So, is this just bad luck? Poor management? Flawed decision-making? All of the above? Or is it something else? I think it’s something else. I think the Mets are cursed or hexed or whatever you want to call it, and I believe it began with a game I was at.

Thirty days ago the Boston Red Sox were 11 games below .500 and sinking. Today they've won 9 straight and swept three consecutive series. So are the owners really the problem — or were Sox fans being dramatic again?