NL East race not over yet

Jacob deGrom goes for the Mets Friday in Atlanta.I was trying to get to sleep last night but couldn't. First, I was upset with the fact that I may never again get to use any Tom Brady ball jokes on the back page of the Dailiy News now that this Deflategate mess may be over. The other thing on my mind, of course, was the Mets and with Labor Day weekend here, I started having flashbacks to the 2007 Mets season.

In case anyone has forgotten the Mets played in Atlanta on Labor Day weekend that year. They were coming off a brutal Billy Wagner meltdown in Philly the day before, but then swept the Braves on Labor Day weekend. On Labor Day Monday they rolled in Cincy and won the next day as well.…