An Interesting Fact About The Mets And Season Series Sweeps

On Thursday night, the Mets completed a season sweep of the Yankees, taking their second consecutive affair at Yankee Stadium after claiming two wins at Citi Field.

It's quite rare for the Mets to sweep a season series from anyone.  It's almost as rare for them to take all but one game from a team over an entire campaign.  Here is a list of all the season series in which the Mets missed going undefeated against a particular team by one game, followed by the much shorter list of those teams who failed to defeat the Mets even once in a single season.  Please note that only those season series in which the Mets played their opponent at home and on the road are being considered.  That eliminates teams that played only one series against the Mets over an entire season.



One-Loss Season Series (min. one home series, one road series)

1969: San Diego Padres (11-1)
1986: Pittsburgh Pirates (17-1)
1988: Los Angeles Dodgers (10-1)
1994: Chicago Cubs (4-1)
1998: Milwaukee Brewers (8-1)
2002: Chicago Cubs (5-1)
2002: Milwaukee Brewers (5-1)
2004: Colorado Rockies (5-1)
2005: Arizona Diamondbacks (6-1)
2006: Arizona Diamondbacks (6-1)
2006: Colorado Rockies (5-1)
2008: San Francisco Giants (5-1)
2009: Houston Astros (5-1)
2010: Pittsburgh Pirates (6-1)


Undefeated Season Series (min. one home series, one road series)

2013: New York Yankees (4-0)

See anything interesting with those lists?  Of course you did.  Over their first 51 seasons, the Mets had never swept a season series from any team when the season series included games at home and on the road.  Never.  Until now.

The Mets' four-game party versus the Yankees this week represents the first time in franchise history that they won every home game and every road game against a particular team in a single season.  First.  Time.  Ever.

Prior to the 2013 season, the Mets came within one game of sweeping a season series against a team 14 times, most recently in 2010 when they took six of seven from the Pirates.  But now they have their first season sweep of more than three games.  And it came at the expense of their crosstown rivals, the New York Yankees.

It's always difficult to win both ends of a doubleheader.  It's even harder to win every game against an opponent over an entire season.  Leave it to the Mets to finally accomplish this rare feat against that other New York team.  Taking out the brooms never felt sweeter.

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HOW SWEEP IT IS!!!!

America's Team? No...But Definitely Miss USA's Team

Earlier this month, the former Miss Michigan (Rima Fakih) became the first Lebanese-American to win the Miss USA pageant. How did she celebrate her victory? By making a trip to Citi Field today!

Miss Fakih (shown above with Jose Reyes) compared batting styles with the Mets shortstop before tonight's game with the Phillies and Reyes proceeded to bang out three hits, including the pivotal two-run double in the seventh inning to extend the Mets' lead to 3-0.

During her time at Citi Field, Miss Fakih (who graduated from St. John's Prep, which is just a hop, skip and a jump away from Citi Field) admitted that she saw her first Mets game at Shea Stadium during the strike year of 1994 and claimed that she has always been a Mets fan.

In the 1990s, the Atlanta Braves laid claim to the name "America's Team", after the Dallas Cowboys did the same in the NFL. The Mets might not be America's team yet, but at least they can say they're Miss USA's team.

Congratulations to Rima Fakih on her recent Miss USA victory and congratulations to the Mets for completing their three-game sweep of the Phillies at Citi Field. By completely dominating the series, both at bat and on the mound, the Mets let it be known that they're no longer going to be the first runners-up to the Phillies!