Note: Mets Building Frequent Flyer Miles
The Mets were forced to move yesterday’s game from 1 pm to 8 pm to accommodate ESPN.
After last night’s game, the Mets then had 
to pack up and fly to California around midnight EDT to play a game in San Francisco tonight at 10 pm EDT, which is not right.
The Mets are currently in the middle of 21 straight games without an off day, which will end next Monday following a four-game series with the Padres.
During the 21 days, the Mets will have traveled to Atlanta from New York, from Atlanta to Colorado, from Colorado to New York, from New York to California and back to New York.
Following the game, Willie Randolph told reporters:
“I’ve always been an advocate of more off-days and shortening the season, if possible. It’s a grind, man, and that’s why you see a lot of injuries and why you see subpar performances at times. They need to look at that, really look at the way TV is taking over, when you play at certain times, changing time zones rapidly. You’d get better baseball and a healthier product and probably a better game.”
…travel is part of the game, and every team has to do it…so, it probably all comes out fair…however, the last-minute ESPN and FOX edicts are a bit much…in the case of the Mets today, it’s a bit unfair to force them to adjust their schedule given the cross-country flight that was awaiting them…in these cases, the team’s should have the right to refuse, especially when it forces the team to cancel the Mets DynaDash, as it did…
For more on the team’s travel schedule, and the role it may be playing in their performance, check out reporters for MLB.com, the Journal News, Bergen Record and the Daily News.
