As the old baseball axiom goes, “momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher.” In a world where momentum does exist and has a real and tangible impact on a series of baseball games, the Los Angeles Dodgers probably would’ve continued to bop the New York Mets upside their collective heads in Game 2 after opening up this season’s NLCS with a dominant 9-0 win. Instead, the New York Mets (and Francisco Lindor in particular) immediately set about to prove that momentum is a thing of fiction.
Lindor’s leadoff shot got the Mets going on the right track and also served as a bad omen for the Dodgers on
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