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As MLB opens another postseason Tuesday with the first wild-card games, the biggest shock after the 162-game marathon is the New York Mets missing out on a World Series bid.

The Mets , who own the league’s highest payroll and reached the NLCS last season, fell to the Miami Marlins in Game 162. The Cincinnati Reds also lost their finale to the Milwaukee Brewers, who had already clinched a playoff spot, but the Mets’ 4-0 defeat sealed their fate.

Mets fans were livid, and New York sports radio legend Mike Francesa blasted the organization.

"This is such a colossal failure," Francesa said on his podcast . "This is one of the great colossal gutless collapses that we have seen from a team with talent in a very long time."

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