Epic Collapse?

“The Mets recently led by 7 games with 17 to go. No team has ever failed to reach the postseason after being so far ahead that close to the end. If the Mets don’t make it, this will be seen as an epic collapse, particularly given New York histrionics and high expectations,” writes the Times’ George Vecsey.

 

Would such a collapse, to the ultimate benefit of the Philadelphia Phillies, exorcise the demons of 1964 and prompt future sports writers to reference not the ’64 Phils but the 2007 Mets as a symbol of choke artistry par excellence?