A pair of New York Mets diehards, Jeff and Jon discuss the upcoming National League Division Series with Dodgers, set to begin in Los Angeles Friday night.
He admits the timing was poor, and he's right. But, it appears he and the Mets have moved on, and more focused on the team's first postseason appearance since 2006.
The Yankees grabbed the rubber-match of the Subway Series Part 2 this weekend, and took the overall season series 4-2 with a decisive 11-2 drubbing of the slumping Mets on Sunday night.
Carlos Beltran cracked a first inning, three-run blast and Brian McCann added a two-run shot in the sixth as the Yankees shut out the Mets 5-0 in second game of their subway series.
The Mets drew first blood in round-two of the 2015 subway series, muscling through Masahiro Tanaka and the Yankees with three home runs in a 5-1 decision at Citi Field on Friday night. The outcome pushed the Mets a step closer to a division title and Yankees one further.
The Washington Nationals' bullpen is likely going to have nightmares about Mets' slugger Yoenis Cespedes. The power-hitting outfielder once again delivered the key hit, a go-ahead two-run homer, to help the Mets comeback for a 5-3 win to complete a three game sweep and extend their NL East lead to seven games.
Facing a six-run deficit with seven outs remaining, the New York Mets mounted an improbable rally and stunned the Washington Nationals 8-7 on Wednesday on the back of a pinch-hit, go-ahead homer from unlikely hero Kirk Nieuwenhuis.
Michael Cuddyer came off the bench to deliver a pinch-hit, two-RBI single helping the Mets claw past the Phillies in a 6-5 win at Citizens Bank Park in Philly on Tuesday.