ghost of miles Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 Here are the various scenarios (from the ESPN article I linked to above): What are the scenarios for each team to clinch a playoff spot? Let's run through these: 1. The Mets win the first game, the Braves win the second game. The Braves are the No. 5 seed and head to the No. 4 San Diego Padres for a best-of-three wild-card series starting Tuesday. The Mets are the No. 6 seed and play the No. 3 Milwaukee Brewers. Yes, that means the Mets would have gone from Milwaukee on Sunday to Atlanta on Monday, and then back to Milwaukee on Tuesday. (The Braves would have to fly cross-country, but at least they were already in Atlanta.) 2. If the Braves win the first game and the Mets win the second, it's the same result. The Braves are the No. 5 seed and the Mets are the No. 6 seed. 3. The Mets win both games. New York is the No. 5 seed and plays the Padres. The Diamondbacks are the No. 6 seed and play the Brewers in a rematch of last year's wild-card series. The Mets travel from Milwaukee to Atlanta to San Diego. (They won't complain.) 4. The Braves win both games. Atlanta is the No. 5 seed and plays the Padres; the Diamondbacks are the No. 6 seed and play the Brewers. Quote
Dan Gould Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 Cannot believe six in the eighth and two in the ninth to win. Now we see if Mets try to be competitive or rest everybody and throw a bullpen game. At this point the Braves don't deserve to win and be in. Quote
Dan Gould Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 Sale out due to muscle spasms. I wonder how happy Mets fans would be to eliminate the Braves. Quote
Aggie87 Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 Rooting for the Mets to win the second one here, though I don't really have an interest in the Mets specifically. But if they win the DBacks are in. I also don't have an interest in the DBacks, despite living in AZ. But if they get in, I'll have a chance to see the Phillies here locally. At least there's a chance in that case. That's what I'm hoping for. Quote
Dan Gould Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 49 minutes ago, Aggie87 said: Rooting for the Mets to win the second one here, though I don't really have an interest in the Mets specifically. But if they win the DBacks are in. I also don't have an interest in the DBacks, despite living in AZ. But if they get in, I'll have a chance to see the Phillies here locally. At least there's a chance in that case. That's what I'm hoping for. Strategic rooting at its finest. <green smilie here> Quote
ghost of miles Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 Braves up 1-0 in the bottom of the 7th. If they hold on, would this be the first time two teams facing each other on the same day have each clinched a playoff spot with a win? Braves just went up 3-0. If they do end up winning, we are going to see two teams clinching a playoff spot by defeating the other and celebrating on the same field on the same day, and both teams finishing with the same record (89-73) for the season. Quote
Aggie87 Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 (edited) Hey we went to multiple Phillies games every season while living there. After moving out to the desert last year, we've had one series vs the DBacks each regular season, and attended 3 of the 4 games each time. This year we got to take our 10 month old grandson to his first Phillies game as well. Plus last year the Phillies played (and were upset by) the DBacks in the postseason, and we went to multiple games for that as well. I'm just hopeful we can do the same this season if it works out. We take what we can get! Strategic rooting is important! Edited October 1 by Aggie87 Quote
JSngry Posted September 30 Author Report Posted September 30 I can't decide which locker room celebration to watch. Guess I'll go fill up one of the cars. Quote
GA Russell Posted September 30 Report Posted September 30 Pete Rose has died, Twitter posters say. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10137500-pete-rose-dies-at-83-all-time-mlb-hit-leader-won-3-world-series-with-reds-phillies Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 My brother was a big fan, me not so much, but he was an avatar of 1970s baseball, an era I love to think back on now (and watch clips from on YouTube). Speaking of 1970s icons, I just read a brilliant 1987 piece on Reggie Jackson by David Remnick, who'd go on to become the editor of the New Yorker. "Mr. October's September Song" is included in the Library of America's Major League Baseball Anthology, as well as Remnick's collection The Devil Problem. Highly recommended, as good (if much more expansive in its scope) as John Updike's famous elegy for Ted Williams, "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu." Quote
JSngry Posted October 1 Author Report Posted October 1 The Ray Fosse thing...I was watching that game. It was brutal, and AFAIK, he never as much as expressed regret. I mean, I get it, but... evolve, motherfucker, evolve. Quote
GA Russell Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 No one has mentioned that the Pale Hose broke the Mets' record for losses. They finished 41 - 121 .253 51.5 games back of Cleveland Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 2 Report Posted October 2 14 hours ago, JSngry said: That was a damn good day of baseball!!! Indeed it was! Nail-biting ending to the Tigers-Astros game, with a great trivia twist. Going into the ninth inning, Houston was down 3-0. Since 1990, what's the postseason record of teams entering the final inning with such a deficit or more? 1-538. The only team in the past 24 years to surmount a three-run lead or more in the 9th inning was the 2016 Chicago Cubs, a team that included Jason Heyward on their roster. And Heyward made the final out in yesterday's game--a smoked line-drive that, if not caught, could well have cleared the bases and made Houston only the second postseason team to storm back from a three-run deficit in the ninth in a quarter of a century. Instead, Heyward and his teammates became a part of loss 539. Huzzah! I am definitely rooting for Detroit in this series. Quote
JSngry Posted October 2 Author Report Posted October 2 A Detroit-Milwaukee WS would be a ratings juggernaut!!!! Or Cleveland - Milwaukee! Quote
Aggie87 Posted October 2 Report Posted October 2 23 minutes ago, JSngry said: A Detroit-Milwaukee WS would be a ratings juggernaut!!!! Or Cleveland - Milwaukee! Couldn't be worse than the Rangers/DBags last year, could it? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/business/media/world-series-ratings.html#:~:text=The five games averaged 9.1,of 9.8 million in 2020. Whoever it is, I'll just hope for competitive baseball. Quote
JSngry Posted October 2 Author Report Posted October 2 I'd imagine that the accounting types in MLB are hoping for the likely Yankees-Dodgers series, but eeew, gross. Make into a Marvel Movie, ok? MLB has no idea how to pimp their smaller market teams. Quote
Dan Gould Posted October 2 Report Posted October 2 3 minutes ago, JSngry said: I'd imagine that the accounting types in MLB are hoping for the likely Yankees-Dodgers series, but eeew, gross. Make into a Marvel Movie, ok? MLB has no idea how to pimp their smaller market teams. There is a limit to how much pimping can be done. Even if somehow pimped effectively a Yankees/Dodgers series would attract more eyeballs. Way more eyeballs. Quote
Dan Gould Posted October 2 Report Posted October 2 Astros down three with six outs to go. GoM might get his wish - Yankee kryptonite eliminated. (I say this only hoping to jinx it.) Quote
JSngry Posted October 2 Author Report Posted October 2 Astros got the Division only because the AL West was truly shitty this year. Quote
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