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Sez Will Sammon: Francisco Alvarez is out of the Mets' lineup today with Luis Torrens in at C. Meanwhile, Francisco Lindor is at DH today with Luisangel Acuña at SS.

Time to end the longest two-game losing streak in human history.

“I never thought that this would be broken while I was still around,” said 86-year-old Craig Anderson, a member of those 1962 Mets. “For the Mets fans, it's off your shoulders. Now, we're not the worst in the world.” From The Athletic.

1962 Mets 40-120 -- 2024 CHW 39-121 1

Mets are travel-hardened from all the August road-tripping. Bring on the Manfred machinations.

Tiebreaker needs to go to the team not responsible for actvating contingency plans.

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1:10 doubleheader (single admission) Monday — just like how 1973 ended, sort of.

Ppd. Tonight and tomorrow, sources report.

Lindor SS Iglesias 2B Vientos 3B Alonso 1B Martinez DH Taylor LF Marte RF Alvarez C Bader CF Peterson LHP

If there is a game, Lindor is playing short and leading off.

Tuesday, Sept. 24, 7:20 p.m. vs RHP Spencer Schwellenbach (7-7, 3.61) Iglesias 2B Nimmo LF Marte RF Alonso 1B Winker DH Vientos 3B Taylor CF F. Alvarez C Acuña SS - Severino RHP (11-6, 3.79) Lindor still out.

Released online through whatever channels the A's use.

Letter from John Fisher to the fans he's abandoning. To our Oakland Athletics Fans: This upcoming series with the Texas Rangers will be the final games of the A's storied 57 years in Oakland. And while the A's previously played in Philadelphia and Kansas City, Oakland has been home for the greatest era in the franchise's more than 123-year history. Four World Series Championships. Six pennants and 17 division titles. Seven Baseball Hall of Famers. Charlie Finley and his mule. Billy Ball. Reggie and his incomparable swagger. Rollie and his handlebar mustache. Dave Stewart and the stare. Bill King's "Holy Toledo." Rickey, the greatest leadoff hitter in baseball history. The list goes on and on. Triumphs, near misses, the 1989 Loma Preita earthquake in Game 3 of the Bay Bridge Series, the 20-game win streak, a Hollywood movie, and an unmatched cast of players, coaches, and fans. We've had it all. And that, I know, is what makes our departure so very hard. The A's are part of the fabric of Oakland, the East Bay, and the entire Bay Area. When Lew Wolff and I bought the team in 2005. our dream was to win world championships and build a new ballpark in Oakland. Over the next 18 years, we did our very best to make that happen. We proposed and pursued five different locations in the Bay Area. And despite mutual and ongoing efforts to get a deal done for the Howard Terminal project. we came up short. Only in 2021, after 16 years of working exclusively on developing a home in the Bay Area and faced with a binding MLB agreement to find a new home by 2024. did we begin to explore taking the team to Las Vegas. There are millions of dedicated and passionate A's fans, in Oakland and around the world. Countless dedicated staff members and Oakland Coliseum employees have poured their hearts into this team. and their efforts have meant so much to our community. I know there is great disappointment, even bitterness. Though I wish I could speak to each one of you individually, I can tell you this from the heart: we tried. Staying in Oakland was our goal, it was our mission, and we failed to achieve it. And for that I am genuinely sorry. Looking ahead, I hope you will join our beloved A's as we move forward on this amazing journey. I hope I will see you again sporting the Green and Gold. And I hope we will make you proud. John Fisher

A Citi Field all-timer. A few thoughts offered https://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2024/09/23/once-more-with-feeling/here.

Iglesias 2B Nimmo LF Alonso 1B Winker DH Marte RF F. Alvarez C Vientos 3B Taylor CF Acuña SS - Megill RHP (4-5, 4.08)

Closing Night for the home schedule and the opening of possibilities as October approaches. I will be there in hopefully lucky 508.

Mets are 86 and 69 in 24. (Never mind they reached the same record in 98 and 08; it's too perfect to not be greeted as an omen.)

Matt Harvey wants to hang with us again. As Matt Harvey prepared to film a promotional scoreboard video early Saturday afternoon at Citi Field, a team staffer handed him a Mets jersey to wear. Struggling for a moment to slip his arm into the sleeve, Harvey smiled. “It's been a while,” he said. Although Harvey had been to several prior games this season, he has not been much of a presence at Citi Field for many years. Now retired from his playing career for good, however, Harvey hopes to become more of one. On Saturday alone, Harvey filmed the scoreboard video as well as a social media reel, recorded a podcast and conducted an interview. He has told vice president of alumni relations Jay Horwitz that he'd like to be as involved as possible. https://www.mlb.com/news/matt-harvey-hopes-to-be-more-involved-with-metshttps://www.mlb.com/news/matt-harvey-hopes-to-be-more-involved-with-mets

Max Scherzer returns to the IL.

Tuesday is being targeted for Lindor's return.

That was Howie with a classic Howieism.