You know how these Mets can show they’re different from Mets team that went down and stayed down in other lost baseball Septembers? Win this week from the Cubs and the Marlins. Win their way into a wild card slot in the National League and not back into one. Though you have to say, backing in would be appropriate after the way they threw their season into reverse three weeks ago.

We kept hearing that the schedule might bail out the Mets the last weekend of the regular season because they finish against the Marlins. Guess what? You know who probably think they have an easy time of it to close out their season? The Miami Marlins. You know why? Because they’ve seen what everybody has been seeing from the Mets since mid-June.

There is no such thing as a soft touch for the Mets the way they’v

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