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For the second consecutive season, the Mets were bounced from postseason contention by the Florida Marlins on the final day of the season, sending off Shea Stadium without October baseball.

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If there was a symbol of why the Mets failed to make the playoffs for the second straight season, it was their abominable bullpen.

Mets likely will try to add some new faces to turn frowns upside down next year, but payroll might be tighter than expected. Carlos Beltran, the usually reserved center fielder, had declared the Mets the NL East's 'team to beat' back in spring training.

Former Teamates Dwight Gooden (l.) and Darryl Strawberry are all smiles as they reunite at Shea's goodbye. Dwight Gooden wasn't going to miss saying farewell to Shea Stadium for anything in the world. Sunday he returned to Flushing for the first time

Mets' fans can't watch as team closes out Shea with a loss that ends playoff hopes. Shea La Vie. The end of Shea Stadium came Sunday with a crushing, season-ending Mets defeat, 44 years after the ballpark in Flushing rose to resurrect National League

Sabathia leads Brewers to NL wild card Pitcher CC Sabathia and slugger Ryan Braun combined to lead the Milwaukee Brewers into the playoffs for the first time since 1982 following a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs Sunday. Blue Jays pound lowly Orioles

PHOENIX -- Rockies pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez smiled, zipped his luggage and dreamed of a well-earned vacation -- a few more days in the desert, then a trip to Disneyland. Jimenez couldn't be that jubilant Sunday, even though he threw seven scoreless

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