We talk the Mets’ latest tomfoolery and thumbs down drama, how it makes zero sense and how the organization has failed to keep all of this year’s shenanigans in house, why the fans are the last people you want to alienate, where the leadership has been and why the timing of this should matter more than “letting the kids play,” the Wild Card races as they stand one month out, the likelihood of a “Red October,” the differences in drawing mathematical lines versus realistic lines in terms of teams truly in the hunt (i.e. the Blue Jays, Mariners, Cardinals and others), remaining strength of schedules for all teams in the hunt and how they’re shaping our outlook for the playoff race, looking back on some of our preseason predictions and seeing how they’ve held up as we begin the final month of the regular season and much more. Enjoy!

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