While there is a pitch clock and batters must be ready to hit, it is still a game played until both teams get all twenty-seven outs that they are entitled to. There is no clock to wind down until the game is over, like football, basketball or hockey.
That is one of the joys I love about this game.
You know what else I love? When my team starts out at 0 and 5, are 22 and 33 in Memorial Day and end up in the playoffs when no one gave them a shot on June 1.
And now, the Mets are going to round two of the playoffs.
Milwaukee was no pushover, and they looked like they were going to win it with three outs to go. But like I said, each team is entitled to twenty-seven outs.
Down 2 to 0 when they came up in the 9th in a classic pitchers’ duel, they rallied, with their home run hero delivering the most important home run he hit all season. Pete Alonso, asleep and in a funk since September 19, hit a three-run homer making the score 3 to 2. Two batters later, Starling Marte drove in the insurance run.
Deservedly, Edwin Diaz got the win and David Peterson, generally a starter, had an Orel Herseiser moment, and got the save. Very fitting, indeed!!
Now, it is on to Philadelphia to play another sixty-two season nemesis, the Phillies. They have a one-day rest day to travel and start round two on Saturday at 4 PM. And then back to Flushing on Tuesday.
For now, they, and we the fans, only need to concern ourselves with the game at hand. It is time to face the Philadelphia Phillies in a series which was not in the cards at the AL Star Break.
But then, since then, they have been playing playoff baseball. So they already know what to do and what is at stake. No need to remind them.
Lets Go Mets!!
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