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2015 MLB Season Thread
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Mets were very dominate tonite. The cubs seemed kind of laid back, the Mets were more focused. Harvey did a superb job. Murphy was the MVP for tonight, he was all over the place. And did you see the cannon ball throw from Cespedes to home plate? holy cow. The bats were alive, the pitching was top notch and we even stole some bases and had great outfield work. Mets have a complete team. GoMets!!!
Mets got past LAD, and now they have the Cubs who are probably better. I wonder if they could hold them off. It could be the Mets year.
For Mets Cubs I truly don't have preference, but when your last WS was 29 years ago, it may have well have been 100 years ago like the Cubs. Most here on macrumors either weren't born yet or too young to care/notice when the Mets last hoisted the trophy.
I have to say they are both equally hungry for this postseason. I still think under the theory it's been since forever that the Cubs will gain more outside fans in this series.
I know Harvey has had some of the worst and most unlikely breaks and mishaps of almost anyone today so I would be happy for him if he won and got WS MVP. I know our Giants wanted him to be the complement to Cain and Lincecum and he would have had three rings by now. Who knows what he would have done, even with late start and college career, had he not sat out 2014? There were a couple of times I thought he was Cy Young worthy and it was all his. When he pitches he's all out but he's fragile so this will be the season most watch him. The drama is huge around him, even on west coast where he has a lot of fans, too. And the Mets' deGrom is no slouch either and the stars are lined up against the deeper team of the Cubs. This is crazy but the two best teams in all of baseball could be the Mets and the Cubs.
I have to say they are both equally hungry for this postseason. I still think under the theory it's been since forever that the Cubs will gain more outside fans in this series.
I know Harvey has had some of the worst and most unlikely breaks and mishaps of almost anyone today so I would be happy for him if he won and got WS MVP. I know our Giants wanted him to be the complement to Cain and Lincecum and he would have had three rings by now. Who knows what he would have done, even with late start and college career, had he not sat out 2014? There were a couple of times I thought he was Cy Young worthy and it was all his. When he pitches he's all out but he's fragile so this will be the season most watch him. The drama is huge around him, even on west coast where he has a lot of fans, too. And the Mets' deGrom is no slouch either and the stars are lined up against the deeper team of the Cubs. This is crazy but the two best teams in all of baseball could be the Mets and the Cubs.
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The Cubs are good at torturing their fans. But they'll have to go back to New York now, so they can't clinch a post season series at home for only the second time in their history. (the first one being in 2015)
The Mets are all of a sudden reminding me of the 2010 Giants: all that great young starting pitching clicking into place, and Daniel Murphy pulling a Cody Ross to carry the offense. Granderson has also had a very good postseason. Really fun team to watch right now — light years away from the listless group that got no hit by Chris Heston earlier.
I've said it before, I'll say it again: postseason baseball is vastly different to regular season baseball. Your hitters will always be up against great pitching. At some point you have to be able to manufacture runs and grind out a result. The Giants won three World Series in five years because they were just so good at playing that style of game. The Dodgers couldn't do it, and the Cubs are having a hard time of it now. There's still a long way to go in the series, and things can certainly shift back the Cubs' way in the Friendly Confines. Lots of pressure on their other two starting pitchers, though.
Back to the Dodgers: I don't think Mattingly is a particularly good manager, but I can't really pin the NLDS loss to the Mets on him, either. The gaffe that let Daniel Murphy advance 180 feet on a walk was a critical lapse, but that's on the players for failing to execute.
I'm not nearly as pessimistic about the Giants in 2016. Just sign another top starter — Jordan Zimmerman at the very least, if not a Price, Greinke, or Cueto — and they're solid. Just have to avoid all the unreal injuries that struck in 2015, and hopefully add another right handed hitting outfielder
I've said it before, I'll say it again: postseason baseball is vastly different to regular season baseball. Your hitters will always be up against great pitching. At some point you have to be able to manufacture runs and grind out a result. The Giants won three World Series in five years because they were just so good at playing that style of game. The Dodgers couldn't do it, and the Cubs are having a hard time of it now. There's still a long way to go in the series, and things can certainly shift back the Cubs' way in the Friendly Confines. Lots of pressure on their other two starting pitchers, though.
Back to the Dodgers: I don't think Mattingly is a particularly good manager, but I can't really pin the NLDS loss to the Mets on him, either. The gaffe that let Daniel Murphy advance 180 feet on a walk was a critical lapse, but that's on the players for failing to execute.
I'm not nearly as pessimistic about the Giants in 2016. Just sign another top starter — Jordan Zimmerman at the very least, if not a Price, Greinke, or Cueto — and they're solid. Just have to avoid all the unreal injuries that struck in 2015, and hopefully add another right handed hitting outfielder
So I hear all these rumors about Toronto and their pitching and big bats, but when at home. OK, I get it now.
9-2 Toronto and halfway through. I am going to stop seeing this and do something productive.
For those who predicted Toronto easily winning home games, OK, I get it.
9-2 Toronto and halfway through. I am going to stop seeing this and do something productive.
For those who predicted Toronto easily winning home games, OK, I get it.
Interesting point brought up by Ron Darling during game 2. Once Wheeler returns, the Mets will have ONE "natural" starter (bats and throws from the same side). Wheeler, deGrom, Syndergaard, Matz all bat from the opposite side they pitch (bat-throw L-R, L-R, L-R, R-L respectively). Harvey will be the only "natural" at R-R.
On a current topic, Murphy has 5 HR's in 7 postseason games, tying a Mets postseason record. Piazza took 22 games to reach 5 postseason HR's and that was the previous fastest.
Jays got too comfortable. But that's KC's game. They're never finished until out number 27. Jays could easily be up 2-1 if Goins didn't have that error but nice come back game for him. Win tomorrow, it's 0-0 series again.
...And then tonight happened. Dickey became first-half-of-season Dickey and pretty much ended the Jays season.
I think you have the NL wrapped up. But either KC or Toronto may be harder, especially KC. But unlike football or basketball where the best team at least has a better chance than not, anything can happen in baseball and often does to somebody's total shock. NYM getting this far and dominating is probably something very few would have predicted at beginning of season. It's probably easier to say the scarier teams at start of postseason to face were LA and Chicago and one may not have initially thought KC or Toronto would be the biggest obstacle of those three.
If you win the WS you may have a shot at Greinke and that's exactly what you would need to stay relevant year after year. But KC or Toronto could also go all the way and go far with him.
I don't like the Mets too much, but seriously, **** the Cubs. I hope they get swept.
Then I hope the Mets get their asses handed to them by what I assume will be the Royals.
Then I hope the Mets get their asses handed to them by what I assume will be the Royals.
I really wanted to see the Cubs put up a fight. No reason they can't beat up the the Mets. Just poor play.
The LCS's were billed as this knock down 7 game fight. So far both will be over in no more more than 5 games.