This was at a particular bad time, one of those Met moments so horrid that the good ole days could have included the collapses of 2007 and ’08. Because at least there was something to collapse from.
Because this wasn’t just losing. A lot of teams lose. The Marlins have never won a division title; neither have the Rockies. The Nationals and Brewers have never won a World Series. Neither have the Mariners, who last made the postseason in 2001 — the year in which the Mets used the 38th pick to take a third baseman from Hickory High in Chesapeake, Va.