Among other things discussed was this:
Male Mets fans were 43% more likely than Yankees fans to drink beer. They also drink more in general: the percentage of male Yankees fans who said they don't drink was almost double that of their Mets counterparts (30% to 16%).
For a simple explanation as to why Mets fans drink more than Yankee fans one has only to look at the last five Mets games.
I mentioned (The Mets...*sigh*) the three game series in Cincinnati in which two of the three games went into extra innings and all three were decided in the final at bat of the winning team. (That is they went right down to the wire.)
Last night, the Giants came to Citi Field and took the Mets to bottom of the ninth tied 4-4 when catcher Rod Barajas hit a 2-run, walk-off home run to win the game. It was his second home run of the night. (He also hit a solo home run in the ninth inning of the middle game in Cincinnati--the only game the Mets won there. Barajas now has 9 home runs and 17 RBI for the season in just 82 at bats.)
Today, Barajas got the day off, in part because he got dinged on the hand in last night's game and performed his heroics with a hand he had trouble getting the batting glove on and off. His back-up is Henry Blanco. All Blanco did was go 3 for 5 including a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to win the game.
So that's five (5) consecutive games in which the score was tied in the ninth inning and three of the five went into extra innings. Is it any wonder that the Mets fans drink a little more?
It's also five consecutive games in which the starting pitcher did not figure in the decision--even though they may have left the game with the Mets ahead. They probably are drinking a bit more now as well.
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