The autopsy results are in. Others have identified general symptoms and possible causes: Injuries to certain players, Underperforming, when compared to prior years, Lack of significant additions, Early season weather leading to an unusual number of make-up games. But the patient could have overcome them. Throughout the year, we frequently noted that a few key hits or key plays would have won games the Mets ultimately lost. It might have been as many as 10, thereby turning a losing season into a playoff competitive season. So, the actual cause of the demise of the 2021 Mets was situational sports dysphagia. They choked. And it was a team effort. Later