Mets Homerun Apple Malfunctional - No One Notices for 2 Weeks

The Mets did the unthinkable in yesterday's 9-7 victory over the Reds: besides Mike Pelfrey's first victory at Citi Field in over 2 months, they actually hit a home run in the game! And as we all know, Met tradition has it that whenever the team hits a homerun, they raise the glorious "Apple" high behind the centerfield wall for the whole crowd to enjoy.

The team had gone 80 innings overall without a home run until Schneider and Tatis both went yard in the eighth inning. However, the apple did not respond to Tatis' dinger, leading to speculation amongst the ground crew that the storied Apple hasn't been working for weeks now.

"We're too busy doing routine maintainance that matters, like cutting the lawn and making sure the basepaths look good", said a source familiar with the situation. "The economy's bad. We need to cut back on unneccessary items, and felt due to the lack of hitting on this team, we could cut back on the Apple maintenance procedures and no one would notice."

And for the longest time, it looked like they were right. The Mets have been the team the bully kicks sand on. However, the Mets are now undefeated in the Jeff Francoeur era, who is now 4-9 as a Met. With the All-Star break coming at a perfect time for the entire team to rest, their latest 9 run, 16 hit explosion is making the rest of the league take notice that the Mets are ready to make a statement in the second half of the season.

... Last in majors with 26 homers at home, only one player on the entire team in double-digit homeruns, a clueless manager, a front office that other GM's know to be taken advantage of, a coaching staff that can't coach, an overall .42-45 record, and 6 1/2 games back of Philadelphia in the NL East, what that statement is we have no idea.