 3B Nimmo LF Alonso 1B Iglesias 2B Martinez DH Marte RF Taylor CF Alvarez C - Quintana LHP (10-10, 3.75)

[media=youtube]8hYPl3f_npw[/media] One of Carlos Mendoza's postgame presser mantras, especially when asked about how well the Mets are playing, is “we haven't done anything,” a message which seems to have filtered down to the players, all of whom are so much calmer in discussing winning games than they are while winning them. So much fun to watch play ball, so reassuring to listen to afterwards. Oh, they've done a few things, but keep acting like you haven't. Whatever works. Quintana vs. Suarez for the chance to celebrate at Citi Field. But don't tell them that. They just have to play their game, starting at 5:08 PM on FS1, pass the baton, and personify the other practiced expressions of determination they've perfected. 'Til they reach the highest ground.

Luis Tiant has died at age 83. As singular a pitcher in his time as there was.

The pit of my stomach has just been added to the postseason roster.

“This thing's in the bag,” I said as I cast my Game 162 ballot — and it is! All hail Schaefer PotY and East Coast NL MVP Lindor.

vs Manaea Schwarber DH Turner SS Harper 1B Castellanos RF Bohm 3B Realmuto C Hays LF Sosa 2B Rojas CF Nola RHP

vs RHP Aaron Nola (14-8, 3.57) Lindor SS Vientos 3B Nimmo LF Alonso 1B Iglesias 2B Winker DH Marte RF Taylor CF Alvarez C - Manaea LHP (12-6, 3.47)

Iglesias 1973 is fire emoji.

Lindor missed a bunch of September games and still won handily.

Keith Hernandez to throw ceremonial first pitch to John Franco.

Matt Reynolds commences the hanging 'em up that is a sure sign of winter in places where there no ball in the fall.

[media=youtube]k9sh0iviICE[/media] After the longest road trip in human history, the Mets bring the postseason home to Flushing. Manaea vs. Nola. Let's Go!

Michael Mays will be saying hey on behalf of his dad at Game Three. By Jay Horwitz It's not going to be easy for Michael Mays to get to tomorrow afternoon's playoff game with the Philadelphia Phillies. Michael has been in San Francisco the last few days taking care of his father's affairs and he is going to have to fly redeye to get to Citi for the 5:08 P.M. first pitch. But Willie's son felt he had to be here is person to root on his dad's last team. The 2024 Mets remind Michael of the Mays 1973 team which battled the odds to win the pennant on the last day of the season and came within a heartbeat of winning the World Series against Oakland. “I know dad would have loved these Mets,” he told me. “All the late inning comebacks. The ninth inning rallies. It's been something to see. The last week has been like an all out war. They have been boxing matches. I have been exhausted just watching.” In addition to honoring his dad's memory, Michael wants to say thank you to Steve and Alex Cohen for being so nice to his family. “Here's my observation and it's just my opinion, but I think the Mets really started their upswing when the club began wearing 24 on their jersey sleeves,” he said. “You don't know how great it makes me feel when I tune in to these games and I see 24 hasn't been forgotten.” Michael Mays still speaks glowingly of the ceremony in 2022 when the team retired 24 and it now is part of the roof at Citi. “I can't tell you how much that meant to my father and all of us,” he concluded. “It couldn't have been done without Steve and Alex fulfilling a promise. That's why it was so important for me to be here. I hope team can take it one step further than we did in 1973 and win the whole thing.” https://metsinsider.mlblogs.com/michael-mays-will-attend-mets-nlds-game-2-b8e06d34e1eehttps://metsinsider.mlblogs.com/michael-mays-will-attend-mets-nlds-game-2-b8e06d34e1ee