The Mets have been coming together as a unit since Jose Reyes and others went down.

BY ANTHONY LAFAMAN
STACHE WRITER

In a way, you sort of have to be proud the way the Mets are playing these days. I mean, in all honesty, I can’t remember a time in which they had so many key injuries at once. Or even the tough losses that they clearly were able to put behind them. I mean did you see the Luis Castillo game? I say this with a little trepidation but I’m pretty sure this is a good thing for them.

To borrow a term from the misunderstood Art Howe, they battled or are battling, I should say. This has to bode well for their future in regards to team chemistry come September. September is the only thing that matters. It’s hard to ignore, even as a optimistic Met fan (oxymoron, I know) the facts are the facts.

The Mets haven’t exactly performed well in the past two September’s. And yes that’s an understatement. But, and hear me out, what if they are the one’s coming from behind (that’s what she said) this time. What if the Phillies have a two game lead in the late twenties of September?

I’ll give you two scenarios and you pick which one you’d consider. Mets are two games up on Sept. 25. That leaves six games left, a weekend series against Florida and then a three game set in Washington. Now flip the teams in the standings. Let’s say the Mets are two games back on the same date with the same schedule ahead of them. Would you take your chances that the Phillies losing two or more games to Milwaukee and Houston? I would.

Because it seems to me the Mets have a bit of a spunk in them that they lacked the past two years. It seems to me like the likes of Carlos Beltran and David Wright will have none of it come this September. Can Philly handle a standing lead late in the year? We know they play comeback kid damn well. That we know. Pressure free baseball is fun, especially in that bandbox. I’m more interested in how the Mets make the playoffs this year than them actually making the playoffs.

I know that makes little sense but I have an idea that the Wild Card team will be from the NL East. And I don’t want the Wild Card. I want what should have been ours the past two years. I want that division crown.

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