 Sunday, October 08, 2006
Mets Advance
My flight took off last night with the Mets down by a run in the 5th inning. Eight stressful hours to Milan and the moment the flight landed I checked my phone for word from Los Angles. The Tank, Michelle, and the mystery vendor all SMSed me the good news, the Mets have advanced to the 2006 National League Champion Series. Wow. It is huge that the Mets won via the 3-game sweep because they can rest the pitching.
As it stands now, the Mets do not know who they will play at Shea on Wednesday when they open the NLCS. The St. Louis Cardinals can advance tonight with a victory over Iron Mike Piazza and the San Diego Padres. Even thought the Padres have better pitching, every Mets fan is pulling for the Padres for a few reasons:
- Mike Piazza will return to Shea!
- The Padres have the worst home record of any winning team in baseball.
- Even though they would have had to win 3 in a row to get to the NLCS and have momentum, they will be worn down by the difficult 5 game series. Think about the Mets wearing down the Braves in the 1999 NLCS and the Yankees steamrolling the Braves in the 1999 World Series. (No need to thank us Yankee fans, we were rooting for you, we hate the Braves and John Rocker!)
- The Padres don’t have Albert Pujols
Go Mets!
Too bad the Yankees did not advance, I really wanted a Subway Series. The Tank and I talked Jack off the ledge. With all the injuries the Yanks had this season, the fact that they won the division and made the playoffs is cause to be happy. Remember making the playoffs, even if there is an early exit, is a good thing. And the Yanks have made the playoffs 11 years in a row. It was not A-Rods fault! The Tank will do a post today on the Yanks season.
Posted by Steve in Milan, Italy, in route to Sofia, Bulgaria.
The NY Post Says it all:
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