It's hard to think of anything that's been normal in 2020. A postponed and shortened baseball season is relatively minor in the scheme of things.
I wrote about Opening Day here. On Opening Day, anything is possible. I take pride in the Mets MLB-leading record of 39-20 in opening day games.
The Mets lost Noah Syndergaarde before the season started. Then Yoenis Cespedes and Marcus Stroman opted out of the season. I can't even keep track of all the players on the IL. Pitchers seem especially injury-prone across MLB.
As a Mets fan, I've come to expect strange things. Some are good. The Mets won a doubleheader against the Yankees on Friday for the first time. The second game was a makeup game from Citi Field, and the Mets were the official home team and batted last. Amed Rosario hit a walk-off home run--the first by a visiting team in Yankee Stadium history. As Gary Cohen put it, "The oddest of phenomena. We're getting used to odd things in 2020."
The Mets lost Saturday's game on a wild pitch. On Sunday another double header. The Mets looked good until all fell apart in the bottom of the seventh: the Yankees scored five to tie the game and won in the next inning: the epitome of a heartbreaker, and a stab in the heart of Mets fans. Then the Mets lost the nightcap. I could cry.
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