Dare we say "amazin'"? The New York Mets have advanced to the postseason, defeating the Atlanta Braves in what MLB.com is already calling an instant classic. The magic number was 89 wins, so they had to win one of their games in today's Atlanta doubleheader. They nabbed the first in truly dramatic fashion.
The back-and-forth game featured late heroics by both teams, but a top of the 9th blast by Francisco Lindor over the centerfield wall proved to be the deciding score. Edwin Diaz got the final three outs, and the final was 8-7.
But first, the Mets were down 0-3, then roared back to go up 6-3, then stumbled, giving back four runs for 6-7, then Lindor's two-run shot.
And what a ride it's been. The Mets opened the season 0-5, and the feeling among fans was bleak.
Now the question turns to how 45,000 dockworkers beginning a strike at midnight might affect everything from Christmas deliveries to, yes, even baseball playoffs.
