NCLS Game 5 Oct 18 2024 5 PM Dodgers at Mets "If This is It"

[Benjamin Grimm]

The 10-8 is in postseason games and doesn't include the Game 163 from 1999 or the last games of the 2007 and 2008 seasons.

Wins
1973 NLCS Game Five
1986 World Series Game Six
1986 World Series Game Seven
1988 NLCS Game Six
1999 NLCS Game Four
1999 NLCS Game Five
2006 NLCS Game Six
2015 NLDS Game Five
2022 Wild Card Series Game Two
2024 Wild Card Series Game Three

Losses
1973 World Series Game Seven
1988 NLCS Game Seven
1999 NLCS Game Six
2000 World Series Game Five
2006 NLCS Game Seven
2015 World Series Game Five
2016 Wild Card Game
2022 Wild Card Series Game Three

[Benjamin Grimm]

There's something wrong with me. Elimination game in what could
be one of my last Mets pennant series. I have zero anxiety. Pulse is
87. BP is 119/81... considering calling an ambulance...

I'm at the acceptance stage now. I realize that the odds are long.

However, if we get to Sunday I'll feel jittery as game time approaches.

And if we get to Monday, well, I'll be a bundle of nervous anticipation.

[Edgy MD]

At the age I'm at, every day is starting to feel like a potential elimination. No point in giving myself a stroke over it — though I'm sure my pressure will rise (and my butt will squeak) if the game is tight in the late innings.

Fight, fight, fight, but let there be ice cream for everybody afterwards.

[Edgy MD]

Yesterday's broadcast booth (not sure which character) kept describing the Mets as being particularly up against it because of their intent to throw a "bullpen game" today.

Whether Senga or Peterson got the start, it was never intended to be a bullpen game.

[metirish]

Sounds like a Smoltz "narrative "

[MFS62]

At the age I'm at, every day is starting to feel like a potential elimination. No point in giving myself a stroke over it — though I'm sure my pressure will rise (and my butt will squeak) if the game is tight in the late innings.

Relax, kid, and enjoy it.
Later

[batmagadanleadoff]

Peterson will start ,Senga available if needed Mendoza says

It has to be this way. Senga can't be trusted with the season literally on the line.

If Senga can't be trusted with the season on the line, why would he be needed at all? IF he comes into today's game with the Mets still in it, I will assume that he can get batters out. I assume that the Mets know a heckuva lot more than I do about Senga's present abilities and what he's got left in his tank.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Peterson will start ,Senga available if needed Mendoza says

It has to be this way. Senga can't be trusted with the season literally on the line.

If Senga can't be trusted with the season on the line, why would he be needed at all? IF he comes into today's game with the Mets still in it, I will assume that he can get batters out. I assume that the Mets know a heckuva lot more than I do about Senga's present abilities and what he's got left in his tank.

To tell you the truth, if Senga was "on" --- if his mechanical issues were solved, I'd prefer that he start over Peterson. When he's healthy and on his game, he's got the best stuff on the Mets staff and he, better than any other Mets pitcher, could retire Dodger batters while pitching in the strike zone. When the Mets announced that Senga would only pitch a few innings at a time (like two or three) at the beginning of the playoffs, I figured that he'd recovered from his injuries but that his stamina or endurance was still a little suspect. Obviously, that hasn't been the case so far.

[Edgy MD]

Sounds like a Smoltz "narrative "

"Hello, Greater Hendrickson Tractor Club!! We ARE The John Smoltz Narrative!!
Who's ready for some good-time rock 'n' roll?!?!"

[Lefty Specialist]

There's something wrong with me. Elimination game in what could
be one of my last Mets pennant series. I have zero anxiety. Pulse is
87. BP is 119/81... considering calling an ambulance...

I think part of it is that we never realistically thought they'd get this far. They beat two pretty good teams in Milwaukee and Philly. Even if they crash and burn tonight it's been the most fun Mets season in ages. It's no shame to lose to the Dodgers.

That being said, I don't want to see those bastards celebrate on our turf. This situation absolutely requires that a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part, and they're just the guys to do it.

[batmagadanleadoff]

It has to be this way. Senga can't be trusted with the season literally on the line.

If Senga can't be trusted with the season on the line, why would he be needed at all? IF he comes into today's game with the Mets still in it, I will assume that he can get batters out. I assume that the Mets know a heckuva lot more than I do about Senga's present abilities and what he's got left in his tank.

To tell you the truth, if Senga was "on" --- if his mechanical issues were solved, I'd prefer that he start over Peterson. When he's healthy and on his game, he's got the best stuff on the Mets staff and he, better than any other Mets pitcher, could retire Dodger batters while pitching in the strike zone. When the Mets announced that Senga would only pitch a few innings at a time (like two or three) at the beginning of the playoffs, I figured that he'd recovered from his injuries but that his stamina or endurance was still a little suspect. Obviously, that hasn't been the case so far.

On the other hand, if Senga is worthy of getting another start, does it really matter if he gets that start today or in Game six, assuming there is a game six? The Mets have to win the rest of the games anyways. They have to win game six as much as they have to win game five.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Peterson in Game Five, Manaea in Game Six*, and Severino in Game Seven*.

* If necessary.

[batmagadanleadoff]

It's no shame to lose to the Dodgers.

I wouldn't feel any shame or any disappointment no matter who the Mets lost to. And that includes the White Sox if, hypothetically, the White Sox were allowed to compete in the post-season. It's just a couple of games and baseball is an extremely luck-plagued sport. The playoffs are much fun when you have a strong rooting interest in the games but I don't derive much profound meaning from any of it. After a few games, I've watched practically none of the pre and post-game analysis. None of it To me, it's almost entirely unwatchable, all of it. Just mindless blather. There's some good stuff in there but the signal to noise ratio is microscopically tiny.

[ashie62]

Peterson in Game Five, Manaea in Game Six*, and Severino in Game Seven*.

* If necessary.

That's the spirit

Need something out of the bottom third of the lineup

This is a must win

LGM

[batmagadanleadoff]

Peterson in Game Five, Manaea in Game Six*, and Severino in Game Seven*.

* If necessary.

That's about right, unless the Mets know something very positive about Senga that isn't obvious to us regular fans.

[Frayed Knot]

Sounds like a Smoltz "narrative "

It was actually the p-b-p guy (whose name I never remember). One or both of them used the phrase multiple times but it was a very broad use of the phrase.

[Lefty Specialist]

It's no shame to lose to the Dodgers.

I wouldn't feel any shame or any disappointment no matter who the Mets lost to. And that includes the White Sox if, hypothetically, the White Sox were allowed to compete in the post-season. It's just a couple of games and baseball is an extremely luck-plagued sport. The playoffs are much fun when you have a strong rooting interest in the games but I don't derive much profound meaning from any of it. After a few games, I've watched practically none of the pre and post-game analysis. None of it To me, it's almost entirely unwatchable, all of it. Just mindless blather. There's some good stuff in there but the signal to noise ratio is microscopically tiny.

The pre and post game analysis is riddled with Yankees, which is enough for me to avoid it.

[MFS62]

Peterson in Game Five, Manaea in Game Six*, and Severino in Game Seven*.

* If necessary.

Whaddaya mean "if"?
We got this locked.
Later

[bmfc1]

“Show a little faith there’s magic in the night”. #LGM

[ashie62]

Keep the Dodgers off the board in the first

[Centerfield]

Let's not walk everyone.

[ashie62]

Way to go Jeff ughh

[metsmarathon]

Hey it’s not a walk.

Iggy gets that tho, right?

[ashie62]

Put a tent on this circus

[Edgy MD]

Well, I guess it's relevant to ask if Iglesias gets to that.