Game Time
This weekend was perfect for Sip the sports fan. I wasn't ready for the Mets to clinch and didn't even know if it was the best thing for them.
This weekend was for football. A sweet day of college football and one of the better Giants games in recent memory made this an incredible sports weekend.
Made a killing pounding the pants of the big time favorites and fading the Broncos. If not for Chris Gamble, I would be looking at an unprecedented 7-0 Sunday.
Then, there is the Sports Guy's sleeper, the Rams. Those clowns went out and lost to the stinking 49ers. Eat that, nerd. Tell Hench he doesn't have shit on Happy Will.
But these G-Men. Wow, that was awesome.
As for the Mets, I really believe that losing was the best thing that could have happened to them for a number of reasons.
First, who the hell wants to win in Pittsburgh? We have three chances now to take this thing down on our home turf. I would pay a ton of money to be at Shea to watch this happen and I assume all of you would to. How great of an atmosphere will Shea Stadium be on Monday night?
Second, this team needed to be humbled. The '06 Mets got killed by a bad team in the Pirates. We got swept and never really looked sharp. For the first time all season, the Mets really looked bad. Which is important.
This whole season feels like it has been too easy. A division was handed to us on a silver platter. The Braves never gave us a scare, neither did the Phillies.
For the first time this season I'm a little bit scared about the Mets. They don't look invincible.
The best thing that happened to the White Sox last year was the last minute surge of the Indians. The White Sox looked invincible for 5 months last year, only to get a last minute scare from the Indians in September. The ChiSox then went into October ready to run angry and so they did, basically steam rolling through the post season.
We can only wish for the same.
Then there is the '86 Mets factor. The '06 Mets have so many parallels with the '86 team. Now we have our shitty 3-game sweep.
The 1986 Mets were swept on September 12-14 on the road in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia). They then lost another one in St. Louis only to then clinch on September 16th. Like the '06 version, the '86 Mets steamrolled through the season. Their main nemesis, the Cardinals were an afterthought by June and clinching the division wasn't a fear but an inevitability.
Sounds surprisingly familiar.
With the momentum of the Giants behind us, we now have the clincher ahead. It does not nearly seem as easy as it seemed 4 days ago and that is awesome.
Now I feel like the Mets are ready to clinch.
They are ready to play a good game and they are ready to get this show on the road.
Tonight should be special.
Enjoy.
VCD,
Sip
Just one more note. Pedro's loss on Friday means the same to me as this whole last weekend. If this were a story book, our ace would come back and win the big game for us.
As my good pal Chris Martin says, "Nobody said it was easy."
Pedro's emotion after the game, after he had let his team down was awesome. The guy was devastated in a relatively meaningless game in September in Pittsburgh. To Pedro, our leader, this game mattered.
He lost and it killed him.
This whole team needs to develop this mindset.
In Pedro, we follow.
This weekend was for football. A sweet day of college football and one of the better Giants games in recent memory made this an incredible sports weekend.
Made a killing pounding the pants of the big time favorites and fading the Broncos. If not for Chris Gamble, I would be looking at an unprecedented 7-0 Sunday.Then, there is the Sports Guy's sleeper, the Rams. Those clowns went out and lost to the stinking 49ers. Eat that, nerd. Tell Hench he doesn't have shit on Happy Will.
But these G-Men. Wow, that was awesome.
As for the Mets, I really believe that losing was the best thing that could have happened to them for a number of reasons.
First, who the hell wants to win in Pittsburgh? We have three chances now to take this thing down on our home turf. I would pay a ton of money to be at Shea to watch this happen and I assume all of you would to. How great of an atmosphere will Shea Stadium be on Monday night?
Second, this team needed to be humbled. The '06 Mets got killed by a bad team in the Pirates. We got swept and never really looked sharp. For the first time all season, the Mets really looked bad. Which is important.
This whole season feels like it has been too easy. A division was handed to us on a silver platter. The Braves never gave us a scare, neither did the Phillies.
For the first time this season I'm a little bit scared about the Mets. They don't look invincible.
The best thing that happened to the White Sox last year was the last minute surge of the Indians. The White Sox looked invincible for 5 months last year, only to get a last minute scare from the Indians in September. The ChiSox then went into October ready to run angry and so they did, basically steam rolling through the post season.
We can only wish for the same.Then there is the '86 Mets factor. The '06 Mets have so many parallels with the '86 team. Now we have our shitty 3-game sweep.
The 1986 Mets were swept on September 12-14 on the road in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia). They then lost another one in St. Louis only to then clinch on September 16th. Like the '06 version, the '86 Mets steamrolled through the season. Their main nemesis, the Cardinals were an afterthought by June and clinching the division wasn't a fear but an inevitability.
Sounds surprisingly familiar.
With the momentum of the Giants behind us, we now have the clincher ahead. It does not nearly seem as easy as it seemed 4 days ago and that is awesome.
Now I feel like the Mets are ready to clinch.
They are ready to play a good game and they are ready to get this show on the road.Tonight should be special.
Enjoy.
VCD,
Sip
Just one more note. Pedro's loss on Friday means the same to me as this whole last weekend. If this were a story book, our ace would come back and win the big game for us.
As my good pal Chris Martin says, "Nobody said it was easy."
Pedro's emotion after the game, after he had let his team down was awesome. The guy was devastated in a relatively meaningless game in September in Pittsburgh. To Pedro, our leader, this game mattered.
He lost and it killed him.
This whole team needs to develop this mindset.
In Pedro, we follow.
posted by Sippy Momo at 12:57 AM
4 Comments:
It's an interesting take on Pedro at the end there. I've read at least 10 blogs or columns in which the author was horrified at the display of emotion, but this is the first to look at it in a positive light. I'm not sure I agree that it was ultimately encouraging to see, but I think there's something to be said for your take.
Anyway, is anyone else conflicted about whether they should go to the game tonight? There's a part of me that feels like I've gotta be there, but there's another part of me that immediately after the game is over is going to want to watch the Champagne celebration on television. I could DVR it, sure, but I want to be able to pop my own bottle of Champagne and celebrate while watching the Mets do the same.
Meanwhile, my 4-day-old bottle of champagne is decidedly chilled by this point.
Emotion is what baseball is all about. Just ask our team leader Jake Taylor about that one.
Let's win the whole damn thing...
I want guys Paul O Neill pissed after each loss. I would rather see guys visibly annoyed than see them ready, dressed and on the way out of the clubhouse within minutes of the game being over.
as far as seeing the game...this might be the best night left to go(weather wise) and U KNOW they will be playing hard. 4 losses in a row will have guys questioning and possibly losing playoff spots (ie Senor Trachsel, bullpen guys, Woodward, Ledee/tucker, ...)
how sweet it is HOW SWEET IT IS oh mercy how sweet it is!!!
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