There have been two Mets teams in their history to win the World Series. Of course one was the 1969 team, known as the Miracle Mets, because in their first season, back in ’62, they’d lost almost as many games as the White Sox just did. Then there were the

MILWAUKEE -- Pete Alonso’s game-winning home run in the ninth inning of National League Wild Card Series Game 3 on Thursday did not land particularly far from where David Peterson was standing. Although Peterson had been warming earlier in the game, he stopped when the Brewers took a late lead.

MILWAUKEE -- Devin Williams was at his locker, head down, the Brewers’ season over after Pete Alonso hit one of Williams’ signature changeups over the fence in Milwaukee’s 4-2 loss to the Mets. Bob Uecker, the Brewers’ beloved broadcaster who is 90 years old but is as much a part

The Mets have made a habit of comeback wins all year, and we thought we had seen the pinnacle when they won on Monday in Game 1 of a doubleheader when trailing in the ninth inning to clinch a playoff spot. As it turns out, that was just an appetizer.

MILWAUKEE -- This all started with Chris Taylor making that damn catch. Since then, the postseason has brought the Brewers nothing but pain. There was Juan Soto’s liner taking a left turn in 2019, Brent Suter losing all concept of the strike zone in 2020, Freddie Freeman doing the unthinkable

MILWAUKEE -- Within minutes of National League Wild Card Series Game 3 ending, those Mets fans in attendance at American Family Field -- and there were plenty of them -- had begun to drown out the noise from everyone else. They chanted “M-V-P!” at Francisco Lindor. They shouted “O-M-G!” at

MILWAUKEE – Three of the four Wild Card Series ended in sweeps on Wednesday, so the Mets and Brewers will have all eyes on them when they play a decisive Game 3 at American Family Field on Thursday. The Brewers forced the series to another day with a thriller of

In an ideal world, we’d have four decisive win-or-go-home games today. Alas: We only have one. But one is still plenty exciting! It’s particularly exciting when the two teams involved have so much on the line. The Mets are trying to keep what has felt like a blessed OMG! season

SAN DIEGO -- If the Padres are going to beat the rival Dodgers in the National League Division Series for the second time in three years, they might have to do it without their most dominant starting pitcher over the past two months. Right-hander Joe Musgrove exited the Padres’ Wild

SAN DIEGO -- This wasn’t how Max Fried, or anybody associated with the Braves, anticipated he would fare during what might have been his final start for the organization. Fried experienced both physical and emotional pain as he completed just two innings in the Braves’ season-ending 5-4 loss to the

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres didn’t even make it into their clubhouse on Wednesday night to celebrate before those three familiar syllables thumped throughout Petco Park, a reminder of what comes next. One moment, catcher Kyle Higashioka went sprawling to the grass as he held onto Travis d’Arnaud’s popup for

MILWAUKEE -- Game 161 of this Mets season, Carlos Mendoza reflected on Wednesday, “is going to be a game that people will be talking about forever.” That victory in the first game of a doubleheader against the Braves clinched the Mets a postseason berth. But it also did so much

MILWAUKEE -- When the Brewers were swept away by the D-backs in last year’s NL Wild Card Series, Garrett Mitchell was an observer. He remembers what he was feeling then, and it wasn’t particularly pleasant. “Disappointment. Frustration,” Mitchell said. “Definitely different than what it feels like right now.”

SAN DIEGO -- This marked the third straight year the Braves’ World Series hopes were tarnished by at least one late-season injury to a starting pitcher. But this season was different. The rotation had been the only strength this injury-depleted team had left. What might have happened had top NL

MILWAUKEE -- As his trying April and May turned into a second half for the record books, 20-year-old Brewers rookie Jackson Chourio grew so confident that he’d sometimes call his home runs before they happened. Like on Sept. 2 against the Cardinals, when -- in the middle of the sixth

MILWAUKEE -- Count this among those weird and wacky moments that don’t show up in a box score: Batting with one out and two men on base in the first inning of National League Wild Card Series Game 2 on Wednesday, Pete Alonso hit a sharp grounder to shortstop, where

While the number of franchises that have ended long World Series title droughts in recent years has been robust, there are still many that are searching for their first championship in decades -- or first championship, period. In the past 10 years, we’ve seen seven teams snap a World Series

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres have a chance to set up another matchup against the rival Dodgers in the National League Division Series. The Braves are hoping to prove resilient one more time.

The first day of the playoffs had a little bit of everything: a masterful performance from a soon-to-be AL Cy Young Award winner, a taut pitchers’ duel, a wild five-run inning, and all sorts of other madness. And that’s just Day One. We get to do this again on Wednesday!

SAN DIEGO -- It had to be Michael King. The Padres insisted on it. Last December, general manager A.J. Preller was in the process of trading Juan Soto -- a Hall of Fame talent for whom he previously traded the farm to acquire. If Preller was going to do something

SAN DIEGO -- Matt Olson smirked when asked about the Braves being underdogs during their National League Wild Card Series against the Padres. “I think when people don't think you can do something, that drives you,” Olson said. “We don't listen, we don't go seek out the chatter. Sometimes, you

ATLANTA -- If Ian Anderson was pitching like he did while producing a 1.26 ERA in eight career postseason starts, the Braves would have confidently handed him the ball to start Game 1 of their National League Wild Card Series against the Padres.

SAN DIEGO -- The stadium was louder Tuesday night, the pregame introductions were longer, the stakes were higher. But these were the very same 2024 San Diego Padres -- and it took one inning to prove it in their 4-0 victory in Game 1 of the National League Wild Card

MILWAUKEE -- Tyrone Taylor had yet to cross home plate and already Jose Iglesias was beating his chest. This was hustle, plain and simple. This was the Mets fighting fire with fire.

MILWAUKEE -- To correct a popular theory, Jesse Winker did not, in fact, shout at Willy Adames as he rounded the bases on his two-run triple. If Winker’s mouth moved, he said, it was because he was chewing gum. Adames corroborated the fact that Winker didn’t say anything until he