Day 45

Fresh Start_45: Can we do that again?
With both of the wildcard games over and done with, and two great ones at that. First in Toronto with the pitcher’s duel and the call not being made to Zach Britton in the bottom of the eleventh. I wouldn’t blame Buck Showalter for going to Ubaldo Jimenez in that situation. The Jays lineup is jam packed with right handed hitters. Edwin Encarnacion just hit an absolute meatball right down the middle. You cannot go to a left in Britton in that situation with all those power bats hitting against lefties. The best pitcher on the staff is Britton but he has to be on ice in the eleventh against the three batters leading off the eleventh.
For last night in Flushing… What else is there to say besides it’s just Bumgardner and an even year. For clarity my podcast partner and my friend Nick Paradies is the originator of the “even number year” conspiracy theory in the Giants winning the World Series. Madison Bumgarnder is the best starting pitcher in playoff history. There is nothing that Mad Bum can’t do in October. The San Francisco Giants have been here before, and are cool, calm, and collected—just business as usual. The experience on the Giants is unmatched in this generation of baseball. Noah Syndergaard did as well as he could, with the amount of pitches and just the way the lineup turned over in the seventh inning. The valent effort by Syndergaard was extremely impressive, and the play by Rene Rivera the Mets catcher to me was even more impressive based on where he was just a couple months before. Rivera didn’t have a job in April and called a great game, and kept a lot of balls in front of him.
The impossible run by the Mets being 60-62 on August 20th and having injuries almost every day has to be applauded. I am not a Mets fan, but I am impressed with what the team did, given who the players were on the field and the inexperience on the diamond. It is almost identical in what the Yankees were going through, except the Yankees didn’t make the playoffs or have the injuries that the Mets did. To all of my friends that are Mets fans, don’t be sad, you had a great season. I know how unsetting the one and down can be, I experienced it last year with Yankees in the Wild Card game. Be upset and sad for now, but in time you will realize what the season was, and how amazing it was. You will also pull up a chair with the rest of the baseball family, and watch the incredible baseball playoffs and all unbelievable moments. Thank you both Giants and Mets for making the game I love and the playoff setup I have come to love, even more awesome.
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