Salt and pepper. Spread the offense around.
The Mets have a new manager in Mickey Callaway, key new veterans in Adrian Gonzalez and Todd Frazier, and a new hitting identity.
All this worked to perfection in the Mets’ 9-4 Opening Day shellacking of the Cardinals on Thursday before a packed house of 44,189 at Citi Field. If you looked closely, when the Mets drilled base hits, they looked back into the dugout to make a spread-it-around, salt-and-pepper shaking motion as a signal they were keeping the rally and buzz going.
Remember, it was Frazier who came up with the classic thumbs-down sign last year as a Yankee at Citi Field in a game against the Rays after a Mets fan gave him that thumbs-down motion.