The similarities are striking, what with the dominant pitching, the dramatically clutch hitting and the joyful element of surprise. You can't help but notice that the 2015 Mets have raised echoes of the 1969 Mets.
As keen an expert as Ed Kranepool, a career-long Met whose days still are marked by people complimenting him on being a champion 46 years ago, said on the phone last week, "It feels like 1969 all over again. Everything that can go right for them is going right. They're playing great, the pitching is great, they're really dominating the games.''
But he is a gracious man, not the "it-was-better-in-my-day'' type.