Voice of the 'Fan

As a life-long Mets fan, I can tell when the team is done dirty by the media, but not to the OCD levels exhibited by reddit.

Heading into the Subway Series, part 1, on Friday, there were not one, but two narratives in the series. Yes, there was the backlash of Juan Soto leaving the Bronx to take the Mets' money for what figures to be the remainder of his career. But, oh, that ain't all.

Keep in mind that the Mets swept the 2024 Subway Series, 4-0. This year, it's 6 games. 3 at Yankee Stadium, 3 in July at Citi Field. The Yankees held serve, and won 2 of 3 in the Bronx, the final game invoking nightmares of another kind during the game-winning 6 run 8th inning. A throwing error by Pete Alonso recalled the 2015 World Series, and Lucas Duda making a similar blunder that all but gift-wrapped the Series for Kansas City, their 1st in 30 years.

All they wanted to talk about on ESPN Sunday was Soto, and how the Yankees' fan base felt betrayed. The Bleacher Creatures turned their collective backs on Soto on Friday in game 1. Soto actually did ESPN a favor by cancelling an in-game interview (which went to Brandon Nimmo instead), perhaps suspecting that the rowdies behind him would get the network in trouble with the FCC with the use of coarse language during the interview. No discussion about how the Yankees recovered from losing last year's Subway Series to reach the World Series, only to lose to the Dodgers.

The added attention on Soto proved to be a distraction that would cost the Mets. At least they can do the Yanks a favor and bludgeon the suddenly skidding Red Sox before welcoming the Dodgers Memorial Day weekend.......