If there is a Mets fan in your life, you have already seen the signs: the fatalistic sighs, the here-we-go-again looks.
That lead was 10 ½ a long time ago, and seven not so long ago. The Braves are the baseball version of Lord Baltimore, Joe Lefors and the Superposse that chases Butch and Sundance all over Wyoming. You can almost see Buck Showalter peering through spyglasses with the same addled look he wears every time one of his players is plunked by a wayward pitch, muttering, “Who are those guys?”
But the Braves need no introduction to the Mets, same as the old fallbacks of fear and trepidation need no formal presentation to Mets fans. Well, I’m here for you. And here are 15 reasons you really should sit back, take a deep breath, and enjoy the next few weeks rather than endure them. 15. And the first reason is … 15: That’s the Mets’ magic number for clinching a playoff spot entering play Monday .
Have they been brilliant? They have. Have then been untouchable? They have not. Would you still like to have them throw as many as two-thirds of a wild-card series, three-fifths of a division series, and four-sevenths of the NLCS or the World Series? You’d take your chances with that. OK, yes, the Nats served a sobering reminder that the games still must be played.
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