WASHINGTON — Despite appearances, the Mets actually have been quite fortunate so far. They have yet to play an extended stretch of inspired ball, have spent most of the past two weeks under .500, yet because the NL East is living way down to expectations they are somehow not sitting in a sink hole, still only 3 ½ games behind the Phillies in third place.
This, though, might be the moment we all look back on in a couple of weeks, ruefully shake our heads, and declare: “That’s where it all started to get away.”
The 7-6 loss the Nationals slapped on them Thursday afternoon was bad enough.