There are Mets who pass through the franchise, and then there are Mets who end up in the trivia section. Jeff McNeil belongs to the latter group. When he packed up for Oakland, he didn’t just take his glove, his permanently scuffed batting helmet, and his habit of glaring at infield dirt with him. He took a slice of Mets history that’s smaller, rarer, and more easily forgotten than it should be. Only two Mets have ever won a batting title. Two. In a franchise that’s been arou

" I've just closed my eyes again Climbed aboard the Dream Weaver train Driver, take away my worries of today And leave tomorrow behind " Gary Wright 1975 Yesterday it was Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours and Led Zeppelin’s “Dazed and Confused.” Today it’s Gary Wright’s Dream Weaver. That’s quite a musical pattern we’ve got going here—my apologies for the earworm. Not sure how many Mets fans were dreaming about signing Luke Weaver this offseason. If your REM sleep visions were more “Co

Mets fans, lend me your ears—though given the way this season went, most of us would rather stuff them with Shea Stadium hot dog wrappers...