ATLANTA — The Phillies slid into the playoffs like mice into a hole, but now that they’re there, they’re roaring like lions. These playoffs seemed like a bonus. They took the sixth seed, the first time a third wild-card existed in a normal season. They won, yawn, 87 games. They were clearly inferior to the real NL East powers; the Mets owned them all season and the Braves battered them late, and both teams won 101 games. Or were they? Were they really inferior? Their ace won the wild-card opener. Their No. 2 pitched like a No. 1 in the wild-card clincher. Meanwhile, those mighty Mets lost thei…
