MIAMI -- Regardless of what happens the rest of the way, manager Mickey Callaway says, of how deep the Mets fall down the standings or how short they fall of their goals, "I don't think you ever shift your focus from trying to win." Even as they stuttered through the worst June in franchise history, their record-breaking start to the season long since faded, that much never wavered.
So when the Mets closed out their least successful first half in nearly a quarter century on Sunday, they at least took solace in the fact that they did so with a win.