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Dramatic Mets make themselves hard to ignore

Quick ReadThe Mets have become baseball’s version of that late-night movie you find on television right before you’re about to go to sleep.

Mets' Ike Davis hits a two-run single in

Photo credit: Kathy Kmonicek | Mets' Ike Davis hits a two-run single in the eighth inning to tie the score 7-7. (July 28, 2010)

Jim Baumbach

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The Mets have become baseball's version of that late-night movie you find on television right before you're about to go to sleep, the movie that ultimately keeps you awake an extra hour or two.

We've all been there. You keep telling yourself that you're going to turn the television off at the next commercial, but for some reason you never do. Deep down you want to see where this movie you've...

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