The Mets Lose in Extra Innings and the World Somehow Keeps Spinning: A Dispatch from the Bleachers of Geopolitical Disappointment
Flushing, Queens—Tuesday night—where the Mets are busy losing in extra innings while the rest of the planet pretends to be asleep. Somewhere above Citi Field, a Lufthansa A-350 banks toward Frankfurt, its passengers blissfully unaware that their 401(k)s are now being piloted by a rookie relief pitcher who just walked the bases loaded. In the…