This showed up on NESN which is Bostonian for SNY. They called the article “Amazin’ Mess In Flushing”
The trouble really got started on April 13, the night of the debut of brand-new Citi Field. The Padres’ Jody Gerut led off the game with a home run, and Mets reliever Pedro Feliciano balked in the winning run in the sixth inning. The most memorable event of the night, however, took place when a cat ran free on the field in the third inning. I wasn’t a black cat, but it could not have been a positive omen.
Since then, it’s hardly gotten any better for the Amazins.
The team averages a middle-of-the-road 4.9 runs per game, but when ace Johan Santana (1.36 ERA in eight starts) is on the mound, the Mets only muster three runs a game.
The Mets didn’t show much respect to a former ace either. After Doc Gooden signed a wall in Citi Field on Opening Day, the from office deemed it graffiti and ordered that it be erased.
More troubles surfaced at the Met’s new home when nobody could afford to get in. While their struggles to sell tickets weren’t quite the PR nightmare that the Yankees experienced, the Mets were still spotlighted in a not-so-flattering story on the from page of The New York Times.
Sounds like they understand us well. The full piece is here.
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