One Week to the Playoffs

Yes Friends. I wear my heart on my sleeve when it comes to my Orange and Blue Mets. I have written about them several times this year, most recently on September 2, when I wrote The Mets Need to Step It Up.

 

Presently, as we head to the last six regular season games, their record is 87 and 69, in the second seed of the Wild Card rankings. Not bad for a team marked for dead on Memorial Day.

Since then, their record is 63 and 38, the best in baseball over that time. And had their fortunes been 19 and 9, rather than 9 and 19 in May, they would be approaching 1986 season numbers. Big word “if”.

Nevertheless, these last six games are crucial. They play a three-game series against their nemesis, the Atlanta Braves, in Atlanta. They lead them by two games, so taking two of three games would practically guarantee a seat in the post-season.

Then, they go to Milwaukee to finish the season against the Brewers, the same team they started it way back in March. They lost those games in New York, so taking the series would be sweet revenge. And it is very cold this time of year in Wisconsin.

Unless the San Diego Padres collapse these next six games, the Mets don’t play at Citifield again unless they end up as first seed. So the chance of that happening is not even in the cards. (Or if they win the first round).

And, if they get past the first round, you can be sure the joint will be rocking. But first things first. Time to get the game face on and knock the socks off the Braves and the Brewers.

It WILL BE a nerve-wracking next six days. But then, the Mets have been playing playoff-style baseball all month. They just need to keep that pedal to the metal and get to September 30 when the dust settles.

Then, the REAL playoffs will begin. LETS GO METS!!