Collective soul

Lisa Olson in The Daily News sums up why it is that New York’s National League team is still playing and that other team from the Bronx has started its post-season vacation:

They are Los Mets, the New Mets, a team that radiates charisma and chemistry. On paper, the Mets still can’t match the Yankees’ cumulative talent, but on the field, the Yankees can’t touch the Mets’ collective soul. It’s not just their timely hits, their smart baserunning and bullpen excellence. It’s how they’ve persevered through a rash of injuries that has ripped apart the starting rotation, and subjugated their egos for the greater good. It’s a team that doesn’t need 25 limousines to get where it’s going.

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet