On October 1 — the same date they qualified for the postseason in 1973 — the Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies to earn the first Wild Card in the National League. This is just the second time in team history that they’ve reached the postseason in consecutive years (the other was 1999 and 2000).
According to Mike Vaccaro of The New York Post, manager Terry Collins deserves quite a bit of credit for this accomplishment, “saving the season” as Vaccaro writes here. This is lofty praise for a manager whose job was speculated to be on the line in August.