tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1199683717548134024.post6644898213375476841..comments2024-01-27T22:18:01.800-05:00Comments on The Paperboy's Archive: Dynasty Denied -- The Stunning Fall of the 1988 MetsAndy Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079189776007845840noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1199683717548134024.post-51792256731779707092020-09-03T09:42:23.714-04:002020-09-03T09:42:23.714-04:00Thanks for your thought-provoking post. Would have...Thanks for your thought-provoking post. Would have been great to see a Mets/A's rematch. The '88 team was, in some respects, incredibly frustrating to watch. They won 100 games but fell short of their potential.<br /><br />What stayed with me the most was their inability to manufacture runs in the NLCS, their unwillingness to even attempt to play small ball to scratch out a run. They literally and figuratively went down swinging.Andy Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079189776007845840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1199683717548134024.post-45060553144397163392020-09-02T18:58:04.179-04:002020-09-02T18:58:04.179-04:00Let's say the Mets win Game 4, the Mets would ...Let's say the Mets win Game 4, the Mets would have taken a 3-1 lead in the LCS v LA. Give Game 5 to the Dodgers, however the Mets, like they did two years earlier in Houston with the threat of having to face the ace of the opposing team's staff (Scott) in Game 7, would have got it done back in LA in Game 6 and Orel in Game 7 doesn't happen.<br /><br />In a Mets-A's World Series that year, the match-ups would have been the following. Keep in mind, Oakland had swept Boston in the ALCS and had 6 days off, and would have had to travel Cross-country for Game 1 at Shea.<br /><br />Game 1 - Oakland at Mets (Stewart v Gooden)<br />Game 2 - Oakland at Mets (Davis v Cone)<br />Game 3 - Mets at Oakland (Darling v Welch)<br />Game 4 - Mets at Oakland (Doc v Stewart)<br />Game 5 - Mets at Oakland (Fernandez v Davis)<br />Game 6 - Oakland at Mets (Welch v Cone)<br />Game 7 - Oakland at Mets (Stewart v Darling)<br /><br />I think it would have been an interesting series to be sure with two 100 win teams facing each other in the World Series. However in the end, I really think Oakland, unlike Boston two years earlier, would have won that series in 6 games. Oakland had a better team in 88 than Boston did in 86 and were far more loaded and had a bonafide closer on the back end in Eckersley.<br /><br />Would Darling have won a Game 7 if it had gone that far v a Powerhouse A's lineup? Probably not. It would have been a fun series to be sure. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597095018771022976noreply@blogger.com