I Love deGrom And Murphy Messing With Each Others' Chairs During Last Night's Postgame Press Conference
I’m not going to lie, seeing stuff like this eases a lot of the concerns I had as a Mets fan. Heading into this series, there were two stories that worried me. One was Harvey agreeing to only pitch one game against the Dodgers, bumping Syndergaard up to Game 2. The other was an injured Juan Uribe not being on the NLDS roster, thus eliminating the pre and postgame Hog Shows, which would have been the perfect way to break the ice in what should be a tense series.
Well last night quelled both those fears, as deGrom’s utter DOMINATION of the Dodgers was a reminder of just how filthy the Mets pitching is when things are good, regardless of if Harvey decides he wants to lay it all on the line at some point in the playoffs. And the look on the faces of deGrom, Wright and Murphy during this video tells me that the Mets clubhouse is loose, even without Uribe rocking tricks like The Helicopter and The Bulldog before the game. Great pitching and timely hitting is what drives teams in October, and last night the Mets did both. Sure, a naked, well-endowed, ageless baseball player singing Backstreet Boys in the locker room doesn’t hurt matters. But it seems like the Mets clubhouse chemistry is still pretty healthy without one. I love this team.
PS: Saying “Yowzers” is the exact type of thing that I would expect Murph’s God-fearing ass to say. I can’t wait to yell that tonight when he makes a bonehead play in the field. on the base paths. in the field and on the base paths. Or maybe I will yell that if he tattoos another baseball like he did to Kershaw last night. Lefty on lefty violence like you read about.