Hey, Sports Illustrated: Try this for "This Week's Sign of the Apocalypse"
A radio reporter actually said the Mets "got a small measure of revenge" for the A's winning the 1973 World Series by beating Oakland on Friday night.
UPDATE, 11:02 p.m., Saturday:
The Mets got more revenge with a 1-0 win.
Ken Holtzman (Game 7 winner) must be really upset right now.
Comments (7)
Mets beat Athletics 1-0, chance in playoffs up 5.6% to 52.4% (biggest jump in baseball).
Sure, but can they break the SI curse? It has doomed more than one team in the past.
THIS WEEKS SIGN OF THE APOCOLYPSE? HOW ABOUT JACK CUST IS PLAYING RIGHT FIELD, AND MILTON BRADLEY GETS SENT TO THE MINORS?
THAT...IS A SIGN OF THE APOCOLYPSE.
SO BILLY BEANE AINT THAT BRILLIANT AFTER ALL?
THAT TEAM NEEDS TO BE GUTTED. THEY ARE DONE...
CHAVEZ....DONE
CROSBY....DONE
JOHNSON...4A PLAYER
KOTSAY....DONE
KIELTY....DONE
KENDALL...DONE
LOIAZA....DONE
HARDEN....DONE
THEY ARE ALL FINISHED.
TOO BAD MARCOS SCUTARO CAN'T PLAY ALL THE POSITIONS AT ONCE. IF IT WASN'T FOR HAREN, GAUDIN, BLANTON AND SWISH, THIS TEAM WOULD BE IN LAST PLACE.
Where are those "playoff chance percentages" coming from? All teams have a 50-50 chance... They will, or they won't make the playoffs. 50-50.
That's the dumbest thing I have ever heard, Sean. By your logic, you have a 50% chance of dying today. You will, or you won't. Good luck.
Methead, you left out an "a" in your name.. it is MeAthed, right?
If not, show me how you figure the Mets have any other option besides making the playoffs or not... Is there a THIRD option? If not, then they have a 50% chance of making it, and a 50% chance of not making it.