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Article: Reds, Mets Will Play for Playoffs; Wild-Card Berth at Stake Tonight; Astros Win NL Central
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- The Washington Post
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- October 4, 1999
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If the Cincinnati Reds somehow end up in the World Series, they
may look back and laugh at this nerve-wracking day of channel surfing
and card games. They may not mind that they waited out a 5-hour 47-
minute rain delay and or that they played their most important game
of the season in 45-degree weather with 300 or so fans scattered
around a 56,000-seat stadium.
This was not how the Reds intended to spend the scheduled last day
of the regular season when they arrived here Friday on the verge of
their first playoff appearance in four years. But two straight losses
to the Milwaukee Brewers and the three straight victories by the
resurgent New York Mets over the Pittsburgh Pirates changed the ...