Cruel April for Yankees has them in first place.

This guy's column is truly ossified, frozen in amber for 25 years at least.

"The Mets have a long season remaining" as they are in the midst of their worst winning streak in 22 years and their manager is going to get fired tomorrow morning.

Even Mr. Met is like, "what is this guy talking about? Is he paid by our PR department?"

But even if Lupica legitimately clings to hope because "it ain't over 'til it's over" and he can dismiss the slide as a short-sample-size blip for a truly great Mets team ... what do the Yankees have to do with this?

It's just completely impossible for him to give the Yankees credit.

It's impossible for the Mets to just exist as a thing without the endless comparisons to the Yankees.

The Mets may be in last place, but the season is long.

The Mets may be in last place, but Jazz Chisholm has no home runs, what do you think about that? 

Where is the vitriol from the grizzled New York gumshoe who used to work his leads by day and do body shots with Jimmy Breslin by night?

Why does this dude love the Mets so much, anyway?

Disappointment is when expectations are not met.

The 2024 Mets are the most disappointing team in Mets history.

The Soto signing following an NLCS appearance set World Series or Bust expectations. They missed the playoffs.

The 2024 Yankees won 94 games and lost in the playoffs.

Not the same.

When presented as equivalents, it's a lie written by a bad reporter who doesn't know anything about baseball.

The entire premise isn't accurate, anyway. Big Baseball Town was a nice idea, but one of the teams never lives up to their side of the bargain.

Yeah, the Yankees are in a championship slump. It's brand exceeds the product for sure.

But Lupica gets aroused reliving the Mets' 2025 NLCS loss to the Dodgers ... a series in which the Dodgers outscored the Mets by 20 runs ... because the Mets managed to win two games.

While the Yankees only won one game vs. the Dodgers. In the World Series. Which the Mets weren't good enough to make it to.

Bully for the Mets.

The Mets lost to the Royals in the 2015 World Series. The Yankees lost in the wild card round that year, to Houston, but the Yankees had a better season than the Mets. Because the Yankees would have beaten the Royals in the ALCS, or at least lost to the Royals in seven games instead of six. 

Frustration is growing.

It's so bad for the Mets, it's a combination of problems, a plethora or problems, and a myriad of problems.

I always used myriad as an adjective. "Myriad problems." I mean, it can be both. It's a matter of preference. It turns out that Jackson Stone prefers to use it as a noun. 

Very exciting play.

With the runners going and the aggressiveness of the baserunners?

They're still basically a homer-centric, all or nothing team, but it's also obvious there's more attention to the nothing.

I mean ... you know what I mean.

A noticeable effort to be more aggressive on the basepaths and put the ball in play. 

I just think he's pouty because he wasn't named Captain.

Ben Rice practiced infield defense and it shows.

Jasson Dominguez should do the same.

I also can't imagine turning four clutch double plays in one game with Volpe at short.