“Game 6” will never have the same implications that its first cousin, “Game 7,” does. Game 7 means wonder. Game 7 means drama, across every inning, every minute. Game 7 means potential dire consequences for both participants. Game 7 is Aaron Boone and Bill Mazeroski, Stefan Matteau and Clyde Frazier. Game 7 is do or die, survive or perish.

Game 6 has none of those things. It is, by definition, non-climactic.

And, in almost every circumstance, it is.

Just not in the context of the 1986 New York Mets.