3 thoughts ahead of the Mets-Braves doubleheader finale

Where is your head at, Mets fans?

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2) MLB scheduled a very awkward celebration for around 3:45pm today

What MLB wants more than anything is for the most games possible to have meaning. Well, both of these games will matter—maybe only one and a half. Whoever wins the first game won’t have nearly enough motivation to compete in the second. And whoever wins the first will have to settle for an awkward celebration at around 3:45pm today when they clinch a playoff berth.

I’m still angry about how the rainouts last week were handled. There was a chance to play Monday night. Two more could have been played on Tuesday. While it does feel like the situation has not benefited the Mets because at worst they’ll be playing the B-squad Braves in the later part of the afternoon, it doesn’t change the fact of how poorly planned these games ended up.

The celebration of making the playoffs should be something every team, player, and fan gets to enjoy. Surely teams in the past have clinched after winning the first game of a doubleheader, especially back in the day when they were much more frequent.

It’s not a huge deal for the champagne to delay. However, with dual celebrations planned by a logical thinker, it feels like a participation trophy more than an earned one.

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