Read: Mets & Yanks Face Questions
According to Bob Klapisch at ESPN.com, both the Mets and Yankees played .500 baseball in the month of April and it was treated like the apocalypse.
Klapish writes:
“Billy Wagner tore into Oliver Perez last week for lasting only 1 2/3 innings against the Pirates. Across town, Hank Steinbrenner was openly questioning whether his Bombers would even make it to the playoffs, let alone dethrone the Red Sox in the American League East … Of course, that was before an impressive weekend cleared everyone’s heads … But there was no ignoring the parallels between the crosstown rivals, both of whom left spring training with a we-own-the-world mentality only to discover a reality that wasn’t nearly as generous.”
…it is odd to see both teams experience the same things at the same time…age is catching up with the veterans, youth is under-performing, injuries to key players and the middle of the order is not hitting…
