With 17 games left to play, the Mets held a 7 game lead. A mere .500 record to end the season would have given the Mets the Eastern Division title with games to spare.   more »

I don’t know what else to say. I find it hard to believe the Mets won’t make the post season. We have followed the team all year.   more »

Are you having trouble eating? Do you wake up in the middle of the night with cold sweats and can’t get back to sleep? Do you lay there tossing and turning with the same thought running through your head?   more »

Forget about magic numbers. For today’s Mets math lesson I thought I would introduce a kind of truth table.   more »

The Cardinals who come into Shea Stadium tonight for a make up game should be an inspiration to the Mets. Last season on September 19th, a day after the Mets clinched the Eastern Division title, the Cardinals held a 7 game lead in the Central division.    more »

It couldn’t look any worse. Actually it could. If the Mets were trailing by a game instead of leading by one, it would be worse. After last night’s game I felt nothing by doom.   more »

I said I wouldn’t do this anymore. Okay, so I lied. The Mets record is 87-70 and the Phillies record is 85-72. Both have 5 games to play.   more »

The good news, the really good news is that tonight will be the last night the Mets will have to face the Nationals. Washington is getting ready for the playoffs, at least it seems that way.   more »

Okay, one last attempt at math. The Mets record stands at 87-69. The Phillies record is at 85-71. Both teams have 6 games left to play, none of course against each other.   more »

If you missed the Paul Lo Duca report today...   more »