Welcome home to your New York Mets. They will open a
four-game series against a National League team starting tonight. The only team
the Mets have played so far in the league was against the Marlins in Miami. The
somewhat shocking Cardinals head to Citi Field for a four-game set this
weekend, and if history is any indication, this should be a good series.
This week, the big hoopla around the league was about Juan Soto and not just about his somewhat slow start to the season. I believe all of
this was blown out of proportion but when you play in a big market like New
York and with a fanbase as passionate as the Mets your going to want to watch
your words a little more carefully when regarding the so called best hitter in baseball
hitting behind him last season in Judge and how pitchers are changing how they
pitch to Soto comment. Pete Alonso has done damage behind Soto, but I get where
he was coming from, as the truth is pitchers are attacking him differently, but
it's more of they don’t want to give up a two-run bomb to Soto instead of who
is or who isn’t hitting behind him in the lineup.
The season is still young, and the Mets are sitting at 11-7
and a game up on the hated Phillies, even after dropping two against the Twins,
so maybe playing at Citi Field will lead to a series win or even better, a sweep
of the Cardinals. The Cardinals had a horrible time in Boston during their last
East Coast road trip, and here’s to that trend continuing. The starting pitching
for the Amazins’ has been outstanding, even when the offense has sputtered at
times, which is a measure of a good team. The homestand will benefit the team so
they can get some momentum before taking on the rival Phillies starting next
week, with the battle for first in the NL East to be quite entertaining.
It will be good to start playing National League opponents;
however, getting so many cracks at American League teams and being at 11-7 gives
you confidence, especially in World Series time. Even with both leagues having
the DH now, there is still something special about the rivalries, the passion
when taking on teams from your neck of the woods. I look forward to the Mets splitting
the Cardinals series at worst, and I feel more optimistic about a series win
heading into the Phillies series on a hot streak, showing them who the dominant
team in the East will be this season. Baseball rivalries are different than
most as you will go up against your rivals in sets of three games and sometimes
four. There is something magical, especially at Citi Field, when the Phillies
head into town. The season is young, and our team is in first place, and no
matter what comments are made in the media or the who's hitting and who's not, here's
to a stretch of winning baseball back in our league, the National League, and
it's about time. LGM
Pete is going at what is likely an unsustainable pace, Soto and others will have to ramp up their hitting.
ReplyDeleteI believe they will pick up the slack especially lindor and Soto as their track records state at the end of the year their numbers will be there and the team should be in a good position. Anything can happen in baseball though and I agree that Pete is playing some of his best baseball right now and it is going to be hard to keep the pace up for the whole season but wouldn't it be cool if he did.
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