“when you had Clemens with his roid rage doing what he did to Piazza,”
Throwing a piece of a broken bat towards the first base line where Piazza was running, and not even hitting him? Not the greatest example! And: kind of a glass house re Piazza and steroids (I can speculate as well as anyone). Methinks you’re getting a liiiitle too worked up about all this.
^Are YOU kidding?? No one throws bats at players at games. And there’s no speculating on Clemens; he was dirty. I can’t BELIEVE any Yankee fans would defend him. But that’s how Yankee fans roll, lol. Never back down; never admit your guys were steroid, HGH, etc. central. lol.
I’m not a baseball fan, but I am from northern Illinois. And let’s face - it Illinois is a state that could use some good news.
So Go Cubbies!
Long-time Cubs fan married to a lifelong Red Sox fan, so I know miracles can happen! Go Cubs!
In another time, Cubs. Not now! Mets all the way! ( But I am a Yankee fan going for the Mets.)
I grew up in NYC but do not live there currently. D1 does. My family were Yankees fans primarily. But being from a borough where you can root for both, I go for the NY team!!
Welcome aboard, Morrismm!
What were the Cubs thinking, challenging Cespedes, sending a runner home on a ball not hit particularly deep??
Have they not gotten enough looks at what Cespedes can do?
Here is the throw Angels fans will never forget:
http://m.mlb.com/video/v33614681/oaklaa-cespedes-throws-out-kendrick-at-the-plate
Note that he bobbled the ball and still threw a perfect bullet from the left corner to get Kendrick out. Know your opposition.
Great game. Supermurph just keeps getting better and better. Plus-- vintage Harvey.
Tomorrow will be tough against Arrieta, though.
Congrats to Mets fans. We’ll try to get one tomorrow.
Jazzymom, I completely agree; the Cubs were too aggressive. The runner was out by a mile (in baseball terms). If they’d held the runner, there would have been first and third with one out, and even if they’d walked the weak next hitter to get to the pitcher’s spot, Lester could have bunted and who knows what might have happened.
Thor will be good, but Arrieta gives them their best chance.
OTOH, I think it’s interesting that the goat that cursed the Cubs was named Murphy. 
I’m glad the Mets won game 1, but I’m concerned about Collins’ reluctance to use the bullpen (altho I understand the reluctance) and using Familia for more than an inning again. He can’t keep that up in a 7 game series.
agreed.
Last night showed something commentators said during the season, that the Mets pulling Harvey and other pitchers out of the rotation, irregular starts, hurt them. Last night Harvey was on regular rest, and he was pretty much lights out, every time they tried to ‘rest him’, he pitched like crap. I also think if you are trying to save a pitcher’s arm, doing this hurts them, they lose the feel for their pitches, and get into bad habits IMO. Personally, I think Harvey would do well to fire Boras and find a better agent, if he wants to end up hated like A-rod he should stay with Boras.
The one thing the Cubs can look forward to is if they lose this year, they have a lot of years ahead of them, whereas with the Mets this may be do it now or forget about it. The Cubs are young and only will get better, whereas the Mets will have great pitching, but outside Conforto will face losing both Murphy and Cespedes (the Wilpons owe 37 million bucks next year in clawbacks, same the year after that), so it is possible their payroll may actually decline, and you might see the patchwork team that had .167 batters in the cleanup spot, Wright may be finished or diminished, and I don’t think the bargain basement likes of Cudyer, Stephen Drew or the like are going to help them next year, and Cespedes was caching lightening in a bottle, Alderson got very, very lucky with that one.
We’ll try again on Tuesday.
Mets pen stood the test. Collins couldn’t hide them forever.
I am rooting for my beloved Cubbies! They will at the very least give it a go soon. It is just nice to have a year in which my husband doesn’t tease me mercilessly on my team.
My priest used to say we were the team of Job, and that we may suffer 100 years. Well that is long past and I am ready for a victory.
LET’S GO METS!
Mets fan born and bred. Went to Shea Stadium for the first time in 1968,
Been a Mets fan since '73 (never mind my Nats logo). It’s great to see them play so well this year. Let’s go Mets. I don’t get this current obsession with pitch counts. Back in the day starters pitched complete games all the time. Now it’s as rare as a no-hitter.