The Mets' improbable weekend sweep of the Nationals and their steamroller victory over the Marlins on Monday night have made them a first-place team in the National League East and prompted their constituency to believe all things are possible. Those with Mets memories that reach back to before last Thursday have a restored sense of: "It can be done if we just believe." Since that dreadful rain-soaked loss against the Padres, believe has become the primary word in the vocabulary of Mets partisans. Indeed, believehas displaced pitch as the operative verb in their thoughts.
Starting to believe? Recall Mets of 1973
