In a season growing dark, the Mets at least have their All-Stars for a while
By Tim Britton Jul 2, 2019 13
Sunday was a reminder that baseball can be good, even in Queens.
The Mets snapped their losing streak and did so in a dare-we-say-fun fashion, scoring five in the eighth to overtake the Braves. In the middle of the rally were Jeff McNeil and Pete Alonso, named All-Stars earlier in the day for the first time. They join Jacob deGrom in attending next week's game in Cleveland — just the second time this decade the Mets have had as many as three representatives (2016).
The better news for the Mets? None of these seasons feel particularly fluky. Obviously, deGrom won the Cy Young last year; nobody's sneezing at his 3.32 ERA. McNeil leads the National League in hitting and now has 134 games at the majors with an average of .339. What felt potentially unsustainable last season has only been better this season. And Alonso is having the kind of rookie season seldom seen in the bigs — and one whose few historical predecessors have all portended very good...