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Is bad blog traffic a sign the Mets have built a product Mets fans aren’t connecting with?

Look, I know my site sucks.  It’s the worst.  Let’s concede that point.

That said, we can still compare relative suckiness within the same universe.  I have 11 years of data, and the data for May 2019 might have the Mets concerned.

I break my data into two chunks – there’s the Old Internet when websites were a business before Facebook strangled everything.  Again, I concede my site sucks but a lot of big websites found THEY couldn’t make a go of things after the Facebookpacalypse, so that’s not just me being unable to hit 2013 level numbers.

So let’s keep the discussion to say 2015 and beyond.   As you might imagine. my site did well in months like September and October 2015, again at the end of 2016….and April 2018 (11-1 and Mickey’s new Salt & Pepper Culture).  Let me show you what that looks like…

That spike in the middle there is April 2018, and the full line is from the start of 2017.   So despite the suckiness of my blog, 2018 had every month above the month from the year before (I compare August to August etc).

2019 came out of the box a touch below 2018….but now this May cliff.

Numbers are down by half.  Unless Paul Lukas starts throwing me links daily I’m going to miss the May 2018 number by a LOT.  (And even then I don’t know if Paul could drag it up at this point).

I opened up Google Analytics to se if anything is broken (comparing May to May).  Everything is more or less running at the same percentages.

Here’s another view of the month to month, and here you can really see the effect a World Series will have on things (those are the mountains on the left).  You see the usual pattern – the beginning of the season always spikes traffic, then as the Mets fade in the standings so do the numbers.  Winters are lower.  Playoffs and All Star Games move the numbers.  All that is intuitive and should make sense to you.

So this brings me back to the subject matter:  The Mets.

I’m wondering if people are more checked out on this team than the Mets realize.  I mean, again the blog sucks and all, but traffic is down by half.  That is concerning.

I looked at attendance figures – the Mets are average 28,218  – slightly up from the 28,164 they averaged all of last season, so it’s not showing up at the gates.

I dunno, but I have been doing this a long time now and if I were the Mets I’d wonder if this is an early warning sign.   I know I sound like Al Gore circa 2000.

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Mets Police Morning Laziness: Mickey not quitting, Gomez joins Mets

SLACKISH REACTION:  The MSM seems to want us to be all excited that the Mets are calling up Carlos Gomez.  OK hooray.   Here in the stretch where the Mets must do well they dropped 2 of 3 to the Nationals and I got another day older.

Good news, Mickey Callaway has decided his team should not quit.

The MSM will be way too excited about the Seinfeld bobblehead.  I loved Jerry when he was a regular comic who Letterman had on a lot.  I watched the TV series from the beginning when nobody else did.  That all said, Seinfeld stuff is becoming the new Star Wars Night.   Anyway, be wary of security perimeter challenges if there are long lines.

I am now rooting FOR Keon Broxton.

David Wright is looking quite thin.

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Mets Manager Mickey Callaway decides not to quit season on May 16th

Now this is leadership.  A lesser manager would have said,

“You know what?  This team sucks.  We have guys starting at 3B and the OF that have no business being in the major leagues.  We started Wilmer Font in our rotation.  Twice.  Our GM brought in a bunch of old cronies and in doing so fucked our long term future.  I wish we didn’t have three-quarters of a season left, because we’re done.’

That’s what a lesser manager would have said.  Not Mickey Hodges.  He is happy the team battled.

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Perimeter Security Warning: Mets to have Seinfeld Bobblehead Night July 5

Hey warning to those of you who don’t like standing in long lines outside the Mets’ safety perimeter. You know, the zone where anyone could walk up with a backpack….because I am sure there will be long lines outside the backpack free zone for this one!

METS AND SONY TEAM UP FOR SEINFELD’S 30th ANNIVERSARY
BRINGING “SEINFELD NIGHT” TO CITI FIELD ON JULY 5
FLUSHING, N.Y., MAY 16, 2019 – In honor of Seinfeld’s 30th anniversary, Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and the New York Mets announced today a new partnership that will bring “Seinfeld Night” to Citi Field. Jerry Seinfeld and Keith Hernandez will reunite for a day about nothing on July 5, 2019 (30 years to the day of the premiere of the iconic show on NBC) when the Mets host the Philadelphia Phillies at 7:10 p.m. This kicks off a series of initiatives in New York as part of SPT’s yearlong celebration of the 30th anniversary of Seinfeld.

The Mets will kick off the night with a Jerry Seinfeld co-branded bobblehead, available to the first 25,000 fans who arrive at the ballpark.

Fans are encouraged to watch every episode before they arrive, from The Chinese Restaurant to The Hamptons, as attendees will be tested on their Seinfeld knowledge with trivia hosted by lifelong Mets fan Jerry Seinfeld. In addition, the infamous Soup Nazi, Larry Thomas, will be on hand greeting fans on the concourse.

“Two of my favorite things in all the world are the comedy arts and my New York Mets. This is one moment that I am very happy to have my ‘Worlds Collide’!” said Jerry Seinfeld.

“This is an exciting announcement for us,” Executive Vice President & Chief Revenue Officer for the Mets Lou DePaoli said. “Seinfeld and the Mets are a natural fit and we are extremely happy to be able to put this together. Our fans are going to love what we have in store for them, so giddy up!”

“The Mets celebrating Seinfeld is the quintessential New York experience,” said Sony Pictures Television’s President First Run Television John Weiser. “Everyone watching the game will have a great time enjoying their favorite show and team.”

Tickets for “Seinfeld Night” are now available at mets.com/seinfeld. In addition, special V.I.P ticket packages with exclusive benefits will be announced at a later date.

Seinfeld airs weeknights at 11 and 11:30 p.m. on PIX11.

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Keon Broxton only person in world who thinks Keon Broxton should play more for the Mets

OK let me be honest, I wrote this post just for the zinger headline, but if you watch the clip I thought he handled himself very well.  Made me like him.  I will now root for you Mr. Broxton. I suspect given the injuries you will get a good run here. Now, Todd Frazier…they can DFA him.