God DAMN Do I Love Having Big Game Baseball Back In My Life

Clem7/12/2022 1:30 PM

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Welp, I hope every Mets fan enjoyed last night's game as much as I did, because I've been waiting for a game like that for 5+ years. A heavyweight showdown with a hated division rival that felt like an appetizer for what should be an incredible pennant race before both teams head into October. I was told that April didn't matter, May was still too early, the Mets would fall apart in the June swoon. But here are the Mets playing games with the defending champs that feels like main event baseball, so we did a quick live reaction to the game last night on YouTube that you can check out on the We Gotta Believe YouTube channel here:

Last night and the next 14(!!!) games against the Braves in the second half are exactly what we need as a fanbase right now after 5 years of nothingness. Big game experience to form a callous on our baseball souls for the chaos that is coming this October and the next 10 Octobers where we hold our breath during every pitch. The old ownership used to hope for meaningful games in September, usually followed by years where you would be lucky to have meaningful games in July. But the new ownership is looking for more than that and appear to be ready to deliver. So I guess thank you schedule makers for breaking things up like this, you sick FUCKS. Buck knows what I'm talking about.

Robinson Cano had to get a couple of hits because of course he did and Austin Riley hit a moonshot because he was doing that to the Mets before he started doing it to every other goddamn team in baseball. But none of that shit mattered because Brandon Nimmo played the perfect pest at the top of the lineup, Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso both had big hits to keep the offense moving, Luis Guillorme continued to be the absolute hero he has been all season (with a batflip I honestly didn't know he had in him), and of course Max Scherzer went full General Sherman on Atlanta.

In The Battle of the Maxes between Max Scherzer and Max Fried, one was Mad Max mowing down motherfuckers and the other was Max The Meek walking the ballpark. I'll let you decide who was who.

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Oh yeah and I can't forget EdWIN Diaz coming in to close things out then promptly slicing through the heart of the Braves lineup like a hot knife through butter.

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While we are talking t-shirts, I'd be remiss if I didn't include a shirt straight out of the old Barstool mindset celebrating a moment that will go down in infamy in Mets history. If you want to know the difference between the old Mets and the new Mets, this picture sums it up perfectly.

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Apparently a good chunk of the Barstool Store is 20% off for our Christmas In July sale, so load up on your Mets shirts in the We Gotta Believe store while they are cheaper for the pennant race now or forever hold your peace.

Also while I'm out here being a good company man, let me remind everyone that we are doing a watch party for tonight's Mets-Braves game at Blue Haven East on 34th and 3rd. Swing by to say hi and get free Coors Light for the first 5 min thanks to the Coors Light Double Tap, merch + autograph giveaways and more!