"They were finally together again for Friday night's 7-6 win over Florida, those three remnants of a brighter time for the Mets. But for David Wright, Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran, this get-together will last roughly as long as a high-school reunion or destination wedding.

Or maybe Friday night was a senior prom or graduation party, when you rock out, trying not to remember that your mates are moving on. It was that sort of in-the-moment fun in the eighth .inning, when Wright doubled in the go-ahead run. After dashing to third on an outfielder's throw, he pumped his fist, flashed the overhand "claw" gesture that spread in his absence toward the dugout and screamed.

"These guys are doing that goofy hand thing to the dugout," Wright said later, smiling. "I don't want to do it, but they're kind of making me. I just feel a little awkward doing it.""