1) Bob Klapisch: The Mets had all winter to prepare the script and boy, it was a doozy. ... This time they'd be as nasty and fierce as hungry dogs looking for meat. The Royals wouldn't even recognize them. ... Only, it didn't work out quite so neatly for the Mets >> Read more in the Bergen Record.
2) Mike Vaccarro: In the movies, of course, this all goes so much better. In the movies, the captain strides to the plate and he finds a gap, and the tying run scores. .