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Frayed Knot wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: "Semifinals?" Well, technically it is. Might be one if those British ex-pat fans (his name is Basil after all) who's new to baseball and hasn't quite got all the terminology down yet. The Mets are in the Final Four.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Danny Abriano of SNY is reporting that Jeff McNeil is expected to be included on the NLCS roster: https://sny.tv/articles/jeff-mcneil-mets-x-factor-nlcsVersatile Jeff McNeil could be X-factor for Mets in NLCS In order to fit McNeil on the NLCS roster, it's fair to believe the Mets will either drop Acuña or go from 13 pitchers to 12. I wonder if it's less likely the Mets go to 12 pitchers in a seven-game series?

VoteForKalas 23h OMG this offense sucks

I love Harper but man this guy is just attrocious and whines too much. Turner is a stand up guy. They need a guy like Jean Segura who makes contact.

Philsmania 21h This reminds me of every time the Eagles play the Cowboys in the playoffs (a Cowboy rout) or when the Sixers play the Celtics in the playoffs (usually a Celtic rout). Philadelphia teams never beat their most hated rival in the playoffs (except for the 1980 NFC Championship game). https://www.philliesphans.com/t/gdt-10-9-24-philadelphia-phillies-suarez-r-new-york-mets-quintana/54171/195https://www.philliesphans.com/t/gdt-10-9-24-philadelphia-phillies-suarez-r-new-york-mets-quintana/54171/195

https://www.philliesphans.com/t/gdt-10-9-24-philadelphia-phillies-suarez-r-new-york-mets-quintana/54171/15https://www.philliesphans.com/t/gdt-10-9-24-philadelphia-phillies-suarez-r-new-york-mets-quintana/54171/15 In their IGT's, they break down the AB pitch by pitch by pitch.

Anytime the discussion turns to "I was at that game where this happened" I have nothing to add. I'm never at that game. But I was there for this. That line was a beaut I laughed out loud. Glad you were there and enjoyed the moment.

Do they give out awards for the MVP's of the LDS's? I don't think so.

=Fman99 post_id=175201 time=1728562871 user_id=86] I think A-Rod is all right from an analysis perspective but Big Papi and Jeter really don't have anything to say.

Run a welfare check on Brian Ostrosser. He's old and his skin is cold. Ostrosser.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: https://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2024> There had to be cheating going on I was wondering about this just the other day. Just wondering, that's all.

Don't use an avatar of Tom Seaver in FUCKING CINCINNATI REDS RED.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: https://leaptoad.com/mets/cards/2024NLDSGame4.jpg> These cards remind me of Zvon. We used to make these cards for the Mets deep post-season run in 2015. Only Zvon could never settle on a single image to represent a game. So he would end up making like a dozen different cards for each game.

From 11 games under to the first team to clinch a spot in the LCS.

I'd like for Diaz's walk-up music to be The Archies' Sugar, Sugar instead of that trumpet stuff.

I switched the channel just before Lindor,'s grand slam during the pitching change for a few seconds on purpose. I thought I had to switch for a few seconds to get rid of the bad luck. It worked.

Is that what it's called-- "scorebug"? I did not know that.

I like the Fox box with the score and pitch count and all of that other stuff. ESPN's box I think, is very hard to read.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: The Mets are up a game and can clinch tonight with another win. But this game has that "Mike Scott" dreaded feel to it. If the Mets lose, the series is tied, and the deciding game will be at Philly and with Zack Wheeler pitching for the other team. i ain't scaredano Zack Wheeler Me neither. But I felt like writing that post, just the same. But I was scared of Mike Scott. And that Mets team was a powerhouse.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: The Mets are up a game and can clinch tonight with another win. But this game has that "Mike Scott" dreaded feel to it. If the Mets lose, the series is tied, and the deciding game will be at Philly and with Zack Wheeler pitching for the other team. i ain't scaredano Zack Wheeler Me neither. But I felt like writing that post, just the same.

The Mets are up a game and can clinch tonight with another win. But this game has that "Mike Scott" dreaded feel to it. If the Mets lose, the series is tied, and the deciding game will be at Philly and with Zack Wheeler, also a former Met, pitching for the other team.

Edgy MD wrote: I didn't write anything about "clutching up." I know. I simply expanded on the main point about blowouts in the playoffs to go on about how playoff baseball is covered. I think it's the same game. I think that this notion of playoff experience is an old wive's tale. I don't think it's any harder to catch a pop-up or to hit a home run in the playoffs than it is is in May and if a line drive were to be hit in the direction of Luisangel Acuna, I'm not gonna start to worry more than I'd normally worry just because Acuna is a rookie.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=174956 time=1728496438 user_id=68] If anything, playoff baseball is diminished baseball because everybody's hurt and the pitchers are worn out from throwing innings all season long. Some of these players are, no doubt, harboring minor injuries that nobody but themselves know about.

Edgy MD wrote: I don't see what you see. I see relief aces used in the middle innings to desperately claw back into a game that would have gotten a bullpen backender by the fifth in July. I see alternate-day starters getting up and getting used for late-inning relief. Buck Showalter had an expression about something he avoided he called "chasing the win." He didn't want to upend his bullpen burning guys for two or three days down the road trying to climb back into a game when his team was down multiple runs. He was going to pitch Denyi Reyes or Edwin Uceta and if Nimmo or Lindor or someone was getting a day off, Buck wasn't going to throw him into the game. If those backenders shut down the opposition and his hitters hit their way back into the game, great, he would manage for the win, but otherwise, he was looking ahead to conserve his resources. That's not what you get in the playoffs. Regulars don't get rest days. Injured guys don't take it easy. Roger McDowell gets four-inning relief spots. Randy Johnson comes out of the pen the day after a start. I don't think we're as likely to get Kody Clemens on the mound as we were two weeks ago. And so a four- or five-run lead is that much less secure, because nobody's throwing up a white flag. I wasn't referring to the tactics so much, but to the level of play. It's the same game as in May and June from that perspective. I just can't stand to hear the idea that in the playoffs, certain players "clutch up" as if they have some secret magic switch that enables them to play better than they usually do because it's the playoffs. I also can't stand to hear talk about playoff experience, which I think is utter nonsense. Sure, there's more at stake. But when a batter steps in the box, it's all the same as if it were June. He's trying to hit the ball as well as and as efficiently as possible.

I always imagined that the Wilpons were secretly scalping unsold Mets tickets on Stubhub and the like for their own personal gain through secret accounts and trusted family members acting as shills. That's some scam, now that I think about it. They'd make more money because they wouldn't have to share the profits from the "scalped" tickets with the rest of the league.