Why is MAGA blaming Mamdani for the NY Mets’ epic losing streak?

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani may have 'cursed' the Mets after hugging the team's mascot earlier this month, fans, including Fox News host Sean Hannity, say (Getty Images)

Footage of Mamdani embracing Mr. and Mrs. Met has divided the internet on whether he's to blame for the team's losing streak (X/Ari Hoffman)

“It’s not enough that he has to destroy our city, but he has to destroy our sports too,” Compagno added.

The New York Post also entered the growing narrative, featuring Mamdani alongside the Mets’ mascots on its Tuesday front page under the headline “Curse of the Mambino,” a play on the famous “Curse of the Bambino.” That long-running baseball superstition claims the Boston Red Sox were cursed after selling Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1919. The Red Sox went 86 years without a World Series title following the move, while the Yankees went on to win 26 championships in that same span.

Before Mamdani’s visit this month, the Mets started the 2026 season 7-4 and showed early promise despite injuries, including losing outfielder Juan Soto to a calf strain on April 3. Soto had been a standout hitter, batting .355 over his first eight games. The team briefly built momentum with a series win over the Giants and four straight victories, the last of which came on April 7 against the Diamondbacks.

Since then, the Mets have fallen into a 11-game losing streak, the franchise’s worst since 2004. They have been swept by the Athletics, Dodgers and Cubs during that period.

The collapse is especially frustrating for fans given the Mets’ financial investment, with a luxury tax payroll estimated at $381 million and an additional $126 million tax bill, bringing total spending to roughly $507 million for the season, the Associated Press reports.

The New York Mets are currently in their worst run of form since 2004 (Reuters)

Mets fan and Bronx resident Nelson Berrios, who told the NYP that he voted for Mamdani, even claimed the mayor brought the Mets “bad juju.”

“When he hugged them, I was like, ’ What’s going on?’” Berrios told the outlet. “Nobody touches Mr. Met, only Mrs. Met, that’s it.”

Some critics of Mamdani joked that, just as he has advocated higher taxes on wealthy New Yorkers, he was “squeezing the mojo” out of the Mets in the same way.

“The Mets are embracing Mamdani Socialism: they're spreading wins around to teams with far lower payrolls,” said a user on X.

But not everyone was convinced by the so-called “Curse of the Mambino.”

“I mean, it’s the Mets,” one person wrote on X. “I don’t think hugging Mamdani really mattered.”

Mamdani addressed the “curse” Tuesday when asked about it during an announcement on a new early childhood education initiative in the city, saying he is “taking it all in stride.”

“I'll first say that there's a lot of baseball left to be played, and I am still keeping the faith, as I know that many Mets fans are across the city - though I will accept being addressed as Mayor Mambino for the day,” he joked.