NL PLayoff Picture Set

Another year, same result. For the second time in as many years the New York Mets have failed to make for playoffs after having led either the division or the wild card for the majority of the season. The task was simple. Win today and they will live to play another day. What better way to send off Shea Stadium then to win on the final day of the regular season to make the playoffs. Instead they lost at the hands of the Florida Marlins Sunday by the score of 4-2. Their Achilles' heal all season long was their bullpen and that served true once again. Scott Schoeneweis and Luis Ayala served up back-to-back homers in the eighth inning giving the Marlins the lead and giving away the Mets' playoff hopes.

Elsewhere in the National League, the Milwaukee Brewers did that the Mets failed to do; take care of business and live to fight another day. CC Sabathia went the distance for the Brewers allowing just one run on four hits over nine innings. A Ryan Braun homer in the 8th sealed the deal for the Brewers 3-1. Sabathia did just what Milwaukee acquired him to do; get the Brewers to the playoffs for the first time since 1982. Pitching on three days rest for the third straight start, Sabathia looked every bit as sharp as he has in his time with the Brewers. CC has been dominant to say the least since coming to the National League. Sabathia is 10-2 with a 1.78 ERA in 16 starts. Now he and his Brewer teammates will get to take another crack at the Chicago Cubs, the team the Brewers beat Sunday to get into the playoffs.