There’s a lot of disinformation circulating out there regarding current events. We would like to use this platform to help you sort out reality from fiction in one area of interest.
MYTH: The Mets always lose to the Marlins.
FACT: The Mets occasionally lose to the Marlins. They also occasionally beat the Marlins.
MYTH: The Mets never win at the Marlins’ soulless ballpark, whatever it’s called.
FACT: The Mets occasionally win at the Marlins’ soulless ballpark, an edifice officially known as the Marlsoleum.
MYTH: The Mets left a small village on base in Saturday’s game at the Marlsoleum.
FACT: Small villages usually have a population greater than 10, which is how many runners the Mets left on base Saturday.
MYTH: The Mets can’t win if they’re going to leave 10 runners on base.
FACT: Although it is quite challenging to win a baseball game in which 10 runners are left on base, the Mets did win Saturday’s game.
MYTH: The Mets can’t win if they’re going to score only run.
FACT: The Mets scored one run on Saturday and won.
MYTH: No team can win if it scores only one run.
FACT A team can win by a score of 1-0.
MYTH: Scoring one run allows no room for error.
FACT: The Mets committed one error, yet won, 1-0.
MYTH: The Mets never take advantage of scoring opportunities.
FACT: In the fourth inning on Saturday, the Mets loaded the bases and proceeded to score one run on Francisco Alvarez’s well-placed fielder’s choice ground ball.
MYTH: Met starting pitching always exits early.
FACT: Saturday’s Met starter, Luis Severino, lasted six innings.
MYTH: Luis Severino will look good for a while but eventually crack.
FACT: Severino gave up no runs while stranding six runners.
MYTH: The Mets’ bullpen will inevitably find a way to blow it.
FACT: Jose Butto, Dedniel Nuñez and Edwin Diaz each threw a scoreless inning. Among them, they stranded four runners.
MYTH: Nobody leaves as many runners on base as the Mets.
FACT: Both the Mets and the Marlins left 10 runners on base Saturday.
MYTH: Everything is home runs today.
FACT: No home runs were hit in this game.
MYTH: You just don’t see low-scoring games anymore.
FACT: The Mets won on Saturday, defeating the Marlins, 1-0. It was their first 1-0 victory over anybody in 2024 [1], but it does happen now and then. It just did.
MYTH: Mets fans can’t believe when good things happen to and/or for the Mets.
FACT: For the most part, this is factual.