IGT 9/30/2024-2: NYM@ATL — No More (But More)

[Cowtipper]

I kind of wish they weren't just going through the motions in this game.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

4-run 9th inning would be nice n cruel

[MFS62]

Pack the mustard for the wiener race.
We're gonna' make it after all.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Going through the motions?! Hey, there was a groundout to Alonso and Ottavino went over and covered first!

Relievers are apparently allowed to do that!!

[ashie62]

22 games for Iggy

[Cowtipper]

Iglesias' hitting streak continues!

[Edgy MD]

And now the hitting streak lasts until next April.

[Cowtipper]

Meh.

89 wins.

It's not 90.

Oh well, we're going to the postseason.

See ya in Milwaukee!

[Edgy MD]

What a weird day of baseball.

Both teams playing for the right to limp exhausted into another town with the deck stacked against them in a road series.

[Cowtipper]

Who led the MLB in batting average among batters with 100+ at-bats?

Jose Iglesias.

[metirish]

Very nice to see Medoza ,his staff and players celebrating

[MFS62]

This inning may well be Iglesias' last crack to extend the hitting streak.

OE: Or next inning.

He heard you.
Later

[metirish]

Watching the celebration, how sweet to see young Acuna with a huge smile on his face

[Lefty Specialist]

Lots of Coors Light showers.

[Gwreck]

And now the hitting streak lasts until next April.

I’m ok with it continuing through the postseason too.

[Chad ochoseis]

Feels good to know that we won the game where both teams went all out, and they won the leftover game.

[metirish]

Gelbs with the deep questions while guys are getting soaked, relax Steve

[Centerfield]

Feels good to know that we won the game where both teams went all out, and they won the leftover game.

Exactly right. Game one was the real game. The Braves backed in.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Are the Diamondbacks the first team to miss the postseason because of a tiebreaker?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Are the Diamondbacks the first team to miss the postseason because of a tiebreaker?

Bobby Thomson's "The Giants win the pennant" HR to eliminate Brooklyn was in a tiebreaker. (The Shot Heard 'Round the World).

[Fman99]

Feels good to know that we won the game where both teams went all out, and they won the leftover game.

Exactly right. Game one was the real game. The Braves backed in.

Even more than that - I had no confidence that the Mets could come back in a game 2 having lost a tough, deflating game 1. That's historically been a roll over & be dead kind of spot for them

[Benjamin Grimm]

Are the Diamondbacks the first team to miss the postseason because of a tiebreaker?

Bobby Thomson's "The Giants win the pennant" HR to eliminate Brooklyn was in a tiebreaker. (The Shot Heard 'Round the World).

That's not what I meant. The Giants officially finished the season with a better record than the Dodgers that year

[batmagadanleadoff]

Are the Diamondbacks the first team to miss the postseason because of a tiebreaker?

Bobby Thomson's "The Giants win the pennant" HR to eliminate Brooklyn was in a tiebreaker. (The Shot Heard 'Round the World).

That's not what I meant. The Giants officially finished the season with a better record than the Dodgers that year

Oh. You meant the current tiebreakers, that aren't games any more, but formulas, right?

[Benjamin Grimm]

That's right.

[Gwreck]

Are the Diamondbacks the first team to miss the postseason because of a tiebreaker?

Yes. The no-tiebreaker-games rule was only put in place in 2022. The ties that have been broken since then are:

2022 NL East: Braves win division/#2 seed, Mets get wild card (#4 seed)
2023 AL West: Houston wins division/#2 seed, Texas gets wild card (#5 seed)
2023 NL Wild Cards: tiebreak determined that Miami got #5 seed and Arizona #6 seed (but both teams would have made it anyway)
2024 NL Wild Cards: we all know what just happened.