The postseason: It’s what every baseball player strives to achieve. Getting there is great, staying around even better. Figure there aren’t too many Yankees feeling all happy and peppy after Tuesday’s wild-card appearance.
But as desirable as playoff games are, as maddeningly intense as they are waged, they still represent what players have done since they first picked up a bat, ball and glove. That’s one message Mets rookie Michael Conforto has heard from the veterans, especially Michael Cuddyer, who recalled his first postseason.
“He was just talking to me about those butterflies you get, that anxiety.