Only slightly less coveted than the postseason berth itself, receiving the highly-anticipated playoff paraphernalia is an MLB “rite of passage.”
NEW YORK — Francisco Lindor will make $341 million over 10 years with the Mets, but he cannot buy the thing he most covets. A World Series ring, sure. But also a World Series sweatshirt.
He showed up at work on Thursday, the day before his Mets face the Padres in the three-game National League Wild-Card Series, to find the next-best thing waiting for him at his locker: a bunch of stuff with the word POSTSEASON inscribed across it.