NEW YORK — Losing the wild card play-in game means that all a playoff baseball team has accomplished is having played one more game than the worst team in the league.
There are no parades for teams that lose that one-and-done game, no flag-raising ceremony and no participation trophy for having been, however briefly, one of the dozen teams technically eligible to become world champions.
Generally, by the next year no one even remembers who they were.
The Mets have accomplished plenty already this season, in slightly more than a month climbing back from being 11 games below .