For all the laughing we did watching Seinfeld, years later it moves me to a famous quote he said in an early episode. To me, it relates to the playoffs and the World Series.
Take a read:
"The second button literally makes or breaks the shirt. Look at it. It's too high. It's in no-man's land. You look like you live with your mother."
Notice how he emphasized "second" - which brings me to my point.
In any of these series, the second game is the most important for a psychological edge. Let's say Team A wins Game 1...the series, naturally is 1-0. Second game comes around again, they win. They are up 2-0. Nice cushion but it still can be beat. However, it takes a team twice as hard to comeback to even the series.
The Mets have to remember this to play the entire series well. Its underrated, but I think against the grain sometime. So, Willie, you gotta put your best pitcher out there on Game 2.
And, for the team that loses 0-2, they are in no-man's land. They may as well live with their mother.
1 comment:
Good analogy..I love Seinfeld...I still enjoy the show even though I've watched them all.
Big game tonight, if there's no rain.
I am worried about Suppan and Carpenter -- Mets don't have a SP like the latter. Let's hope we can get quality starts from our trio...and I am very worried about Oliver Perez...he has talent but he's not ready for the postseason..I would rather have Mike Pelrey up there.
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