Never Forget 69

Resolving Cold and Wet Weather in the Post Season

Lou Di Falco — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:57:00 -0400

The idea of playing the World Series in a neutral site has come up before and like the SuperBowl, a warm weather city or stadium with a roof would be chosen. It makes sense until you begin to look at all the intangibles.

Thank You

Lou Di Falco — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:53:00 -0400

Congratulations to the 2006 NL East Champion New York Mets

Epilogue

Lou Di Falco — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:27:00 -0400

It started on April 3rd and it ended last night, two and a half weeks after the end of the regular season. On opening day 2006 the Mets defeated the Washington Nationals when Carlos Beltran threw out a runner at second base trying to stretch a single into a double.

Mets Seven Game Series History

Lou Di Falco — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:18:00 -0400

The Mets have played in three game sevens in their history.

Alive!

Lou Di Falco — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:50:00 -0400

Wait just a second while I take a tranquilizer thanks to Billy Wagner...

Cornered

Lou Di Falco — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:41:00 -0400

It’s as simple as this; win tonight or start counting down till pitchers and catchers report.

The Best Two Out of Three

Lou Di Falco — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:38:00 -0400

With last night’s rainout, the playoffs between the Mets and Cardinals take on a new life.

Rain Out Theatre

Lou Di Falco — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:58:00 -0400

As you probably already know, tonight's game 5 has been postponed because of rain.

It will all come down to starting pitching

Lou Di Falco — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:02:00 -0400

Let’s face it; the Mets just do not have the starting pitching to compete in this series. You can’t win in these series if you have only one legitimate starter, and in this case that’s Tom Glavine.

Behind Glavine, Mets take Game 1

Lou Di Falco — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:02:00 -0400

He is the new ace of the staff. This is why the Mets signed Tom Glavine three years ago. It took longer than he would have liked, actually it took longer than any Mets fan would have liked, but finally the Mets are back in the playoffs and Glavine is doing the things on the mound that fans could have only fantasized about.

Game 2 at Night

Lou Di Falco — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:10:00 -0400

Good news for the TV audience, game 2 will be tomorrow night at 8:05.

No Game

Lou Di Falco — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:35:00 -0400

Game 1 between the Cardinals and Mets has been rained out.

In case of rain...

Lou Di Falco — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:19:00 -0400

If game 1 is rained out tonight which is a possiblity, the Mets and Cardinals will play the first game of the seven game series tomorrow night at 8:19PM. Game 2 will be played on Friday afternoon at 4:00PM. There would then be no off day. The series would stay on schedule as it shifts to St. Louis.

Mets NLCS History

Lou Di Falco — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:07:00 -0400

Since the Mets will begin their seventh National League Championship Series tonight, I thought it was only appropriate that we look back on the other six the Mets have participated in.

Updated Schedule for Mets October Baseball

Lou Di Falco — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:38:00 -0400

SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT
1	2	3	4 LA W 6-5	5 LA W 4-1	6	7 LA W 9-5
8 LA* NA	9 LA* NA	10	11 STL 8:00	12 STL 8:00	13	14 STL 4:00
15 STL 7:30	16 STL* 8:00	17	18 STL* 4:00	19 STL* 8:00
* if necessary
All games on FOX Broadcasters: Joe Buck and Tim McCarver

New Yorkers Love Failure

Lou Di Falco — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:29:00 -0400

I happened to be driving around at lunch today. While listening to ESPN and WFAN radio I was simply astounded that all the talk revolved around the Yankees. Except for a couple of calls on Joe Benigno’s show regarding the Mets wonderful sweep, all the talk was around what the Yankees must do. Fire Torre, don’t fire Torre…trade A-Rod, don’t trade A-Rod. Gees, the Mets are the Rodney Dangerfield of baseball!

Updated Brackets

Lou Di Falco — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:45:00 -0400

National		2006 Brackets		American
Division Series	NLCS	World Series	ALCS	Division Series

Mets - E (1)				Yanks - E (1)

	Mets - E (1)		Tigers - WC (4)


Dodgers - WC (4)				Tigers - WC (4)


Padres -W (3)				Twins C (2)

	Cards - C (4)		A's - W (3)


Cards - C (4)				A's - W (3)

(n) seeds

Mets Sweep, Yankees Weep

Lou Di Falco — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:26:00 -0400

So the Mets are the number one baseball story in the New York, right? Guess again. The number one story in baseball in this city right now is what the Yankees will do after their most recent collapse in the playoffs.

Congratulations Mets

Lou Di Falco — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 00:07:00 -0400

The New York Mets return to the NLCS for the first time since 2000. The Mets, the only post season baseball in New York!!!

Schedule

Lou Di Falco — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:31:00 -0400

The Mets updated Schedule for the weekend:

SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT
1	2	3	4 LA 4:00-E	5 LA 8:00-F	6	7 LA 7:30-F
8 LA* TBD-E	9 LA* 8:00-F
* if necessary

E = ESPN

F = Fox

Up Two

Lou Di Falco — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:10:00 -0400

Up two games to nothing, the Mets will now head to Los Angeles to try and finish off the series in enemy territory. You have to be very impressed with the way the Mets have played in this first round of the playoffs.

Game One Win

Lou Di Falco — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:48:00 -0400

If you don’t think winning the first game in a short five game series is important then consider this: The Dodgers must win three of four.

Change the Wild Card to Wild Cards

Lou Di Falco — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:02:00 -0400

Before the first round even begins I have a beef and it’s with the first round and the wild card in particular. The Mets won 97 games this year and could easily get bounced out in the first round. Anything can happen but it’s the “easily” part that bothers me.

The First Round Schedule

Lou Di Falco — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:57:00 -0400

Here is the Mets schedule for the National League Division Series:

SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT
1	2	3	4 LA 4:00-E	5 LA 8:00-F	6	7 LA TBD
8 LA* TBD	9 LA* TBD
* if necessary

E = ESPN

F = FOX

In Summation

Lou Di Falco — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:40:00 -0400

As a Mets fan this is a strange feeling. Normally on the Monday after the end of the season I always feel a bit melancholy knowing it’s going to be a good five months before I see the boys in orange and blue down in Florida.

Zero and Zero

Lou Di Falco — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:26:00 -0400

It’s all over; the 2006 regular season has come to an end. The Mets were the best team in the National League with a record of 94-65.

Wild Scenarios

Lou Di Falco — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:59:00 -0400

The only possible teams left to win the wild card are the Phillies, Dodgers, or the Padres.

The NLDS Possibilities

Lou Di Falco — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:58:00 -0400

Things are drastically different in the National League. So far the only sure bet is the Mets who clinched a week ago. They will open their post season next Tuesday or Wednesday at Shea Stadium, time and team they play is yet to be determined.