The New York Mets tweeted out a photo of Citi Field which is getting the full NLDS makeover as the team worked out at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles today.
The game times for the remaining games 3, 4 and 5 of the NLDS were officially released by MLB this afternoon. All times are EST.
Game 1 – New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers, Oct. 9, 9:45 PM
Game 2 – New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers, Oct. 10, 9:00 PM
Game 3 – Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets, Oct. 12, 8:37 PM
Game 4 – Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets, Oct. 13, 8:07 PM
Game 5 – New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers, Oct. 15, 8:07 PM
Jacob deGrom held a media session today and was asked what it felt like for him and the Mets to be in Los Angeles getting ready to play their first playoff game in nine years.
“It means a lot. We had that goal coming into Spring Training to make the postseason and make the World Series, so I think that’s still the goal. You’ve got to play every game until it’s over. Baseball is a funny game, so you never know what’s going to happen. I think that says a lot about this team. We’ve always had a lot of come-from-behind wins, especially in the second half of the year. So we’re going to go out there and give it our best and we’re going to fight until the end.”
Manager Terry Collins also held his daily briefing with the media today in Los Angeles and he was oozing with confidence in his Game 1 starter Jacob deGrom..
“Well, I think certainly in order to play this game at this level you’ve got to believe in yourself and you’ve got to have confidence in what you do. And Jake deGrom has as much confidence in his own ability as anybody I’ve ever known.”
“I just said earlier this guy had to work harder than other people to get to the Big Leagues. So he not only got here, he had very, very good success here. I think he believes he can get anybody out. I think he trusts his stuff which is another thing, because we’ve all seen him when he’s had a bad outing, he just seems to get better as the outing goes because he’s not afraid to continue to throw strikes and I think it makes a difference.”
Only 26 more hours my friends, and then all of a sudden this gets real!
