That feeling of inevitably was starting to creep in for Keith Hernandez.
The dog days of August and a meaningless September seemed upon the Mets again, sitting 10 games under .500 with seemingly every National League team north of Miami between them and a wild-card spot.
“To be honest with you, I never would have thought this would’ve happened,” the SNY analyst said. “I still have lessons to learn, I was skeptical. … This is really a good lesson that you just never know in this game.”
“This” is a stunning Mets run that has seen them win 13 of their past 14 games to catapult to the forefront of the wild-card race with the Nationals, one of the teams left to chase, coming to Citi Field on Friday for a three-game series.