Look, despite where he pitched before he came here, and despite how god-awful he's looked at times (especially against Atlanta early in his Mets tenure), how can you really root AGAINST a guy, who, by all accounts, is a stand-up, respectful, NICE guy, who has done nothing or said nothing to embarrass this organization or even HINT that his heart was broken that he had to come back here. I think he's been a pretty solid Met.
Will he always be a Brave at heart? Of course. He started there. Spent, what 16 great years there, winning and performing at amazing levels. I'm pretty sure he wanted to end there.
That's ok. He's a Met, and he has given us some pretty great moments in his tenure here, including some impressive post-season starts, after having come off a serious health scare.
What, really, is not to like about the guy, short of some puzzlingly bad performances at times that are in much smaller supply than his good ones.
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There have been three "win or go home" games for the Mets over the past three seasons. Their record is 0-3, having scored a total of four runs over those three season-ending games.
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