The Mets clinched a postseason spot last night, and then had a fairly muted celebration afterwards. Given that there is still a division to win, it made sense to show some amount of restraint while still reveling in the team’s accomplishments. Still, even with said restraint, it was still easy to envision the headlines if the Mets had come out the next day and put up a poor performance: the critics who love to find reasons to pile on the team would have loved nothing more than to shout to the heavens about how the team had celebrated too soon and subsequently came out looking hungover, and how it demonstrated a lack of seriousness that would ultimately be the team’s undoing.
Home runs from Pete Alonso, Francisco Lindor lead Mets to comeback victory over Brewers
