Against all odds, the New York Mets have been one of, if not the best team in baseball since June and they just advanced to the NLCS after defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 in the NLDS series.
The Phillies have, in the last three years, gone from 87 wins to 90 to 95 and a National League East title. Concurrently, they’ve backslid from a World Series exit to an NLCS ouster to Wednesday’s ...