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You say “sweep”, I say “MOP!”: Phillies 5, Mets 2

There are many baseball podcasts in the world. There’s our very own Hittin’ Season, as well as several others on the Hittin’ Season Patreon that are available for your ears. One of my favorites is the gentlemen from Cespedes Family Bar-B-Q. Their takes on baseball sometimes venture into the absurd, but one of the things I’ve come to love is their terminology for when a team wins all four games of a four game series. You, the old timer, might call that a sweep. They have coined the term “mop” since it’s more than just a sweep. Sweeping implies just a general cleaning of what is in front of you; mopping that floor is getting every remnant out.