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Saturday October 16th, 1999- NLCS Game #4- Shea Stadium New York: A full house showed up at Shea (55,872) for the prime-time playoff night game. The hometown Mets were trying to avoid a sweep by the rival Atlanta Braves led by manager Bobby Cox.   Mets manager Bobby Valentine sent Rick Reed (11-5 / 4.58 ERA) to the mound to face off against Atlanta's John Smoltz (11-8 / 3.19 ERA). The Mets Braves rivalry of that era was in full swing. Prior to the series, the Braves Chipper Jones had made comments about the Mets being dead, weeks ago.  Quotes- Bobby Valentine : "the Braves better be ready to play some ghosts".  Shea Stadium Taunts: The Mets fans let Jones have it, as they would forever "Boo" & hiss at just the sight of him. It was here where the Mets fans began to call him by his birth given name: "Laaaarrrry". They also began the clever references to the Three Stooges- Larry Fine. This was also the series where obnoxious Braves pitcher ...

October 15th, 2015: Dodger Stadium- Los Angeles, California.  A large crowd of 54,602 came to Dodger Stadium for the deciding Game #5 as the series was tied at 2-2.  Two nights earlier, in Game #4, the Dodgers surprised the Mets with a 3-1 win behind Clayton Kershaw at Citi Field with centerfieldmaz in attendance. For the Series finale, Terry Collins sent Game One winner, Jacob deGrom to the mound to face L.A.'s Zack Greinke, the Game Two winner. In the top of the 1st inning, Curtis Granderson reached safely on a ground ball to Justin Turner at third base. Terry Collins challenged the original out call & the play was overturned. Daniel Murphy the offensive star of the game, then doubled to left field bringing in Granderson with the game's first run. It was Murph's fourth RBI of the series & his first double, he had now hit safely in all five games. In the bottom of the 1st the Dodgers answered right back, with four consecutive singles, first by Cory Seager ...

Monday- October 14th- Columbus Day 2024:    After a lifeless Game #1 loss in Los Angeles, the Mets regrouped & recharged the batteries just 17 hours later for Game #2. On a beautiful 73-degree sunny Los Angeles afternoon at Chavez Ravine, 52,926 filled in to Dodger Stadium for the NLCS Game #2. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza went with a rested Sean Manaea, pretty much the Mets ace of the staff on the regular season. Manaea was coming off his Game #3 win over the Phillies, where he gave up one on three hits in seven innings of work.  MLB Record: The Dodgers pitchers entered the game having tied a post season record with the 1966 Orioles pitching 33 consecutive post season innings. But today was a problem. Dodger manager Dave Roberts, who's pitching staff has been decimated by injuries, decided to go with a game of relievers like he did in Game #4 of the NLWC series facing elimination to the Padres. That night, eight Dodger pitchers combined for a shut out getting to Gam...