NY Post · Sep 23, 2019
Mets must adopt playoffs-or-bust mentality for 2020
CINCINNATI — Demand more. Expect more.
That should be the Mets’ mantra in 2020.
Too often the Mets and their fans settle for the phrase “meaningful September games.’’
How about demanding meaningful October games?
This was a season that should have been so much more, especially with the weakened competition in the National League and key injuries that hit the Cubs and Brewers.
Instead, the Mets (81-74) remain four games back of the Brewers in the loss column with seven to play even after Sunday’s 6-3 victory over Trevor Bauer and the fundamentally challenged Reds at Great American Ball Park in what could have been Mickey Callaway’s last road game as Mets manager.