Let's Road Trip Cubs 2025: Trip #5 - Taking a Bite Out of the Big Apple - Cubs

In mid-May the Chicago Cubs head east to take on Juan Soto and the New York Mets. Will it be an Amazin' trip? Or will the big pockets Mets show the Cubs what spending can do?

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New York Mets – May 9-11
Citi Field: Capacity 41,922
2024 Attendance: 2,329,299 (Averaged 29,484, 10th in the NL and 17th overall MLB)

The Cubs split a four-game series at Citi Field in April of 2024. The games were all decided by two or fewer runs except for the eleven-inning finale; they all were low-scoring affairs. Citi Field has been a home away from home for the Cubbies since it opened in 2009, with the Cubs going 28-23 over that span of road trips. This includes four sweeps in the past decade, with the Cubs not losing at Citi Field from May 2018 until August 2019!

In 1962, the New York Mets launched their franchise, hoping to fill the void left when the Giants headed to San Francisco. 1969 brought a World Series title for the Miracle Mets, and they again reached the pinnacle of the sport in 1986. Other than a brief glimpse of success, ultimately falling to the Royals in 2015, the Mets have been more of a joke than a dynasty. Steve Cohen’s purchase of the team in 2020 led fans to a false hope of big spending equaling big success. The spending happened, and nothing but dysfunction ensued until 2024. There is hope in Mets-ville, but will it get fulfilled?

Mid-May temperatures should be pleasant, and many of the same tourist attractions that one would see at a Yankees game work for Mets trips. Times Square and Central Park are just a river away, and Queens and Brooklyn offer numerous cultural activities. Located just outside LaGuardia airport, Cubs travelers can fly in and find easy rideshares to the stadium or lodging.

Citi Field replaced Shea Stadium in 2009, and its open concourses, intimate seating, and sightlines offer a better overall fan experience than Yankee Stadium. The atmosphere is still uniquely “New York,” from its giant apple to its Jackie Robinson rotunda; fans experience baseball at its finest…win or lose.

From here, the Cubs return home for must-win games against the Marlins and White Sox. Can the Cubs enter those series with some momentum, or will they still be reeling from a Big Apple beatdown?