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Harper double and some bleeders get the Nats another run, though comes off the bag at third for a free out. thanks!

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A Boy Named Seo wrote: is this the first deGrom -> denDekker via d'Arnaud all 'little d' battle? yeah, i think so.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: NL East Tragic Numbers: Phillies 1, Braves 2, Marlins 5, Nationals 19. Phillies win over Braves and Mets win, we get a two-fer on the elimination front.

I'd say Flores over-preformed expectations, but mostly that the pitching has been as good as expected with some different members. That kept them around through the injuries, combined with a hot start that included Wright for portions, Duda, d'Arnaud, etc. They added pieces into the deadline to help plug the gaping holes, guys trickled back, and they clobbered the Nats head to head. They're on pace for 90+ wins, so I don't want to say it's only because the Nats suck, that's why they're running away with it, but they'd have been competitive regardless.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-inning-that-ended-the-nationals-season/ At one point, with two out and one on in the top of the seventh, the Nationals had a 99.2% expectation of winning the game.

Wednesday, September 9 at Washington Curtis Granderson - RF Yoenis Cespedes - CF Daniel Murphy - 2B David Wright - 3B Lucas Duda - 1B Travis d'Arnaud - C Michael Conforto - LF Wilmer Flores - SS Jacob deGrom - RHP

dinosaur jesus wrote: I'd settle for a better record than the Yankees. half game behind right now.

huge difference between 840.1 IP over three years and the added stress of say 220 IP instead of 190. We know pitching leads to injuries. What we don't know is that if say 30 more innings at the end of a season is actually more likely to result in injury than those same 30 innings to start next season.

TransMonk wrote: Rubin said on ESPN radio that the Mets plan to skip Harvey's next start. I've heard the rumblings that they want to start him against the Yanks (I have no idea why they would do that other than promotion), but that would likely be his last start in the regular season (unless the Mets still have not won the division when the Nats come to town for the final series). Still no word on how/if he would line up in a potential playoff series. As far as I can tell, this is all mostly conjecture. The story was, before Boras bloviated all over everything again, was that they'd probably skip one more start. So next one. But after that, it's silly to skip. Sunday against the Yankees is his day, follow by Saturday in Cincinati, with one more start at home against the Nats. I feel like you'd want, and the Mets would want, two starts going into the 4 game break to be on rhythm. Especially after a short outing yesterday. You want to make sure his arm's stretched out and comfortable with 100-110 for the playoffs. Because hurting his overall endurance seems like it'd be more detrimental to his health than a regular diet of 100 pitch outings.

Centerfield wrote: The cool thing is that this thread is more than a month old, and we are even more exuberant than when it started. Hopefully we'll be saying the same thing a month from now. (and maybe even one more after that) But it's more and more rational.

Frayed Knot wrote: It's sad to note that the sports world seems determined to take over from the decade-old version of VH-1 which promoted the making of lists not as the result of a discussion but as the basis for the discussion itself. Many of ESPN's programs are hip deep in this lazy thinking these days [is Peyton Manning in your Top-5 QBs ever? Will he be if he wins this year's SB? How about if he merely gets to this year's SB but doesn't win? How 'bout if he wins but isn't the MVP?]. It's also what things like the 'Franchise Four' are built around as is the pseudo journalism in that linked article. There was a great parody of this very thing in one of the closing episodes of THE NEWSROOM where the stations new 'bloggers' were essentially just making shit up about celebs (like a world where Orosco is most hated) and turning into insta-lists up on the company's website. It's perfect because it takes something somewhat arbitrary and subjective and presents it in an objective way, creating discussion/controversy. Then they rake in the views/clicks/etc. Deadspin does it quite well too. I mean, this stuff is fine as chatter and watercooler discussion. Perhaps the next evolution of the internet is to better separate solid posts and articles from this talk-radio style chatter nonsense.

Edgy MD wrote: It must be true. This is Rantsports we're talking about. The pinnacle of sports journalism, that place.

if you're curious, and I was, the Mets only got as high as 19 over in 2008. Will they eclipse that this year?

Harvey's a dumb jock. And that's fine. As I read it, his press conference the other day was just him reiterating the plan as he knew it. The problem was that none of US had heard the plan, because the Mets were (wisely) playing it close to the vest. So there's a number been floated and a soft, fluid plan that is based on the Mets situation and the playoffs and what not, and everything's fine. Until Boras opens up his mouth and starts making things public. Because he doesn't care about the playoffs and figures Harvey's rolling and approaching a number that's been discussed and it'd be a great time to shut him down and freeze his ERA at a low point. Harvey, having hired Boras to protect his interests and doctors to protect his arm. They, despite any evidence, obviously err on the side of hard caps and 'stop pitching'. whatever. fwiw, in Collin's post game conference, it certainly sounded like he wanted Harvey to pitch in September and have a rhythm going.

Anyway, I almost -- almost -- feel for the tortured souls in this thread: http://www.wnff.net/index.php?topic=33223.0 Page 14: Cespedes play 17-29: Nats give it back 34: Neiuwenhuis 39-40: Bunt 41: 9th. Almost, and then they make a NY wife-beating joke at the end of page 14.

I was impressed by how hard David Wright and Michael Cuddyer were high-fiving guys after Kirk's home run.

Our car's rearview camera is a great way to spy on your daughter!

G-Fafif wrote: With their remarkable 8-7 victory over the Washington Nationals on September 8, 2015, the New York Mets rose to precisely 16 games above .500 for the first time since September 28, 2008, the final game of that season (and the stadium in which it was played). For the 2008 Mets, there was no tomorrow. For the 2015 Mets, there appear to be quite a few. That left such a bad taste in the Mets mouth, they razed the whole building.

Edgy MD wrote: Who gets the most crap in DC over the next 24 hours? 1. Williams? 2. Papebon? 3. Heartless fans? uhh, isn't it obvious? RG3.

deGrom had a clunker followed by a quality start, trending in the right direction is there any real doubt he's going to sling some sort of 2-hit 8IP 12K marvel?

Gwreck wrote: The Mets' website (erroneously?) lists the dates against the Tigers as home games for the Mets. wishful thinking? If they were it'd be 21 consecutive days in NY for the Mets.

Edgy MD wrote: For what may be the first time in history, the two World Series teams will open against each other, as the Mets head to Kansas City, opening on the road, and in another league. That'll be fun. first time teams of ANY World Series opened a season was 1999 when the '82 loser Brewers opened in St. Louis. This season the Phillies and Red Sox reprised 1915. (which I have to assume someone noticed right? 100 years?) the game, offday, game, offday bit is gonna be a bummer. Yes, but it means Studly McAceman gets to start games one and three. At least it would if this was a video game. Means it's easier to keep the 5th guy down for a DH. :-D

the game, offday, game, offday bit is gonna be a bummer.