New York is abuzz with excitement over the potential of another Subway Series showdown in the World Series. For game one against the Mets the Yankees start Masahiro Tanaka who has allowed 116 hits and 54 earned runs while striking out 132 over 143 innings for a 12-6 record and a3.40 ERA. The Yankees are chasing the explosive Toronto Blue Jays, entering the final 17 games down by three games in the AL East. This is their shot to really tear down the Yankees and take back a city that has been ignoring them for years, in favor of the 27-time World Champions.
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“I’ve heard from some good sources that it’s off the charts”, Rodriguez said.
That would likely leave Harvey some innings for a possible playoff appearance, which the Mets have publicly said they are taking into consideration.
Sunday: CC Sabathia (4-9, 4.93) vs. RHP Matt Harvey (12-7, 2.88).
The Yankees have owned the city of New York for years, but this series gives the Mets a chance to actually take it back. New York, New York.
Josh Heller wins the HMM for having a post about Ivan Nova go up immediately before it was announced that Nova is going to the bullpen. Four games against a losing team is a great opportunity at this point of the season, especially if the Yankees can dodge Sale.
They are 7.5 games up on the Nationals in the division and are trying to sew up their postseason spot.
The Mets will pitch Steven Matz on Friday and Noah Syndergaard on Saturday, beginning the series with two kids who have never faced the Yankees. After stopping in Queens, the Yankees will head back to Toronto for three games against the Blue Jays. It remains one of Wright’s favorite highlights from all the Subway Series he’s played.
If he pitches well the rest of the way and into the playoffs, all of the hubbub about what he would or wouldn’t do and who knew what and when will just be an interesting part of the narration of the Mets 2015 season commemorative DVD. “Anytime you can have any success against Mo, that’s a big deal”.
Each club was assumed to be on the outside looking in when postseason aspirations were discussed by many experts, making the start of this late-September Subway Series a ho-hum thought in April. But that’s precisely what the righty with a career 4.72 ERA did in the first regular-season game ever between the neighbors. “When your team’s clicking, when you can get that type of play on the field, it does wonders everywhere”. These next two series are the last ones where the Yankees will face a team over.500, so this off day is nice before the grind to the finish line. There won’t be anything better than a meaningful Subway Series during the regular season between the Mets and Yankees.
The Mets talked about retaliation and all of it began a conversation about the idea of baseball payback.
After warming up and hearing a chorus of catcalls from what he recalls as “relentless” Met fans, Clippard threw six sharp innings against the Mets in a 6-2 Yanks’ victory.
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In his first start after this controversy raged, September 8 at Washington, Harvey did not exactly provide a dousing agent, allowing seven runs in 5 1/3 innings.
