MIAMI — I’m not one to make predictions, mostly because I’m terrible at them. But if I’m reading the tea leaves right we are due for something special to happen. Because we are either at the end of a six-week stretch (or in the middle of a longer one) that almost defies belief as sports fans, especially those based in New York.
It all began Dec. 4, when it felt like the big news of the day happened early in the day when Zack Wheeler had signed with the Phillies. Within a couple of hours, that was bumped by Daniel Jones’ balky ankle and Eli Manning’s triumphant return to active duty … and by nightfall it wasn’t even the biggest Mets story of the day because here came the news about Steve Cohen and holy cow the Mets are going to be sold!