Read between the lines: John Maine on the Mets' dugout

"Everyone was really up." So, um, normally...

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"And for that, I demand the highest of fives."

Mets beat the Braves in Atlanta last night. Cool. Here's "the gamer" (slang for game recap article) from The New York Post. Check this quote from John Maine within it: "It was a different kind of dugout tonight, which I liked. Everyone was really up." Huh? Different, yet everyone was really up, implying that the norm is…what? Take the Phillies or Marlins out of the NL East. (Hey, we're kidding! Or are we?)

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