Morning baseball notes
Thursday, October 22, 2015 by Dave Winer

Good morning sports fans!

A thought about the Mets. Apparently while they were losing all those games in September after clinching, they were devising new tactics that they used in the playoffs. All of a sudden they're a base-running team, for example. And they got all the pitching problems ironed out. And Murphy started taking some magic drug and now all of a sudden he's a legendary home run hitter. One of his teammates said they were playing with Babe Ruth.

This Mets team is one for the ages. And although the Mets probably don't know it they owe their success to Patrick Scoble and myself. We've probably been to a dozen Mets games together over the last three years. And the Mets have won every single one. We can't claim full credit for the turnaround, but then again, the really are no coincidences in baseball. Every fan knows that. wink

Yes the Mets are lovable losers, but not like the Cubs, because we win. They have Wrigley Field, a venerable palace of baseball, a shrine for the ages. But there's been so much losing there, it's virtually impossible for them to break out. If they want to achieve the elusive world championship they feel they deserve, it might be a good idea to tear down the stadium and start over. Or accept their new fate, as the team the Mets beat in the postseason.