Gwreck

Other than "free season and playoff tickets for life for Gwreck," I'd get rid of the DH first. There can be no other choice.

SI Metman wrote: Last year the ALDS teams had the choice, so it should be the NLDS year to choose. I thought so too, but the NLCS starts before the ALCS this year, again, which makes it unlikely that they'd allow Game 5 of the DS and Game 1 of the LCS on consecutive days. I did see somewhere the rumor that they would start only two division series games on the first day but I haven't confirmed that with solid info.

Clearly a typo. That's AL Game 6 and NL 7.

Yes. All of these dates are fixed.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: We'll have a much clearer view of the division situation on Monday morning, barring rainouts. The Mets and Phillies have no common off-days for the remainder of the season, so a rainout on Friday or Saturday will almost certainly mean a separate-admission doubleheader on Sunday with the first game starting at 1:10 PM. A rainout of the Sunday night game would be made up (if necessary) on Monday, September 29.

Division Series There is no difference in scheduling for the NLDS this year. The top AL team will have the choice of the "A" series (starting October 1) or the "B" series (starting October 2). (Edit: It's now confirmed that the top AL team gets the "choice" of when to start their series, therefore the NL schedules are the same for both sets of games in the division series.) Wed Oct 1 NLDS "A" - Game 1 NLDS "B" - Game 1 ALDS "A" - Game 1 Thu Oct 2 NLDS "A" - Game 2 NLDS "B" - Game 2 ALDS "B" - Game 1 Fri Oct 3 ALDS "A" - Game 2 ALDS "B" - Game 2 Sat Oct 4 NLDS "A" - Game 3 NLDS "B" - Game 3 Sun Oct 5 NLDS "A" - Game 4 (if necessary) NLDS "B" - Game 4 (if necessary) ALDS "A" - Game 3 ALDS "B" - Game 3 Mon Oct 6 ALDS "A" - Game 4 (if necessary) ALDS "B" - Game 4 (if necessary) Tue Oct 7 NLDS "A" - Game 5 (if necessary) NLDS "B" - Game 5 (if necessary) Wed Oct 8[ ALDS "A" - Game 5 (if necessary) ALDS "B" - Game 5 (if necessary) League Championship Series Thu Oct 9 NLCS Game 1 Fri Oct 10 NLCS Game 2 ALCS Game 1 Sat Oct 11 ALCS Game 2 Sun Oct 12 NLCS Game 3 Mon Oct 13 NLCS Game 4 ALCS Game 3 Tue Oct 14 ALCS Game 4 Wed Oct 16 NLCS Game 5 (if necessary) Thu Oct 16 ALCS Game 5 (if necessary) Fri Oct 17 NLCS Game 6 (if necessary) Sat Oct 18 NLCS Game 7 (if necessary) ALCS Game 6 (if necessary) Sun Oct 19 ALCS Game 7 (if necessary) World Series Wed Oct 22 Game 1 Thu Oct 23 Game 2 Sat Oct 25 Game 3 Sun Oct 26 Game 4 Mon Oct 27 Game 5 (if necessary) Wed Oct 29 Game 6 (if necessary) Thu Oct 30 Game 7 (if necessary)

Nymr83 wrote: that only took one guess huh? go pelf! Indeed. It was talked about on a recent SNY or WFAN broadcast, I believe.

Pelfrey.

Perez 3 Church 3 Schneider 1 Sanchez 1 Beltran 1 Murphy 1

Nice Mets-style bullpen collapse by the Phils there.

Zimmerman homer off Durbin in the bottom of the 7th ties it up, 5-5.

Frayed Knot wrote: ="Gwreck"]I think Wright gets tomorrow off. I bet he doesn't. Days off Thursday and Monday ... we're in a pennant race here. You know, I forgot about that Thursday off. Still, I wonder about a 2-day rest being good for him.

Beltran 3 Figueroa 2 Stokes 1.5 Sanchez 1 Ayala 1 Murphy .5 Feliciano .67 Smith .33

Phils are likely to start Hamels on Sunday (skipping Kyle Kendrick). Hamels pitched tonight, so he'd be on regular rest. Lots of off days coming up gives the Mets the ability to basically do whatever they want with the rotation for the time being. 1. They could simply go to the 4-man rotation for a while; 2. They could also use the extra off days to get some extra rest for the starters -- either game against the Nationals could be another Niese start -- or a Figueroa/Knight game if they were so inclined; 3. They could do some combination of both. There was talk of completely skipping Pelfrey one turn of the rotation a while back, and that could be done too. at MIL Wed Sep 3 - Perez v. Dave Bush vs. PHI Fri Sep 5 - Pelfrey v. Brett Myers Sat Sep 6 - Martinez v. Jamie Moyer Sun Sep 7 - Santana v. Cole Hamels vs. WAS Tue Sep 9 - Perez v. Odalis Perez Wed Sep 10 - TBA v. Jason Bergmann vs. ATL Fri Sep 12 - TBA v. Mike Hampton Sat Sep 13 - TBA v. Charlie Morton Sun Sep 14 - TBA v. Jorge Campillo

I think Wright gets tomorrow off. He needs it.

AL comeback player of the year -- sorry, Josh Hamilton -- is Cliff Lee of the Indians.

="metirish"]1) The first batter to face Jon Niese Double to second base How does one double to second base? Lose a popup in the lights?

1) Ricky Weeks a) Makes an Out c) Strikes out swinging 2) Ryan Braun a) Single 3) Weeks 4) Weeks 5) K (swinging) 6) a) 6 5 c) 2 d) 2 e) 2 f) 4 7) Aaron Heilman

Agreed. The Nationals taking one out of three is all we could have asked for.

6-3 Nats. Some clown named Marco Estrada walked Pedro Feliz with the bases loaded and then hit Chris Coste with the bases still loaded to force in two runs. Fortunately he got the next batter to end the rally. 6-3, middle of the 6th.

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With the Minor league season ending, it's about time to check back and see how the players we gave up for Johan are doing. Obviously Gomez has a month to go. The Twins also just called up Humber for the September roster expansion. NameTeamLeagueGABRHXBHRBISBKBBAVGOBPSLG GomezMinnesotaAL1294946812528392812221.253.290.342 NameTeamLeagueGGSIPW LHBBKERA HumberRochesterAAA3123136.1108145 491064.56 MulveyRochesterAAA272714879152 481213.77 GuerreraFt. MyersA2625130119138 71715.47 (I'm not sure why the extra space between the tables shows up).

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yes. If the Mets win the division, the march to the World Series will be a difficult one, going through Milwaukee and, probably, Chicago. I'd downgrade that "probably" to a "maybe," given the Arizona rotation. Would you necessarily favor the Cubs if they had to face Webb and Haren twice each in a five-game series?

Apparently everybody is in Milwaukee and ready except Knight and Al Reyes.