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Damn Mets win in extras. Braves will have to sweep the Mets if they want to win the division imo. If the Braves win 2 out of 3 they will be tied coming out of that series and the Mets will own the tiebreaker at season’s end. If the Braves sweep they will own a 2 game lead with 3 games left against the Marlins and own the tiebreaker for the season. This upcoming series is HUGE.
 
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VolPack22 said:
Damn Mets win in extras. Braves will have to sweep the Mets if they want to win the division imo. If the Braves win 2 out of 3 they will be tied coming out of that series and the Mets will own the tiebreaker at season’s end. If the Braves sweep they will own a 2 game lead with 3 games left against the Marlins and own the tiebreaker for the season. This upcoming series is HUGE.
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:) Look on the bright side.
 
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VolPack22 said:
Damn Mets win in extras. Braves will have to sweep the Mets if they want to win the division imo. If the Braves win 2 out of 3 they will be tied coming out of that series and the Mets will own the tiebreaker at season’s end. If the Braves sweep they will own a 2 game lead with 3 games left against the Marlins and own the tiebreaker for the season. This upcoming series is HUGE.
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I’m pumped!!
 
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VolPack22 said:
Damn Mets win in extras. Braves will have to sweep the Mets if they want to win the division imo. If the Braves win 2 out of 3 they will be tied coming out of that series and the Mets will own the tiebreaker at season’s end. If the Braves sweep they will own a 2 game lead with 3 games left against the Marlins and own the tiebreaker for the season. This upcoming series is HUGE.
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We may be playing a doubleheader on Friday.
 
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On September 29 in Baseball History...​
  • 1913 - Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators finished the season with 36 victories after a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia A's.

  • 1914 - The Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch the pennant after a sensational second-half drive.

  • 1915 - The Philadelphia Phillies clinched their first National League pennant, beating the Boston Braves 5-0 behind Grover Alexander's one-hitter.

  • 1920 - Babe Ruth hits his 54th homer in Philadelphia as the Yankees win, 7-2. That is more than any other team except the Phils. He is responsible for 241 of his team's 838 runs, even though he misses twelve games.

  • 1945 - The Cubs clinch the National League flag on Hank Borowy's 4-3 win over Pittsburgh in the first game of a doubleheader.

  • 1953 - A Baltimore syndicate headed by Baltimore Mayor Tom D'Alesandro buys Bill Veeck's interest in the Browns for $2.475 million. The American League approves the shift of the Browns to Baltimore without Bill Veeck.

  • 1954 - Willie Mays made an over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz's long drive to center field, and pinch-hitter Dusty Rhodes homered off Bob Lemon in the 10th inning to lead the New York Giants to a 5-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the World Series.

  • 1957 - With 1895 manager Jack Doyle among the 11,606 looking on, the Giants lose their last game at the Polo Grounds 9-1. Bucs rookie John Powers hits a home run in the top of the ninth, the last homer and RBI at the Polo Grounds. This game is played on the 77th anniversary of the first Polo Grounds baseball game.

  • 1959 - The Dodgers win Game Two of the playoff, 6-5, and take the National League pennant. Los Angeles overcomes a 5-2, ninth-inning deficit to tie the game they win it in the 12th inning when Gil Hodges scores from second on Felix Mantilla's off-balance heave past first base after a difficult chance on Carl Furillo's grounder.

  • 1963 - Playing in his one and ONLY Major League game, Houston Colt 45 outfielder John Paciorek, brother of Jim and Tom, went three for three (all singles), walked twice, had three runs batted in and scored four times.

  • 1963 - Stan Musial ended his career by going 2-for-3 as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 3-2 at Busch Stadium.

  • 1968 - Carl Yastrzemski maintains a .3005 batting average to win his second straight batting crown with the lowest championship average ever. Yaz is the American League's only .300 hitter; Oakland's Danny Cater is second with .290.

  • 1971 - In the sixth inning of the Expos' 6-5 win over the Cubs, Ron Hunt is hit by a Milt Pappaspitch. It is the 50th time Hunt is hit in 1971, setting a Major League record.

  • 1976 - Walter Alston, after 23 years and 2,040 victories with the Dodgers, steps down as manager. Third base coach Tom Lasorda is promoted to the post.

  • 1979 - J.R. Richard of the Astros shuts out the Dodgers 3-0 and fans eleven batters to break his own modern National League record for strikeouts by a right-hander. Richard finishes with 313 K's, ten more than in 1978. One of five Dodgers hits is a single by Manny Mota, his 146th pinch hit, breaking the mark of 145 formerly held by Smoky Burgess.

  • 1986 - Minnesota's Bert Blyleven broke Robin Roberts' 1956 record of 46 home run pitches in a season, when he gave up a two-out, third-inning homer to Cleveland rookie Jay Bell. Despite giving up two more homers, Bert Blyleven was the winner when the Twins rallied in the eighth for a 6-5 victory.

  • 1986 - Chicago Cubs rookie Greg Maddux defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3. The losing pitcher was his brother, Mike, also a rookie. It was the first time brothers faced each other as rookies.

  • 1987 - Don Mattingly Major League record sixth grand slam of the season backed the four-hit pitching of Charlie Hudson to lead the New York Yankees to a 6-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox.

  • 1990 - The Reds clinch the National League West title during a rain delay of their 3-1 loss to the Padres when the second-place Dodgers lose 4-3 to San Francisco. The Reds, never out of first place, are the first National League team ever to lead from wire to wire in a 162-game schedule.

  • 1996 - Brady Anderson of the Baltimore Orioles became the 14th player to reach the 50-homer mark in a 4-1 loss at Toronto. Anderson's previous season high was 21.

  • 1996 - Vinny Castilla of the Colorado Rockies hit his 40th homer in a 12-3 victory at San Francisco. He combined with teammates Andres Galarraga (47 homers) and Ellis Burks (40) to form the first 40-homer trio on one team since the 1973 Atlanta Braves: Davey Johnson (43), Darrell Evans (41), Hank Aaron (40).

  • 1998 - Mo Vaughn homered twice and tied a record with seven RBIs as Boston ended a 13-game postseason skid, beating Cleveland 11-3 in their American League divisional playoff series opener.
 
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VolPack22 said:
On September 29 in Baseball History...​

  • 1913 - Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators finished the season with 36 victories after a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia A's.

  • 1954 - Willie Mays made an over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz's long drive to center field, and pinch-hitter Dusty Rhodes homered off Bob Lemon in the 10th inning to lead the New York Giants to a 5-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the World Series.
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Two things we’ll probably never see again: a pitcher with 36 victories in a single season and game one of the World Series in September.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
I'm fine w/whatever comes. We win .... we win... ho-hum.
I would love for the Braves to have a repeat year to be the WS Champs again.
But it will not kill me or get me all out of sorts if the Braves lose.
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Obviously I love the Braves more than any other team but I would be extremely happy to see the Mets get a World Series win.
 
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