The Collapse
Over the weekend the Phillies took over the lead in the National League East and pushed the Mets officially out of the playoff picture. My observation back on 8/30 was not correct.
Willie Randolph is not a manager who will panic and make poor in-game decisions because he's looking in his rear-view mirror at the Phillies. Complimenting Randolph is a veteran team that will most likely follow their manager's lead.
According to Tom Singer at mlb.com the Mets have pulled-off the greateast collapse in the history of Major League Baseball this September. Holding a seven game lead as late as September 12th, the Mets will now lead a list that includes the '51 Dodgers, '78 Red Sox and '64 Phillies. The '64 Phils lost a 6.5 game lead with twelve games left which to me seems more drastic than the Mets collapse this September.
2 comments:
Philly deserves credit for doing their part to capitalize on the Mets breakdown. Don't forget the Rockies were 7 games out of the wildcard on September 1st and clinched it. Of course, they were chasing after the fourth best record in the league.
Does anyone have any clutch pitching anymore (besides the SD and Col relievers last night)?
That was remarkable pitching last night. That is very, very rare to have that many relievers throw so well in one game. How about Herges and Ortiz coming out of nowhere for the Rox's?
Willie's going to be retained. Methinks you aren't too happy.
I think the Cub bullpen straightened itself out starting in the summer.
That's the problem with all these levels of playoffs and short series. It's a crapshoot in the post-season and if your bullpen runs into a bit of a bad spell for a couple of games you're toast.
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