Francisco Lindor isnt going to let the Mets party end

Fans chanted “M-V-P” when Francisco Lindor came to bat with the Mets down a run, the bases juiced and one out in the sixth.The Citi Field faithful was thinking partly with its heart, and partly with the vast knowledge about how much this guy means to the Mets.

In a word: Everything. As if spearheading a second comeback and clinching the playoffs at hated Atlanta for a team that was supposed be in a transitional phase wasn’t enough, Lindor encore heroics were like from a movie.With the crowd chanting and Lindor badly needing any kind of hit after five innings of Mets offensive frustration, he cranked a grand slam home run to beat the almost-as-hated Phillies and send the Mets to the National League Championship Series that everyone figured they’d be watching at home. Phillies star reliever Carlos Estevez was acquired for just this occasion and inserted specifically to turn around Lindor to his allegedly weaker lefty side.

Instead, Lindor turned around Estevez’s 99.4 mph misplaced 2-and-1 fastball, sending it over the wall in right-center and ultimately giving the Mets a 4-1 victory in the latest biggest game of their crazy season. “Of course.Why not? He just comes through again and again and again,” Mets owner Steve Cohen crowed in the champagne-drenched clubhouse.

“Let’s keep it going.” This team doesn’t want to stop.And Lindor, always the MVP of this team at least, isn’t about to let them. Citi Field fans, who’ve been staging a two-day party while watching this team progress before their very eyes, increased the volume while Lindor calmly circled the bases.

His tranquil demeanor never wavered from the very start of their winning five-stop, three-city journey until they finally returned to Queens. “He’s poised.He is a cold dude.

He is the coldest dude I’ve ever been around,” Harrison Bader said as the celebratory bubbly flowed. “He’s colder than this champagne, baby,” Bader decided. Lindor, dubbed Mr.Smile, grinn...