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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,691
    Not sure who to root for now :neutral: I guess the Dodgers? :confused:
    uh, no.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,960
    Wobbie said:
    uh, no.
    Welcome to the Yankees!!!
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,320
    igotid88 said:
    If Clase was as good as Mariano as he was advertised. You guys would be going to the WS.
    No way.  We were never going. 

    And I don't think anyone is saying he is Mariano at this point.  The issue is that good velocity was down 3-4 mph through several games.  But then last night he is back at 101 and takes care of business.   I think he had arm fatigue.
  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,787
    mrussel1 said:
    No way.  We were never going. 

    And I don't think anyone is saying he is Mariano at this point.  The issue is that good velocity was down 3-4 mph through several games.  But then last night he is back at 101 and takes care of business.   I think he had arm fatigue.
    I agree.  They pressed him a bit during the chase, and he didn't seem the same the last few weeks of the season.  Allowed some runs and a couple saves he ran himself out of a jam.
  • spankyMPspankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 1,962
    mrussel1 said:
    No way.  We were never going. 

    And I don't think anyone is saying he is Mariano at this point.  The issue is that good velocity was down 3-4 mph through several games.  But then last night he is back at 101 and takes care of business.   I think he had arm fatigue.
    Austin Hedges said Clase is the GOAT in an interview with Chris Rose recently 🤦🏻‍♂️
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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,320
    spankyMP said:
    Austin Hedges said Clase is the GOAT in an interview with Chris Rose recently 🤦🏻‍♂️
    Well that seems measured and thoughtful.  Could be just supporting his guy 

  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,339
    mrussel1 said:
    Well that seems measured and thoughtful.  Could be just supporting his guy 

    It's a combination of supporting his guy and reality. No player would ever admit his teammate sucks in a public setting in this day and age and at the time he said it, he proably was so excited about what Clase had done up until that point.
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  • nicknyr15nicknyr15 Posts: 8,791
    Well can’t say I’m disappointed, like usual. The Mets over achieved for sure. No one had them making the playoffs , or beating the brewers or the Phillies. This LA team is ridiculously stacked. That line up is a nightmare. Can’t see the Yankees beating them but I hope they do. 
  • The Mets finally have everything right in their organization - ownership, front office, management, player development…even the “pitching lab” everyone is raving about. They are where the Dodgers were 4-5 years ago and they are following the same trajectory. 

    Dodgers are going to beat the Yankees, I would say in 5 games. National league was the superior league this season and I’ll be surprised if the Yankees can stop LA. We’ll see.
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,339
    nicknyr15 said:
    Well can’t say I’m disappointed, like usual. The Mets over achieved for sure. No one had them making the playoffs , or beating the brewers or the Phillies. This LA team is ridiculously stacked. That line up is a nightmare. Can’t see the Yankees beating them but I hope they do. 
    If you're ranking the fun and unexpected seasons for the Mets, this is right behind 1969 for them and I wasn't even born then.
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  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,960
    Given previous comments in the Yankees thread, I am a bit more confident that I should be. I think the Dodgers probably will win, also think the dodgers aren’t at full strength and could be beaten

  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,339
    Given previous comments in the Yankees thread, I am a bit more confident that I should be. I think the Dodgers probably will win, also think the dodgers aren’t at full strength and could be beaten

    One thing that potentially favors the Yankees is a lack of left-handed starting pitching on the Dodgers. Facing left-handed starters was problematic for the Yankees during the regular season.
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,553
    I think the Dodgers pitching is too strong for the yanks. But when they show up, the yankees have bats. This is when I start watching baseball. No need for 160 game season LOL. 
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,433
    Yanks in 4.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • nicknyr15nicknyr15 Posts: 8,791
    Poncier said:
    Yanks in 4.
    Absolutely no chance in hell 
  • I'm hoping for a kick ass, nail biting, 7 game series. 
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • cutzcutz Posts: 11,997
    Man, it's bad for me as I don't like either team.

    But, I HOPE the LAD win.
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,339
    I'm hoping for a kick ass, nail biting, 7 game series. 
    me too, I hope it's as memorable as 1947, 1952, 1955, 1956 which all went the distance and had 20 games decided by three runs or less.
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    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
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    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,583
    As a Braves fan, the final three teams are not ideal.  I'm rooting for Freeman to get another ring though.  
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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,320
    me too, I hope it's as memorable as 1947, 1952, 1955, 1956 which all went the distance and had 20 games decided by three runs or less.
    Man that 47 series kept me glued to the radio all night. 
  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,787
    Joe Page and Al Gionfriddo
  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,179
    As a Braves fan, the final three teams are not ideal.  I'm rooting for Freeman to get another ring though.  
    Meh. He's not a Brave anymore, so really don't care if he gets a ring.

    Honestly, just glad the Mets and Phillies didn't make it.
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,433
    mrussel1 said:
    Man that 47 series kept me glued to the radio all night. 
    Wobbie, is that you?
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,691
    Poncier said:
    Wobbie, is that you?
    too easy, poncier, and entirely predictable.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • cutzcutz Posts: 11,997
    I'm glad I have something to do for Games 1 & 2. 
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,433
    Wobbie said:
    too easy, poncier, and entirely predictable.
    Pitcher lays a meatball over the plate; you have to knock it out of the park Wob.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,185
    Not the same Will Smith but a Will Smith winning a World Series streak is still in effect
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,498
    igotid88 said:
    Not the same Will Smith but a Will Smith winning a World Series streak is still in effect
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