Confidence can be a weapon as powerful as high-90s fastballs, as rewarding as swing-and-miss splitters.
And it is definitely a formidable portion of Mets closer Jeurys Familia’s makeup as he heads into Game 1 of the NLCS against the Cubs Saturday.
Hey, with an arm like his, confidence should stand out like a Kardashian at a party. But it was molded, nurtured. Familia’s physical and mental strength to record his first-ever six-out save that finished the Dodgers on Thursday in the Mets’ NLDS-clinching 3-2 victory didn’t just arrive in the eighth inning. Recall Opening Day in Washington.