Disappointed and sad as I felt, and still feel, in the aftermath of the Mets’ expulsion from the playoffs by the Dads, I have found myself coming back to a central notion: It’s hard for me to get too upset about a team that won 101 games in the regular season.
It undeniably sucks that the Mets got smoked by the Padres. It sucks that they missed out on first place and a first-round bye by a single game—though I can’t say for sure a bye would have mattered, ultimately. The vibes were a bit shaky there at the end.