Before the Squawkers attended last night’s return of Jesus Montero to Yankee Stadium, Lisa predicted that the former Yankee would hit a home run. And he did!
Since Lisa has managed to jinx most Met games she has attended, I was hoping to return the favor, and it looked like it might happen when Montero’s homer put the Mariners ahead in the sixth inning. But it was not to be.
Last night, the Mets blew a ninth-inning lead and their five-game winning streak came to an end. The only other notable win streak the Mets have had this year (four games) came to an end when Lisa and I went to the April 10 loss to the Nationals. Maybe I should just stay out of all ballparks with Lisa when the Mets go on a winning streak.
The apologists for the disastrous Montero-Michael Pineda trade can take heart in the fact that Montero’s 1-for-4 evening dropped his Yankee Stadium batting average from .500 (15-for-30) to .471. His OPS in Yankee Stadium plummeted from 1.483 to 1.462.
Meanwhile, current Yankee catcher Russell Martin isn’t enjoying the cozy confines of Yankee Stadium quite as much this season. Martin is hitting just .071 (3-for-42) at the Stadium with an OPS of only .347.
While at Yankee Stadium, I got the meatball sandwich from Parm in the Great Hall. Along with the Lobel’s steak sandwich, Yankee Stadium now has two concession stands with food worthy of the offerings at Citi Field.
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