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Arizona Diamandbacks: 5th NLCS berth
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MIKE: “Alright, lemme tell ya somethin’ folks… this just wasn’t the Mets’ year. And I know, I KNOW, the Mets fans got all excited after those first two games — ‘Oh Mike! Oh Mike! They’re gonna shock the world!’ — but NO. No they’re not. You don’t win a series when your pitching collapses like THAT. You can’t do it. You can’t do it!”
DOG: “MIKE, THEY HAD NO PITCHIN’!! NONE!! NONE!! They gave you a tease, Mike! A TEASE! They get ya all excited and then BOOM — five runs in the fifth inning and the whole house comes crashin’ down! YOU CAN’T HAVE IT!!”
MIKE: “They shocked Arizona in Games 1 and 2. Absolutely. And then the Diamondbacks — give ‘em credit — they come right back, they stabilize, and the Mets start givin’ up line drives all over the yard. Eleven hits. Errors. Runners left on base. You’re not winnin’ like that.”
DOG: “NO CLEAN BASEBALL! NONE! FIELDIN’ ERRORS! THE WEAVER KID DROPPIN’ BALLS IN RIGHT FIELD! YA CAN’T GIVE TEAMS EXTRA OUTS IN OCTOBER, MIKE!!”
MIKE: “Arizona walks right into the NLCS again, this time to face Pittsburgh — second straight year, fifth time in franchise history — and Jason Gonzalez, MVP of the series. HITS EVERYTHING. Guy’s hittin’ .500! Every time he steps up it’s a line drive somewhere. You know what that is? That’s an MVP. That’s an MVP, Chris.”
DOG: “MIKE, THEY COULDN’T GET ‘EM OUT! THEY COULDN’T! YOU GOT GUYS RUNNIN’ AROUND THE BASES LIKE IT’S BATTING PRACTICE! AND THE METS — THEY HAD CHANCES! ELEVEN HITS! BUT THEY CAN’T CASH IN! LEAVIN’ GUYS ALL OVER THE BASEPATHS LIKE THEY’RE GIVIN’ ‘EM AWAY AT A GARAGE SALE!”
MIKE: “Exactly. You get to Game 5, anything can happen, but the Mets didn’t make ANYTHING happen. Arizona did. And now they move on. They face Pittsburgh in the next round. And the Mets? Back to Queens. Pack it up.”
DOG: “ANOTHER YEAR, MIKE! ANOTHER YEAR OF AGONY! THEY DRAG THE FANS IN AND THEN POOF! IT’S GONE!!”
MIKE: “That’s it. That’s the Mets. Every time. Every year, except for 1921-23. And folks — don’t call me and tell me you were surprised. You weren’t surprised. You KNOW who they are.”
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