Most wonderful time of the year

A lot of people will tell you that spring is the best time of the year, but I have a hard time arguing with fall.

The air is crisp, we've gotten over a humid summer (though not as much this year) and the perfect sports confluence of pro football, college football and playoff baseball all come together.

Speaking of playoff baseball. Crazy how things can change in a short period of time. In early September the Phillies were trailing the Mets and Brewers in both the division and wild card standings.

Now, they (with a win either today or tomorrow) can clinch their 2nd NL East championship and automatic playoff bid. I know, I know....they haven't done it yet, but even with 2 losses and 2 Met wins, they would play a tie-breaker on Monday, so it's hard to see them losing 3 times in a row, and the Mets winning 3 in a row (and yes, I hope I don't come to regret writing this).

Sports history is littered with teams that fail to live up to expectation, but it's hard to remember 2 back-to-back years like the Mets have had. Last year they had an historic collapse, this year they have given away 20+ games to a bad bullpen. Some of it's injury, but you got to think that all the players are uneasy when it's a tight game, and the bullpen is involved.

Every team goes through blown games (except the Phillies who are something like 42-0 when leading after the 8th inning.

Like last year, I hope to include the you-tube link of the final out, and proceeding celebration.

If anything, it gives a memory to access later over the cold winter months.