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Todd Frazier has been on several bad baseball teams. Some were so bad, that by the middle of August, the club’s fans — and even its players — had already shifted their focus to football.
It happens to baseball teams every year, even some good ones: As August dwindles, N.F.L. games pop up on clubhouse televisions while chatter about fantasy football teams intensifies.
But with the Mets now in the heat of a playoff race, Frazier, the third baseman, wants to keep everyone’s gaze from drifting toward the gridiron for as long as possible.