Mets’ Francisco Lindor drops truth bomb amid difficult NLCS situation vs. Dodgers
The New York Mets are down 3-1 in the NLCS to the Los Angeles Dodgers. If this year’s team has taught Met fans anything it’s that they should never be counted out. That has been a sentiment throughout franchise history, including the 1973 NL pennant-winning team. Tug McGraw coined the phrase “You Gotta Believe!” during that season and the unofficial motto of the Amazins has stuck ever since. Francisco Lindor evoked that sentiment after Game 4.
“If you have no belief, you shouldn’t be here. You gotta believe, you gotta fight for what you want, you gotta fight for it,” Lindor said. “At the end of the day, it comes down to one day at a time and executing. We have an amazing opportunity and that’s winning a big-league game in the National League Championship Series.”
The Mets are facing elimination for the second time this postseason and the first time at home. They have David Peterson starting, who was solid during the season. And the Dodgers are rolling with Jack Flaherty, who dominated Game 1. The odds are stacked against them, but that’s been true since April.
After an 0-5 start, FanGraphs gave the Mets a 21.4% chance of making the playoffs. When they were 22-33 on May 29, they had an 8.2% chance of making it. Before Grimace showed up on June 12, it was 12.1%. After Thursday’s loss, they have just an 8.1% chance of winning the NLCS. They believed once, so you gotta believe now.
