Keidel: The Mets’ World Series Comeback Will Begin With A Game 3 Win

OK, that one hurt.

When the Mets lost Game 1 of the World Series, it was pretty clear to many of us that they were still the better team. Kansas City just got lucky off Jeurys Familia. WFAN host Mike Francesa said it could be an omen. I figured omens, like momentum, were as strong as the next game’s starter.

But when Jacob deGrom lost his control and his mojo in the fifth inning on Wednesday night, there was some ominous sense in the building, at least that the Mets weren’t going to win one of the first two. He got batters down to two strikes 24 times, and never got one swing-and-a-miss for strike three.

That speaks to the ornery nature of the Royals, and to deGrom’s lack of A-Plus stuff. So…