Here We Go
I sat there at AFOMG's house on Sunday night. It was me, The Big Guy, Cheddar Ben and the white Phil Ivey.
I vowed to do 50 pushups for every run the Mets scored. After 7 runs, I relented to crunches.
The Mets played Mets baseball for the first time in the NLCS. Simply put, we outslugged the fuck out of those red assholes.
Carlos Delgado has been a monster all postseason. Carlos Beltran has picked his spots. And especially this series, D Wright is a Jeff Weaver kick save and a great 9th inning play by Rolen from getting going.
On Sunday night, it finally all clicked.
All three went dong and all of a sudden we remembered how the Mets became the best team in the National League. Yeah, they could pitch enough to stay in games, but these guys can just crush the baseball.
So here we are now. Our series has been reduced to a best-of-three.
Mets nation is perfectly confident in Tom Glavine. While of late I have been a pretty optimistic Sip, I don't like Glavine tonight.
Glavine relies on perfection. He needs to hit all his spots. He can't just reach back and fire.
This doesn't mean I don't like the Mets on Monday.
I love the Mets because for the first time all week we are playing like we played all year.
The Mets don't win by pitching. They never have and they never will. At least, that is, until the 7th inning.
But Monday, I like the chances of our hitters doing more against Weaver than the Cardinals will do against Glavine.
If Tommy throws a gem then we really need to tip our cap. He came to the Mets because he legitimately thought that he could lead them to October.
So far, he has been our co-MVP along with Delgado. But on Monday, we need to pick Tom up.
In his first two starts he has been perfect when we needed nothing short of perfection.
On Monday we can't expect that. We need to be up 5-3 after 6 innings. If Tommy gets us there, he has absolutely done his job.
We have three to play and we need to win two.
The Mets are definitely the better team. They just need to play that way. The scary thing about the playoffs is that one wrong bounce and our series can be done.
It is too early to write off Game 5. It is too early to write off Eckstein-Wilson Pujols in the first.
But we as fans should be confident.
Hopefully we all got good night's sleep and our head is in the right place.
To all of you that have wished me the best in this series, it really goes a long way. With all my heart, I wish the best back on all of us.
Let's get a win.
Vaya con dios.
Sip
I vowed to do 50 pushups for every run the Mets scored. After 7 runs, I relented to crunches.
The Mets played Mets baseball for the first time in the NLCS. Simply put, we outslugged the fuck out of those red assholes.
Carlos Delgado has been a monster all postseason. Carlos Beltran has picked his spots. And especially this series, D Wright is a Jeff Weaver kick save and a great 9th inning play by Rolen from getting going.
On Sunday night, it finally all clicked.All three went dong and all of a sudden we remembered how the Mets became the best team in the National League. Yeah, they could pitch enough to stay in games, but these guys can just crush the baseball.
So here we are now. Our series has been reduced to a best-of-three.
Mets nation is perfectly confident in Tom Glavine. While of late I have been a pretty optimistic Sip, I don't like Glavine tonight.
Glavine relies on perfection. He needs to hit all his spots. He can't just reach back and fire.
This doesn't mean I don't like the Mets on Monday.
I love the Mets because for the first time all week we are playing like we played all year.
The Mets don't win by pitching. They never have and they never will. At least, that is, until the 7th inning.
But Monday, I like the chances of our hitters doing more against Weaver than the Cardinals will do against Glavine.
If Tommy throws a gem then we really need to tip our cap. He came to the Mets because he legitimately thought that he could lead them to October.So far, he has been our co-MVP along with Delgado. But on Monday, we need to pick Tom up.
In his first two starts he has been perfect when we needed nothing short of perfection.
On Monday we can't expect that. We need to be up 5-3 after 6 innings. If Tommy gets us there, he has absolutely done his job.
We have three to play and we need to win two.
The Mets are definitely the better team. They just need to play that way. The scary thing about the playoffs is that one wrong bounce and our series can be done.
It is too early to write off Game 5. It is too early to write off Eckstein-Wilson Pujols in the first.
But we as fans should be confident.
Hopefully we all got good night's sleep and our head is in the right place.
To all of you that have wished me the best in this series, it really goes a long way. With all my heart, I wish the best back on all of us.
Let's get a win.
Vaya con dios.
Sip
posted by Sippy Momo at 12:11 AM
3 Comments:
a) Tonight rain
b) Tomorrow Glavine v Carpenter (3 days rest)
c) NLCS Mets in 6
d) WS Mets in 5
Lister's prediction notwithstanding, there's an interesting rumor over on Metsblog about the starter for a Game 7. Cerrone seems to be thinking it'll be Oliver Perez rather than Darren Oliver (or Steve Trachsel). Too disgusted to give him another thought, I really haven't concerned myself with Trachsel's status. Is he legitimately injured?
NLCS, fool!!
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