The Mets have had a fair amount of success in their 57 years of existence, but fans and the news media love to fixate on the team’s mistakes. Why dwell on the fact that their two World Series wins are tied for the most of any expansion team when you can laugh at an agreement that pays Bobby Bonilla $1.19 million every year for 25 years?
With that in mind, it seems important to take note when the team knocks a decision out of the park: The Mets’ relationship with Jose Bautista, from the time of his signing in May until the time of his trade to the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday was worthy of a Bautista-style bat flip.