After the biggest, ugliest of thunderstorms ruins your weekend plans and muddies your lawn, you can muster just the slightest of smirks at the site of a rainbow in the sky. And so this is how we're coming to view Aaron Loup, a middle reliever and a rainbow in a $#&%@storm. This once promising Mets [...]
I used to be a partial season plan holder at Shea Stadium. I bought the seats in 1992, splitting a weekend plan with a friend of mine: he took Saturdays, I took Sundays. Just in time for The Worst Team Money Could Buy. Isn’t my timing exquisite? I loved those seats. Mezzanine level reserved, section [...]
Now that the panic of the losing streak is over, we can look to see the reasons behind the Mets’ poor start. Last year, the Mets were world beaters at home but couldn’t buy a win on the road. They were 47-34 in Citi Field compared to 32-49 in road parks. The home record was [...]
In 2010, the home team in MLB has a .559 winning percentage compared to a .441 mark when on the road. Through games of Friday the Mets had a .582 winning percentage in home games, an above-average mark and the 12-best in MLB. On the road, they have a .395 winning percentage, a below-average mark [...]
The question on everyone’s mind regarding the Mets is why the team plays so much better at home than on the road. Everyone has a theory, including manager Jerry Manuel, who recently claimed that the players are trying to pad their stats, especially their HR totals, away from Citi Field. The Mets are 22-9 at [...]