Excitement Builds Among Mets Fans -- Old And New -- As Championship Chase Continues
Excitement is building among die hard fans and new ones as the New York Mets try to make it into the World Series.
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Excitement is building among die hard fans and new ones as the New York Mets try to make it into the World Series.
Despite his heroics on the sport's biggest stage, there's a very good chance that the free-agent-to-be won't be a Met in 2016.
I admit, I thought the Cubs would be a bit much for the Mets. I've never been so happy to be so wrong.
Daniel Murphy homered again and Noah Syndergaard shut down the Cubs as the Mets took a 2-0 lead in the NLCS.
The Mets will head to Wrigley Field this week for (possibly) the next three games of the NLCS against the Chicago Cubs.
Somewhere between Pittsburgh and Chicago, Jake Arrieta lost his unhittable aura. He didn't find it in New York, that's for sure.
Say this for the Daniel Murphy and the New York Mets: They have their October formula down and are sticking with it.
New York fans were cold at Sunday night's game, but they stayed optimistic and it paid off as the Mets scored early and held on for a 4-1 win over the Chicago Cubs in Game 2 of the NLCS.
Matt Harvey limited Chicago to four hits over 7 2-3 innings, Daniel Murphy and Travis d'Arnaud homered off Jon Lester and the Mets beat the Cubs 4-2 Saturday night in the opener of the NL Championship Series.
Die-hard Mets fans cleared their Saturday schedules.
New York, which went 0-7 against Chicago in the regular season, will send ace Matt Harvey to the mound with no restrictions in Game 1.
The Mets won 3-2 over the Dodgers in Game 5 Thursday night in Los Angeles.
Friends keep asking how I feel about the Mets in the postseason. Many of them know I've been a Mets fan for over 40 years. Forty-six years, to be precise. Most of my life.
It's a battle that may come down to the ninth inning of the seventh game, and may end up with a powerful young team going to its first World Series since 1945.
"We took you down, LA!" Breuer yelled. "Chase Utley, guess what you're chasing? Nothing! Nothing! And shame on you, Gary Cohen, for putting down Daniel Murphy! Shame on you, Gary Cohen!
