Andrew Stiles offers Washington Free Beacon readers a humorous take on the New York City mayor’s latest offense.
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani is under fire for inflicting what many have described as a “curse” on the New York Mets after hugging the team’s mascots during a photo op earlier this month. The Mets have now lost 10 consecutive games since Mamdani visited Citi Field on April 9. They’ve been outscored 55-17 during that stretch. Before Mamdani’s ill-fated intervention, the Mets were 7-5 and had outscored their opponents 70-27. Now they’re in the midst of the worst losing streak in team history.
“He gave them bad juju. Bad juju. That was bad juju, that was no good,” Nelson Berrios, a 49-year-old Mets fan who voted for Mamdani, told the New York Post. “When he hugged them, I was like what’s going on? Nobody touches Mr. Met, only Mrs. Met, that’s it.”
Given the strength of evidence, Mamdani’s defenders have failed to offer a compelling alternative explanation for the Mets’ recent struggles. The mayor’s meeting with former president Barack Obama over the weekend further undermined Mamdani’s claim to innocence. Obama, whom many regard as the intellectual predecessor of Mamdani’s radical anti-capitalist, pro-terrorist brand of progressivism, was widely criticized for his frequent deployment of sports-related curses.
Their meeting in the Bronx on Saturday—at a time when the Mets had already lost nine straight games—sparked outrage among American citizens who want their elected leaders to spend more time solving problems and less time conjuring the dark arts to meddle in professional sports.
Some have speculated that Mamdani is punishing the Mets for giving their players too much money. The team has the second-highest payroll in the league, with total spending approaching $500 million, including luxury tax. Mamdani has repeatedly argued that successful individuals, including the hardworking immigrants who play for the Mets, are not paying their fair share in taxes.
