Sometimes, you just run into the wrong pitcher on the wrong day. Madison Bumgarner is probably the greatest pitcher in modern postseason history. He was very good in 2010, had his only two bad playoff appearances ever in 2012 backed up by a sensational World Series start, and turned into this millennium’s Old Hoss Radbourn […]
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From BP: You Can Predict Ball
We were promised greatness. Leading into this game, the prospective Madison Bumgarner vs. Noah Syndergaardmatchup was supposed to be the clash of aces that makes for must-see baseball. The game’s most notorious postseason pitcher–one of the greatest of all time already–faced off against the hardest-throwing starting pitcher in the game, a young ace who carried his team on […]
2016 Wild Card Game Recap: Wait Till Next Year
Executive Summary Conor Gillaspie hit a three-run ninth-inning home run in support of a Madison Bumgarner shutout. Giants 3, Mets 0. Discussion and Analysis Conor Gillaspie batted only 205 times during the regular season. He started last night because Eduardo Nunez, the Giants’ big trade-deadline acquisition, injured his hamstring down the stretch. Gillaspie playing hero in the […]
For All You Kids Out There, NL Wild Card Review: “F*** it Dude, let’s go bowling”
“On the day that i become so forgetful that all of this melts away, I will burn all the calendars that counted the years down to such a worthless day.” It’s nobody’s fault really, but here we are. Time for Jarrett to write a bunch of the stuff for the Annual and figure out how many […]
Syndergaard vs. Bumgarner (and Other Great Mets Postseason Showdowns)
The baseball gods smiled upon Queens for the National League Wild Card matchup. It will be the Mets against the Giants at Citi Field with two of baseball’s most talented pitchers going head-to-head with their seasons on the line. It’s hard to conceive a better scenario for baseball than Noah Syndergaard against Madison Bumgarner. With baseball […]
It’s Time For Your Rally Underpants
I’ll be honest: I didn’t think the Mets would make it to the postseason this year. The breadth of injuries, that terrible hitting slump (even more terrible with RISP) mid-season; I thought it was over. So when the Mets definitively clinched their spot in the Wild Card game over the weekend, it still felt a […]
The People of New York v. Madison Bumgarner
The month of October is upon us during an even year, and that can only mean one thing: There’s a madman on the loose. He goes by the name of Madison Bumgarner, and he’s standing in the way of the New York Mets. It’s been quite the second half ride for the Metropolitans, who looked […]
Our 2016 Mets World Series MVP
It’s a long wait until Wednesday. At press time, it’s unknown who the Mets will defeat in the Wild Card game. It’s unknown how many games it’ll take for the Mets to beat the Cubs in the Division Series, and whether the Mets will beat the Dodgers or the Nationals in the NLCS. Though the American League champion could […]
Game recap October 2: Good thing this game didn’t matter
Gabriel Ynoa was a little shaky, but kept the Mets in Game 162 by only allowing one run in his 4.2 innings. However, the Phillies celebrated Ryan Howard’s final game with the team by doing damage to the bullpen in the seventh. However, this game was largely uneventful, as the Mets rested players and pulled […]
Game recap October 1: Well, they did it
James Loney made contact, then turned towards the Mets dugout and flipped his bat before running to first. At the beginning of the season, this wouldn’t make any sense. In the middle of August, we’d assume the below replacement level first baseman made another out as the season was slipping away. We’d seen this story before. In […]