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Mets down Phils to punch postseason ticket
- Updated: October 1, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Even Mets manager Terry Collins, an enduring optimist, swears he did not expect this back in mid-August. A sub-.500 team missing more than a half-dozen of its best players, the Mets struggled to beat back the notion that perhaps this just was not their year.
Then came a turnaround that, in some ways, was even more remarkable than what the Mets accomplished last year en route to the …