New York Mets

NEW YORK — You don't bother asking Omar Minaya if the New York Mets are still his team, because you know they always have been. You don't need to ask if he feels good about the World Series coming back to Queens this weekend, because you know he does.

"No doubt about it," Minaya said this week. "For the neighborhood, it's great."

If the New York Mets are going to win the 2015 World Series, they'll need to claw their way out of the 2-0 hole they've dug themselves against the Kansas City Royals.

Yeah, it sounds bad. But some of you may remember it's nothing the Mets haven't done before, as they had to fight back from a 2-0 deficit the last time they won the World Series back in 1986.

No New York Mets player will be more active during the 2015 World Series than Travis d'Arnaud. 

This should be David Wright’s stage. 

This should be where the man once tagged as Captain America and the captain of the New York Mets, the only franchise for which he’s ever played, shined brightest. In David Wright’s first World Series, he should be the superstar of superstars. 

One of the most evenly matched World Series in recent memory will open at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City on Tuesday when the Royals host the New York Mets in Game 1, which is listed as a pick’em at most sp

Each one of Daniel Murphy's home runs this October wasn't accompanied by a cartoon cash-register sound effect, though they all probably should have been.

Murphy slugged the New York Mets to the World Series, sure. But he's also bashing himself toward a hefty free-agent payday this winter.

How hefty will it be? And how hefty should it be? Let's parse those questions.

There won't be any innings-limit drama for Matt Harvey in the World Series.

The New York Mets didn’t want to leave any doubt in the minds of the casual fans. An 8-3 thrashing in Game 4 on Wednesday and a sweep of the Chicago Cubs meant they secured their place as the best team in the National League and a spot in the World Series.

Fact: New York Mets' Daniel Murphy is the first player to hit a home run in six straight postseason games.

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Source: ESPN Stats & Info

CHICAGO — Holy Doc Gooden!

“Growing up, I spent what seemed like thousands of summer afternoons in my backyard in Chesapeake, Virginia, pretending I was playing in the World Series,” Mets captain David Wright was saying, dream firmly in hand, just after he had reached out and seized it late Wednesday night. “Then the last out, you realize the next game you’re going to play will be a World Series game.”