For those who worried about the Mets choking, I do have a little bit of fresh air for you. While the lead is back to 2.5 games and the magic number is only 9, the recent losing streak does have all of us worried. With that being said, I'd like to introduce some facts about the last two world series champions, courtesy of mets blog.


In 2005, the White Sox led the AL Central by 10 games on September 7, like the Mets, this season, who led the Phillies by six on the same date.

The White Sox then lost 10 of 14, shrinking their lead to just one game over the Indians as late as Sept. 24.

The White Sox were World Champions just two weeks later.

Last season, the Cardinals were up seven games over the Astros for first place in the NL Central on Sept. 18.

The Cardinals lost 10 of their final 14 games, and won their division by just one game over the Astros.


As you are painfully aware, the Cardinals were World Champions just two weeks later.


So with that being said, I'm not guaranteeing that the Mets will follow suit and just miraculously recover, and I am not saying that the Mets will choke and not make the post season. What I am saying is that if the Mets can hang on, choking in September has been a blessing in disguise for some teams and been used as motivation. Hopefully the team could use it as motivation.