Well, here we go again. Isn't it funny how history repeats itself? (Let's hope not exactly)
Although the Phillies clinched their second consecutive division title today, Johan Santana came up HUGE on three days' rest and the Brewers laid an egg, so we go into tomorrow needing only a win to prolong the season to at least Monday. If the Mets and the Brewers both win tomorrow, the last regular season game at Shea will be a one-game playoff for the wild card, on Monday night. If the Mets win and the Brewers lose, we've got an NLDS date with the Cubbies. If the Brewers win and the Mets lose, we're screwed. And if both teams lose - well that's just downright embarrassing.
The road to this point might have been slightly different, but it's scary how similar this last weekend of the season is so far to last year's. The Mets, trying to save face, playing the Marlins at home, and losing an ugly game on Friday night. Saturday brings an electrifying win - last year for the sheer gravity of the blowout and the brawl, this year for Santana's dramatically affirming performance; affirming, that is, as in Johan being worth every little bit in personnel and money that we paid for him.
Last year the Phillies lost on Saturday and we went into Sunday in the exact same position - a win forces no less than a one-game playoff. This year the battle is for the wild card, who will probably end up being the sacrificial lamb in the Cubs' eventual road to an unfortunate and quirky defeat in the NLCS. Oh well. Stranger things have happened.
But here's hoping that one way or another, the last game of the season, at Shea, against the Marlins, will be different in '08 than it was '07. Hopefully Oliver Perez won't reprise the role of Tom Glavine. If he can generate a quote from Jerry Manuel remotely along the lines of what Manuel said after the game today, we should be in good shape:
"How many did he pitch? How many did he throw?" said Jerry, grinning. "Wow, wow, wow, wow. I think if I had to describe that one, I would say that was gangsta. That was real gangsta."
Gangsta indeed. I don't know about anyone else but I'm pumped for tomorrow. It all comes down to this.
(Image courtesy espn.com)
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