All throughout the National League Championship Series, as Los Angeles Dodgers hitters took pitch after pitch outside the strike zone and jammed up the diamond with base runner after base runner, the resolve of the New York Mets tried to withstand the barrage to keep their season alive. These same Mets had faced longer odds and steeper hills to overcome before, after all, and all they needed was a chance to pull off the improbable during Sunday’s Game 6 to force a Game 7 and get another chance at a storybook finish.
Eventually, though, the body blows add up. And the Dodgers’ talent wave was undeniable.
