
MoBettle wrote:
...the Mets should watch the scoreboard to ensure that the Padres hold on to that 1 1/2-game lead over the Phillies in the NL wild-card race. A Mets-Phillies NL Championship Series would considerably raise the stress level in Flushing.
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If they somehow find a way into October and then defeat the Diamondbacks in the first round, they'd have to feel awfully good going against the Mets for a World Series berth.