Below The Beltway

After another summer when it seemed like they’d have the NL East sown up by mid-September, the New York Mets played their last game at Shea Stadium and eliminated themselves from the playoffs:
The Mets have tried distancing themselves from last year’s epic collapse, but they cannot help themselves. For the second consecutive season, they were [...]

One year ago, the New York Mets completed one of the most stunning collapses in the history of baseball when they went from 5-12 and ended up spending October at home.
This year, they seem poised to come up short of the postseason yet again:
NEW YORK – For all the talk about his six-year, $137 million [...]

Not only will 2008 mark the end of the iconic Yankee Stadium, the Mets will be getting a new stadium at the end of the season as well:
Standing in the numbing cold amid fluttering snowflakes, Jeff Wilpon expressed few warm, fuzzy feelings for Shea Stadium on Tuesday as he led a guided tour of Citi [...]

This is going to be one for the history books.
When the season started, the New York Mets were off to a great start. First in the NL East for the entire season, until the very last day that is:
The Mets completed a stunning collapse with an equally stunning performance in a 8-1 loss to the [...]

Earlier this year, the Yankees were sliding and the Mets were surging.
Now, as we enter the last weekend of the regular season, it’s the Mets who find themselves in trouble:
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies are done chasing.
After 159 games, the Phillies are finally atop the division standings — albeit tied with the free-falling New [...]

Alex Rodriguez hit two more home runs, Mike Mussina won his 100th game as a Yankee, and the Yankees pounded the Tribe yet again:
CLEVELAND (AP) — Alex Rodriguez took a couple more swings up to No. 503. Mike Mussina saved mementos from No. 100.
The Cleveland Indians? They got their usual two and stopped right there.
Rodriguez [...]