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A seasoned journalist and editor offers a humorously provocative look at the "best worst team" in professional sports, the New York Mets.There is a difference between being bad and being gifted at losing, and this distinction holds the key to understanding the true magic of the New York Mets. Plenty of teams have longer and stronger records of championship futility than the Mets - after all, since their inception in 1962, they've reached the World Series five times and won twice, in 1969 and 1986. From blowing record August leads two seasons in a row to overpaying for aging stars whose knees turn to spaghetti to firing their manager before he manages a single game, the Mets are innovators when it comes to the art of the dumpster fire. That's why the New York Mets are the best worst team in sports, their true secret ingredient, the thing that distinguishes the Mets from all the so-called bad teams who stink without charm or interruption.