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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Road Warriors

By now we are all familiar with the Two-Face act the Mets are pulling this season. When the Mets are playing at home they are a thing of beauty to watch. When they hit the road, there is "bad lighting on the porch" (see Seinfeld).

The Mets are 8-18 away from Citi Field and amazingly have not won consecutive road games since last July. But here at Mets Kool-Aid, in case you didnt notice, we like to look at the bright side of things.

Take the upcoming schedule, for example. In two weeks the Mets play at Yankee Stadium, so they will not have to endure a plane ride, experience strange cultures, sleep in hotel beds, or do anything else that may be affecting them on the road. Then they have three games against the Marlins in Puerto Rico, where natives Angel Pagan, Pedro Feliciano and Alex Cora should feel more comfortable than ever. Hell, Carlos Beltran may even be inspired to play in front of his countrymen.

As for the real road games, team management might have to work some psychological magic. Let each player bring his own bed, wife, children, dog, etc. on the road. Blindfold each player before and after games so they don't know where they are. Bring water from Flushing Bay and record loud jet engines so that it smells and sounds like Queens at all times. Bribe the opposing team and umpires to get last licks. Whatever works.

With the way the Mets are playing at home, even slight improvement on the road will result in a great season. Seventeen of their last twenty-two games are at Citi Field, meaning there is the chance for exciting baseball in the fall.
Until then, the Mets must play better on the road. We need Game 7 of the NLCS to be in Flushing.

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