PHILADELPHIA — Before we get to the crazy, surreal and borderline pre-pubescent portion of the day, we should focus on the match that lit the fuse, which fed the dynamite, which fueled the inferno. That is also the 800-pound neon elephant that stalks the Mets from city to city, from game to game.
I asked the question to Brodie Van Wagenen this way, a few hours before the Mets lost 13-7 to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, a few minutes after he feigned ignorance at a subtler version of the inquiry: “Do you tell Mickey what to do?