The Mets’ return to the Great White North was indeed quite great, with David Wright being David Wright, Lastings Milledge going long and Tom Glavine getting it together again in a nifty 6-1 win. We’ll worry about Duaner Sanchez once we know the extent of his injury.

The win, when combined with the reeling Phillies’ effort in Boston, dipped the Mets’ magic number to just…

79.

I mean, really. The Mets have an 11-game lead on June 23rd. On this day in 1986, their lead over second-place Montreal was nine games.