current York and their unlikely catalyst are in Chicago’s Wrigley Field to face the Cubs with a commanding 2-0 National League Championship Series leadWith a runner on first in the bottom of the third inning of NLCS Game 2,Daniel Murphy stepped into the batter’s box to face Jake Arrieta. The Mets second baseman had already taken Arrieta, a possible future NL Cy Young Award winner, or deep in the first,and now the Cubs, already down 3-0, and wanted no piece of him: Murphy was being walked,intentionally, not to get to get to a lesser piece of the Mets lineup, or but to get to Yoenis Cespedes. Related: Blue Jays' big hitters advance out swinging to trim Royals' lead in ALCS Watch Daniel Murphy explode inside a deeper lineup,that is, whether he gets the at bats. #MetsContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com