A New Villain in Citi Field?

           Just when every thing seemed fine and dandy in the self proclaimed Gotham City, home of their beloved Matt the “Dark Knight” Harvey -- the new nickname Met fans now call their Ace and Citi Field, a new villain has ostensibly emerged. 

            It's not the Joker, the clown prince of crime. It's not the callous PED abuser Bane. Nor is it the highly appealing and venomous Poison Ivy...

            This foe goes by the name of the Miami Marlins. 

           

            If there were one villain is particular who could be linked to the Marlins, I would say it's the deceitful and cunning Riddler. 

            In his only four starts v. the Miami Marlins, The 24 year old Matt Harvey has found them literally impossible to solve. As a matter of fact, Citi Field’s Dark Knight has had his three shortest outings this season when opposing the Marlins. He is 0-1 with a 3.52 ERA in four starts against the Marlins this season while going 8-2 with a 1.97 ERA against the rest of the majors.

            Now, a comic book critic might inventively ask why so serious? An MLB critic would respond in grand fashion…  At 8-3 with a 2.21 ERA and 0.88 WHIP, why is one of the top ace’s in the NL East struggling against the lowest scoring team with the worst record in the National League?

 

            Here’s what the hero has to say; “"It's not like I take this start or this team any different than against any other team. It's just been that team this year that happens to squeeze out some runs."

            Miami Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. "For whatever reason we really lock it in against him and we've just been able to kind of rise to the occasion."

            Rest assured, the Dark Knight always seems to find his was out of anything. The Mets play the Miami Marlins four more times at home the weekend of September 13^th-15^th…. Let’s see if Harvey can finally lay his foe to rest.