PORT ST. LUCIE — Between the highest and backside of the primary inning Saturday at Clover Park, the followers turned on certainly one of their very own, although I’m not positive what sort of Mets fan this was standing on the house dugout since he was provided this layup: Who did the membership beat within the 1969 World Sequence?
That he wanted a lifeline introduced the primary wave of boos and that he nonetheless answered the Pink Sox moderately than the Orioles intensified the “What in the name of Gil Hodges?” jeers.
And with that got here the conclusion of just about any negativity for the house facet on this spring opener.
It was a packed home replete with the nice vibes carrying over from the baton go of a shock NLCS run final yr to a terrific offseason. A part of that offseason concerned signing Clay Holmes, who positive appeared like a beginning pitcher over three good innings. A part of that was bringing again Pete Alonso, whose presence once more in a Mets uniform and within the batter’s field introduced the sing-song chant of his title. However principally it was about Juan Soto, who was Juan Soto.
