Where's the Black Cat When You Need It?

This offense just feels like a corpse most of the time, and the fanbase can hardly stand another 1-0 loss.

What is Jon Niese to do? He obviously knows his role on this team....and at this point, his role is to keep pitching that way so he can get back any kind of role player of some kind of, or something....Just, Just get us SOMETHING, please, Mr. Niese. I wouldn't give my left hand to get you off this team, because I'm a southpaw like you, for one, but I bet you'd give up your left shoulder to get off this team and stop losing 1-0.

The Mets have yet to figure out the Cubs this year, and they have two more chances to do it. Once upon a time, a black cat ran across the division-leading Cubs' dugout at Shea Stadium, and the Mets went onto win the division and win the World Series. These days, it feels like black cats run across every offensive player's dugout.

In an ironic twist, an Orange Creamsicle-colored cat randomly showed up in 2009 on Opening Day at Citi Field. They lost 6-5 to the Padres, if you recall. I hope you recall HOW they got to that point (echoed-Pedro Feliciano and Mike Pelfrey, Echrm Echem.)

Now, this kinda makes sense if you know anything about Queens...there are lots of alley cats and it isn't out of the realm of possibility that's what that cat was, and he just happened to get lost on his way to the next old milk carton.

Maybe, since it wasn't the curs-ed black cat, it was the Ghosts of Upper Manhattan...the ORANGE side of things, cursing us for ignoring them in our presentation of New York National League history and legacy ("Where's the Giants Willie New York Road Jersey in the team shop, ey?! Those things would sell like HOTCAKES!")

Maybe THAT'S what this has all been about...

Or maybe they just need a better offense.

FOR. GET. THE. CATS.

LET'S. GO. METS.

Stop Comparing Different Eras' World Series TV Ratings

Every year around this time, articles are written about how only 14-15 million people watch the World Series games, as opposed to 50-75 million people of '86...or '73...or whatever. And how that's "just sad." How it's a problem for baseball.

Stop it. Just stop it right now.

I think logic dictates that this isn't that surprising. And logic dictates that you cannot even remotely compare the numbers to former times in America's television watching past.

Please people, come on. It's rather simple.

There are thousands of channels now and the internet, and whole new generations with completely different priorities than watching a baseball game.

Don't get me wrong. Of course I believe they SHOULD be watching a baseball game, but think about it...

Take 40 years ago when the Mets were taking on the A's in a 7-game World Series.

The average game that year got 35 million viewers.

If we look at the New York region, there were roughly 13-15 channels to choose from.

And no internet.

And less televisions per household.

Most television households now have thousands of channels on cable. And internet. AND on-demand on both the television AND the internet.

Is the problem that America is less enthused about baseball?
Or is the problem that there is so many things to distract us at any given moment?

That's a loaded question, but to compare different eras in terms of World Series television ratings is a complete waste of time.

In fact, I'm done discussing it.

Guess what we can find whenever we want on Youtube?

TAKE. IT. EASY.
LET'S. GO. METS.

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