Congratulations to the National League Champion New York Mets!

The New York Mets Celebrate Winning the 2015 NLCS Over the Chicago Cubs
- courtesy newsday.com

Congratulations to the 2015 New York Mets, who completed a sweep of the Chicago Cubs in Game Four of the National League Championship Series on Wednesday night and now move on to the World Series for the fifth time in franchise history. Again branded an underdog against the power packed young lineup of the Cubs, all the Mets did was completely shut down the Chicago bats, holding them to a new NLCS record .164 batting average. The Mets pitching staff, led by deGrom, Harvey, and Syndegaard, and anchored by the work of the hottest closer in baseball, Jeurys Familia, walked all over the Cubs, exploiting every weakness and never allowing them to build any momentum. The Cubs, who won 97 games in the regular season, never had the lead in any game during the NLCS. Another stellar job by the odds makers who picked the Cubs to take the series.

Daniel Murphy Hits a Home Run in His Sixth Consecutive Postseason
Game During Game Four of the NLCS - courtesy newsday.com

Daniel Murphy continued his insanely torrid postseason, and was able to find new gears to shift into as he drove Cubs pitching into the ground. Murphy turned in an otherworldly performance in the NLCS, hitting .529 with four home runs and six RBI, winning the NLCS MVP and setting an MLB record for six consecutive postseason games with a home run. Murph also broke the MLB record for postseason home runs by a second baseman, previously held by...wait for it because it is better after a pause...Chase Utley...for those who remember him and his vanishing career.

Lucas Duda Hits a Three-Run Home Run in the First Inning of
Game Four of the NLCS - courtesy newsday.com

This NLCS also saw the offensive reappearance of David Wright, Yoenis Cespedes, and Lucas Duda, who in Game Four, drove in five runs, with a home run and a double. Let's also not forget Stephen Matz, lifelong Mets fan from Long Island, living the dream as he starts Game Four of the NLCS for his hometown team. Sure he lost a game in the NLDS and he did not figure in the decision for his NLCS start, but he no- hit the vaunted Cubs lineup for three innings and left after 4 2/3 innings, having given up just one run. Not bad for a 24 year old who started six games in the majors before this postseason.

Rookie Stephen Matz on the Mound in Game 4 of the NLCS
 - courtesy newsday.com

All in all, an utterly dominating performance by the Mets, who now can enjoy a five day break before rolling into their fifth appearance in the fall classic. Their opponent has yet to be decided as the ALCS extends to a fifth game, with the Royals leading the Blue Jays 3-2 and the series shifting back to Kansas City. 

The New York Mets Celebrate Winning the 2015 NLCS
- courtesy nydailynews.com

The wild ride through the postseason continues, as the NY Mets win the National League pennant and continue their quest to raise not one, not two, but three flags at Citi Field come April. For all the Mets fans who have stood by their team in the lean and dark times and not taken the easy way our in New York fandom, enjoy the ride, savor every moment, and most of all...

The New York Mets Celebrate on the Mound at Wrigley Field After
Winning the 2015 NLCS - courtesy nydailynews.com

Daniel Murphy Celebrates in the Clubhouse After NLCS Win
- courtesy cbsnews.com/usatoday.com

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NY Mets Snapshot of the Day - Citi Field at Night

darthmaz314.com salutes the 2015 New York Mets, who with their win tonight, take a commanding 3-0 lead over the Chicago Cubs in the National League Championship Series, with the launch of the NY Mets Snapshot of the Day. Our first installment features a nighttime shot of Citi Field, home to the Mets since 2009. A fantastic place to see a ballgame, Citi Field is enjoying its first postseason in 2015, as the Mets make their march through a storybook October thus far. As the Mets prepare to play game four in the NLCS, here's hoping that Citi Field will see its first World Series this October. Look for more NY Mets Snapshots of the Day as the Mets postseason continues.

Citi Field at Night - courtesy darthmaz314.com

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Congratulations to the New York Mets, Winners of the 2015 NLDS Over the Los Angeles Dodgers

NY Mets Celebrate Winning the NLDS Over the Los Angeles Dodgers
- courtesy usatoday.com

Congratulations to the 2015 New York Mets, winners of the  National League Division Series. Labeled underdogs in a series in which they would have to face Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke twice, the New York Mets beat them once each and threw in a thirteen run blowout win, to take the National League Division Series 3-2 from the Los Angeles Dodgers. Aside from the Game Three blowout, the Mets did not do much hitting, but they marched their staff of young starting pitchers, none of whom had any playoff experience, into the postseason in 2015, and showed all of baseball that this is a staff that has the potential to be better than any their franchise has ever put on the mound. 

Jacob deGrom Leads the Mets to NLDS Win in Game 5
- courtesy nypost.com

Jacob deGrom bested three-time Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw in Game 1 and took the mound again in Game 5, with a chance to propel his team into their first NLCS in nine years. deGrom did not have his best stuff and the Dodgers jumped on him for two runs in the bottom of the first, erasing the 1-0 lead the Mets offense had provided for him in the top of the inning. But deGrom beared down, worked out of trouble for what seemed like inning after inning, and never let another Dodger cross the plate for the next five innings. deGrom left the game for a pinch hitter in the seventh, after finishing strong in the sixth and making a huge deposit of respect in the bank accounts of Mets fans. 

The totality of the Mets offense can be attributed to second baseman Daniel Murphy, who cemented himself in Mets history as a legend with his performance in Game 5. Murphy drove in Curtis Granderson with a double in the first, then stole third on a Dodgers brain fart when no one was covering the base after a shift on Lucas Duda, and then blasted a Zack Greinke pitch out of the park (his third HR in the series) to put the Mets ahead for good in the game.

Daniel Murphy's Offense Almost Singlehandedly Propels
the Mets to an NLDS Win - courtesy nypost.com

With deGrom lifted in the seventh, Mets manager Terry Collins, placed the ball in the hand of rookie Noah Syndergaard, who dominated the Dodgers in the seventh in his first ever relief appearance. In what seemed like another roll of the dice by Collins, Syndergaard was then lifted in the eighth as the Mets then turned the ball over to Jeurys Familia, trusting their closer to lock down a six-out save. Familia confounded the Dodgers in the eight and ninth, securing the last six outs and sending the Mets into the National League Championship Series to face the Chicago Cubs. 

NY Mets Celebrate Winning the NLDS Over the Los Angeles Dodgers
- courtesy usatoday.com

The Mets were predicted to finish no higher than third and were not expected to win this series. All season long, they have scratched and clawed, never given up, and with stellar pitching, timely hitting, and an enormous amount of heart, have found themselves in the NLCS. Good luck in the next round and Lets Go Mets!!!!!!!!

The New York Mets Celebrate on the Mound of Dodger Stadium After Winning the NLDS - courtesy nydailynews.com

Daniel Murphy Celebrates Propelling the NY Mets to an NLDS Win Over the Los Angeles Dodgers - courtesy nydailynews.com

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Congratulations to the NL East Champion New York Mets

Congratulations to the 2015 New York Mets, National League East Division Champions. Picked to finish no better than third, in a division that was supposed to belong to the Washington Nationals, with a opening day starter well over 40, a closer that was suspended almost immediately at the start of the season, an ace coming off Tommy John surgery, a shortstop who never played the position before, and an veteran star who was projected to miss more than half of the season, the Mets overcame that and more to bring home their first division title in nine years. They started the season on a tear, cooled off after the All Star Break, made key trade deadline acquisitions, stepped on the throats and crushed the spirits of the Nationals, and then took off on a tear to take the NL East crown. They have shrugged off the naysayers, maintained a laser focus on their goal, put aside egos in favor of the team, and bonded as brothers. Congratulations to the NL East Champions. 

New York Mets Clinch the NL East Title - courtesy metsblog.com

New York Mets Celebrate Winning the NL East Title - courtesy metsblog.com

NY Mets Win NL East Title - courtesy usnews.com

David Wright - Captain of the NL East Champion NY Mets
- courtesy usatoday.com

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