Jacob deGrom flipped the script on the Cubs

One of the main (baseball-related) story lines for the Mets National League Championship Series (NLCS) against the Cubs was high-end pitch velocity. Specifically, the Cubs as a team hit poorly (.228 BA according to Baseball Savant) as a team against pitches 95mph and above. The Mets, as a team, threw 2,510 pitches at 95mph or [...]

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The long wait until Tuesday is mostly good for the Mets

Pretty much all fans of professional football dislike the fact that most years there is a built-in two week wait separating the NFC and AFC championship games and the Super Bowl. There have been a few years when the wait was only one week and it seems that these years have had more entertaining and [...]

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