If it weren’t for baseball, many kids wouldn’t know what a millionaire looked like. I read a newspaper account that maintains that the New York Mets are going to court to get an additional inning added to the end of game 5 of the World Series. The article quotes the Mets batting coach who states that, “We meant to hit those pitches from the Yankee pitchers. We were confused by the irregularities of the pitches we received and believe we have been denied our right to hit.”
One claim specifically noted that a small percentage of the Mets batters had intended to swing at fast-balls, but actually swung at curve-balls. It was clear that our batters never intended to swing at curve-balls.
“The fact remains that some of the pitches confused us and denied us of our right to hit,” said the Mets batting coach. “The World Series is not over yet and the Yankees are celebrating prematurely.”
Major League Baseball has reviewed the telecast of the game in question and recounted the balls and strikes called by the umpires of each game.
“While some of the strikes called against the Mets were, in fact, balls, there were not enough of them to change the outcome of the World Series,” the commissioner said. Another portion of the Mets legal claim stated that, based on an on-base percentage, the Mets had actually won the World Series, regardless of the final scores of the games. “It’s clear that we were slightly on-base more often than the Yankees,” said a Mets spokesman.
“The World Series crown is rightly ours.” The manager of the Mets has remained in relative seclusion, engaging in some light jogging for exercise. He has stated that he believes we need to let the process run its course without a rush to judgment. I would quote further but recall that this letter to the editor, like its sister letters, must consist of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in them or not.
Tom Fakehany