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I object! ESPn did a nice package of past key Mets-Braves clashes (with some nice Gary and Howie calls), but they included (future Met) Ender Inciarte going over the fence to turn Cespedes's walk-off in September 2016 into the final out of a 3-game sweep.
Now that was a great play, but those three losses didn't mean **** as far as how 2016 played out. No more than the game where we spotted the Phillies the 10-0 lead and still nearly won it. Yes, we lost those games, but we still went 27-13 down the stretch, propelled by Terry Collins' "Las Vegas" speech, turning 60-62 into 87-75, capturing the only Semi-Acceptable Losers' Trophy and getting to host the WCG.
(And then Familia to Conor ****ING Gillaspie and it was all over, but still. 2016 was our year. Don't play Inciarte making the catch and the Braves announcer exulting and pretend they damaged us at all.)
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