New York Mets fans taking the 7 train to Citi Field Tuesday for Game 3 of the National League Division Series might run into a beloved mascot, while riding on trains draped in its image. Yet the character in question won’t be the big-headed Mr. Met, the stalwart of the baseball mascot circle who was […]
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Sure, it’s early. But baseball’s postseason is off to a roaring start, and Sunday’s NLDS action proved to be no exception. We’ll go around the horn by wrapping up all of the day’s action, including an instant classic in Philadelphia and a tense beatdown in Los Angeles. Then we’ll name our three up and three
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In his postseason debut, Shohei Ohtani helped lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a comeback win over the San Diego Padres. The New York Mets continued their late-inning comeback magic. The New York Yankees topped the Kansas City Royals in a back-and-forth, unconventional October classic, while a Cleveland Guardians’ offensive outburst helped them take the
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The Philadelphia Phillies had everything going for them. They had extra rest from the first-round bye. They had a raucous home crowd. They had one of the best pitchers in baseball at his absolute best. It wasn’t enough, though, as the New York Mets rallied in the late innings to stun the Phillies 6-2 in
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As Howie Rose’s call of Pete Alonso’s season-saving home run began playing over the public address system on the New York Mets’ joyous charter flight out of Milwaukee, the veteran broadcaster briefly cupped his hands to his ears. From his seat on a plane full of Mets players and staffers, Rose, 70, was embarrassed. No
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The Wild Card Round has ended and the stage is set for the National League Division Series, which features not one but two storied rivalries — Mets–Phillies and Dodgers–Padres. If the regular season match-ups are any indication, the Phillies and Mets battle could be a slugfest. The two teams almost split the regular-season head-to-head, though
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There was a lot of good baseball this week. Elite pitching performances. One-run contests. Stars getting big hits in big moments. Thursday night’s Game 3 — New York Mets 4, Milwaukee Brewers 2 — was a true postseason epic. Back-to-back Brewers homers in the seventh inning. Pete Alonso going deep in the ninth to keep his
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MILWAUKEE — In the chaos of elation, the New York Mets momentarily allowed the star of the celebration to get away Thursday night. Quickly, someone yelled, “Where the f— is Pete?” The search lasted mere moments. “He’s over there!” someone else shouted. Another Mets player then loudly gave instructions: “Everyone attack Pete!” Within seconds, several
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You think it’s easy watching four postseason baseball games in one day so you don’t have to? You think it’s no big deal to stay laser focused when three of those games are going on at the same time and also … the bases are loaded in the ninth in one of them? You think the human
