The Mets’ history is not as bleak as their fans sometimes suggest. But this much is true: Blue-and-orange joy rides, like the one that just ended, should be treasured.
Remember that night in July when the Mets used John Mayberry Jr. and Eric Campbell to bat fourth and fifth against Clayton Kershaw? No Mets fan would have refused this deal, if offered then: Your team will reach the World Series and hold a late lead in four of five games, but from there, you take your chances.
Somehow, that really happened. Somehow, Wilmer Flores went from crying on the field, when he thought he had been traded, to standing at home plate, in Mets blue, as the final hitter of the 2015 major league season.