[jg2977]

OHHH BABY!!! Let me tell ya somethin’ right now, Mets fans — the New York Mets actually showed up, bro! I can’t believe what I’m sayin’ here, but the Mets went out to L.A., in front of almost 50,000 Dodger fans, and absolutely took care of business, man! Seven to one, Mets win it, and they take a 2-1 lead in the series!
And how about Jordan freakin’ Pineda, bro? The guy’s forty years old! FORTY! He’s got more miles on that arm than my old Ford Escort, and he goes out there and gives you seven and a third, five hits, one run — just beautiful, absolutely beautiful! Vintage stuff, baby!
You could just feel it early, man. First inning, the Mets load the bases, Alex Peña hits the sac fly — boom, 1-0 lead. You just felt like maybe — maybe! — things were gonna go right for once.
Then in the middle innings? Forget it, bro. They blew it open. Contreras goes deep in the sixth, Brubaker crushes one in the eighth — these guys were hittin’ bullets all night, man! Twelve hits, seven runs, and they didn’t even need the long ball to do most of the damage.
And look, I gotta say this — the Dodgers looked flat. Totally flat, bro. You’re at home, you got a chance to go up 2-1, and you put up ONE run? One? Against a 40-year-old? Come on! The Mets outplayed ‘em in every single phase — pitching, hitting, defense, base running, everything!
And how about Stacks, bro — three steals! The Mets were actually aggressive on the basepaths! I didn’t even know they remembered how to do that!
Pineda hands it over to Fukuyama to close it out, and the kid was lights out, man — struck out three, gave up nothin’. Boom, ballgame over.
So now, here we are — the Mets lead the series two games to one, with Game 4 tomorrow night at Dodger Stadium, and suddenly… dare I say it, bro… the Mets look like the better team right now!
But listen — it’s the Mets, okay? I’ve been burned too many times. I’ve seen this movie before. You win a couple, you get all hyped up, and then BAM — heartbreak city, bro.
Still… tonight? It was fun. It was actually fun to watch the Mets play baseball.
So I’ll say it: “Ohhhh baby, the Mets are two wins away from the pennant!”
Now let’s just hope they don’t Mets it up, bro.