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From: gregbo@hou2e.UUCP (Greg Skinner)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Who is gonna take it all
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Date: Fri, 27-Jul-84 16:15:02 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 27 16:15:02 1984
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The Mets' biggest asset is their bullpen.  The Met bullpen has been the key
throughout the season ... when the Mets were not scoring runs and Gooden,
Lynch and Darling were not completing games Sisk and Orosco would come in and
do the job.  Now, the Mets have started to hit, Strawberry and Foster especial-
ly.  Hernandez is a valuable man on the field and has been instrumental in
keeping the young pitchers cool.  However, when it all comes down to it, it
has been the Met bullpen which has enabled the Mets to win ballgames which
early out this year they would have lost, and that's why they are where they
are now.

If the Mets continue to hit as they have, I see no reason why they won't
finish at least second.  However, if they hit AND the bullpen continues to
come through, they ought to come out on top.  San Diego is a totally different
story, though, and we will have to wait until the Mets play them (especially 
at home, since they have had trouble at home) to see if the Mets can take
the pennant.  Who can predict the World Series?

Greg Skinner (gregbo)
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