Serves them right for 1986.RED AG 98 said:
Mets have been jinxed for decades though
Except that if it goes extras we get Manfred Man Ball.Quote:
I know this isn't a playoff game but it kinda is.
Well I mean Uncle Phil the Assassin has already pitched so yeahMarvin said:
Did he just say Stanek to close for the Mets?!
Marvin said:
Did he just say Stanek to close for the Mets?!
Hinch on playoff experience:
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) September 30, 2024
"Super important as a manager to have playoff experience, not as imporant for the players to have experience. I can't lay it out any better than that," he joked.
Hinch on facing Astros: "We're going to continue to be the undedog and that has not sucked for us in the last two months."
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) September 30, 2024
OKCAg2002 said:
So do the Mets go celebrate and play with their AAA team with a buzz in game 2?
This isnt rotoball. Its win or pack up your locker time. Pull this move and lose and you are out of a job before the custodian sweeps up the first kernel of popcorn off he floor after the game.Farmer1906 said:
Call me crazy, but I would not use Sale. I'd use a triple A arm or whoever their 6th starter would be. I don't think any GM/manager would have the balls to do it.
My logic:
It is more likely to beat the Mets when they have an incentive not to try or play key players than it would be to win a WC series without Sale, Schwellenbach, Morton, and no Fried and Lopez until games 2 and 3 unless they go on short rest.
OKCAg2002 said:
So do the Mets go celebrate and play with their AAA team with a buzz in game 2?
MLB advised the Mets and Braves that when one of them wins game one, they should not do the usual champagne celebration. So it's possible there will be simultaneous celebrations by the teams after the DH. Mets Manager Carlos Mendoza joked that the teams should go on the field for…
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) September 30, 2024
LOLPhatMack19 said:OKCAg2002 said:
So do the Mets go celebrate and play with their AAA team with a buzz in game 2?MLB advised the Mets and Braves that when one of them wins game one, they should not do the usual champagne celebration. So it's possible there will be simultaneous celebrations by the teams after the DH. Mets Manager Carlos Mendoza joked that the teams should go on the field for…
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) September 30, 2024
Of course the smart move is not to use any high leverage pitching.OKCAg2002 said:
So do the Mets go celebrate and play with their AAA team with a buzz in game 2?