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The year the Mets lost the pennant

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Monday, October 1, 2007

Forty-four reasons the New York Mets suffered perhaps the greatest collapse in baseball history, blowing a seven-game lead in their final 17 games: 1. The Curse of Bobby Bonilla. 2. The Curse of Kevin Mitchell's Ex-Girlfriend's Cat. 3. Marketing slogan "Your Season Has Come" was pretty much a gift-wrapped jinx waiting to happen. 4. Shouldn't have brought back Vince Coleman to light the fuse for the special division-winning fireworks show. 5. Jose Reyes in April: .356/.442/.596, "Best playe ...

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