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NEW YORK — The Mets beat the Braves, 6-3, on Thursday afternoon, completing a series sweep and tying a franchise record with their 11th straight victory. The win improved the team’s record to 13-3, the best in baseball.
Yeah, it’s weird. Since back-to-back late-season collapses in 2007 and 2008, the Mets have gone six straight seasons without a winning record, most of them buried under albatross contracts as payrolls plummeted following owner Fred Wilpon’s losses in the Benard Madoff Ponzi scheme. General Manager Sandy Alderson took control of the team following the 2010 season and began a long rebuilding process that now finally appears to be paying dividends in the early part of the 2015 season.