How Mets will prosper from Nationals' dugout choke circus

Afterward, Curtis Granderson had Mets rookies dress in Underoos as part of an annual rookie hazing ritual. The players — including Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz and Michael Conforto — had to walk through the streets of Cincinnati, from the ballpark

Even before the Mets qualified for the postseason, there were a lot of questions bubbling about the team's postseason rotation. That's going to happen when you use six pitchers in the regular season but only have room for 

The New York Mets scored early and often on Saturday, beating the Cincinnati Reds 10-2 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati to clinch the National League East, the first trip to the playoffs for New York since 2006.

Could this season have gone any better for the Mets? No, wait. Not just this season. Perhaps the near future, as well. Suddenly, you can imagine the Mets as the dominant team in the NL East for a while because a) They are good and b) Who the heck in

This was for all the nights since, you bet it was: All the nights when you would drag yourself in front of a television screen, or tune in the car radio even though the Mets were 10 under and 15 back. This was for all the times you