Whoever wrote the script for the 2024 New York Mets season and inserted Grimace into the plot deserves a raise.
The Mets have turned around what was originally looking like a long season into something much more interesting. Enter the Grimace Era.
The madness started earlier this month in the Big Apple when the iconic McDonald’s character threw out the ceremonial first pitch. After that, the Mets woke up and ran off seven straight wins. Grimace then became the unofficial mascot for the 2024 Mets. The fans embraced it and baseball appears to be fun again in Queens.
After the win over the Chicago Cubs on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, the Mets improved to a MLB-best 13-6 in the month of June. They are still two games under .500 this season and sitting in fourth place in the NL East, a division that the Philadelphia Phillies might be on the verge of running away with. However, the Amazins’ are hanging around the Wild Card chat.
Yet, in true Mets fashion, there was more drama on Sunday night as closer Edwin Diaz was ejected in the ninth inning before even throwing a pitch. The umpires tossed him after finding foreign substance on his hand. Chances are it’s not from a Grimace shake. Diaz is likely facing an automatic 10-game suspension from MLB over the matter, the norm for sticky stuff convictions.
I’m now officially convinced the Mets are a sideshow that Larry David is writing for MLB this season.
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