7 of the 8 potential opposing starting pitchers are righties (David Price is the only lefty). I could see the Mets (strongly) preferring to use Kelly Johnson as the DH if at all possible.
Too young; before I became a baseball fan (let alone a Mets fan). My only Mets World Series memories are from that one series fifteen years ago. (Wow; it's really been 15 years since that debacle).
I haven't been following the secondary market prices for the Cubs* but if the Mets were in a position to win the pennant, I could give a crap who the other fans in the ballpark are. *I realize it my just be way too much money to pay for the tickets.