Dodgers prepare for Game 1 of NLDS

The Mets will play the Los Angeles Dodgers in a National League Division Series starting Friday in Los Angeles.

Mets captain David Wright did not seem pleased with Harvey not being with his teammates during their first workout in preparation of Game 1 of the NLDS Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Harvey has since stated that he’d “be ready” whenever he’s called on to pitch, however, he missed a mandatory team practice on Tuesday as the Mets prepare for their NL Division Series with the Dodgers. I’ve talked to (general manager) Sandy (Alderson) and I’ve talked to Terry and my teammates and apologized to them and apologized to everybody. Harvey is slated to start the third game of the series.

Pitcher Matt Harvey heads to the locker room at the end of practice on Wednesday, October 7, 2015. He feels bad. The players will take care of it on their own.

“It’s wonderful that he showed up late”, Hernandez said Thursday during a phone interview to discuss his assignment as an SNY studio analyst for the playoffs.

The Mets first playoff appearance in nine years is hours away…will they get to the World Series? Kershaw, takes the ball with an opportunity to re-write history, set the tone for the series in game one at Chavez Ravine for Los Doyers against the New York Mets.

Manager Jeff Banister announced only the starters for the first two games Tuesday, when the team worked out at home before departing for Canada. I thought it was a good workout.

“I think when you have a few veteran players, they take all the heat off the kids”, said Terry Pendleton, signed to be the key veteran on that Atlanta Braves team. “All the times that Dwight had never let us down on the field”.

Well, I’ve probably written about a million words on this blog over the last 6 years or so, but then along comes the Bitter Brother in a Wall St. Journal article and he says it all in about 30 words. We had everybody else here.

New York won four of seven meetings between the teams this season, all in July before Cespedes arrived from Detroit in a trade that helped transform a punchless Mets lineup into a powerful one.

“You’ll have to ask Matt”, Wright said.

The Mets rolled through August and passed the Matt Williams’ Washington Nationals as if they were Durocher’s Cubs, and they were laughing all the way. We’re going to sleep through the clock, we’re going to misread the time, a battery is going to die on us – especially because we rely on technology so much.