Sunday, September 30, 2007
A Mets Fan's Catharsis
I was born in 1986 and I grew up a 15 minute drive from Shea Stadium. Baseball was never a big sport for me, I mean I never even played little league. But I was always a Mets fan. As I've gotten older, something changed, something clicked, and I've truly grown to love baseball. I've grown to bleed blue and orange. And that is why today is just so absolutely devastating. I feel like a piece of me died. How can I ever look at this team the same way again?I'm not even sure how I'm supposed to feel about this. I mean, I can be angry as hell at Tommy Glavine for not showing up in one of the biggest starts of his career. I can be mad at Jose Reyes for going into the tank in the second half of the year. I can be mad at the bullpen for blowing game after game (ironic though that they would pitch so well today). I can be mad at the offense for not hitting with runners in scoring position. But you know what, it wasn't just today, it wasn't just the last 17 games even. This has building for a while now.
Something about this club just wasn't right. They were in cruise control for way too long. I don't know why the Mets would think that they could just turn it on when they needed to and everything would be OK. They really weren't good enough to just coast, and now they got what they deserve. Willie couldn't get this team motivated, and I don't know why. But I do know that it should cost Willie his job, if for nothing else than to just change the dynamic of the team.
Yet, why, despite all that, why am I still so stunned at what transpired today? I want to be soo mad, but as much as anything I just feel crushed. Though I saw the writing on the wall, somewhere deep down I knew there was no way they could actually blow it. And then they did. I feel let down. The wounds are too raw to be angry. I'm more than disappointed, I'm embarrassed. I'm ashamed to say I root for the Mets. And that hurts more than anything.
There are plenty of changes that need to be made, and plenty of blame to go around. But today is not the day for that. Congrats Philadelphia, your players have heart, your players care, I wish I could say the same. In the end I know I'll be back next year, cause that's what a true fan does. I just hope the players I'm gonna devote six months to following care as much as their fans do - cause I don't know if I can go through this again.....
10 Comments:
this guys a lunatic. i share his pain.
Get a girlfriend...
In some ways, this makes your faith stronger for some reason. I can't explain it, but it does. Nonetheless, they're still f**kups. And it's still devestating. But you'll be ready for April even if you think you can't be. It just happens...
Unless the Phillies win the World Series. I feel dirty thinking about a world where the Phillies are World Champions. Then baseball will just suck.
"get a girlfriend"
classic
As a Vikings fan, I know the feeling that sports can bring when things unexpectedly don't go your way... I feel your pain. :(
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ODE TO THE METS
Long Island has begun to mourn,
Again the team that has brought shame to the City:
It is was a horrid collapse that deserves scorn.
From me, the Mets will receive no pity.
Memories of the nineties begin to surface.
Pratt's walk-off and Ventura extra-inning blast--
Those acts of heroics served no purpose--
Now, another year that New York wants to put in the past.
What will become of Reyes of Beltran, and of Wright?
Can Glavine pitch another year? Can Pedro?
Poor Willie's team gave up without a fight
The finish to this season is a new all-time low.
Fans will be mad for years to come.
The team with talent that disappeared one day,
Causing a losing streak that rival to none.
The Mets, when it mattered most, just couldn't play.
Go Rockies!
Welcome to a taste of my world...See Dallas Mavericks in NBA Finals vs. Miami and last year in the first round vs. Golden State. Feel my pain.
When you live and breathe for a team like the Mets, naturally it's a major blow when collapses like this occur. But think of it this way-- without witnessing the collapses and the major losses, would you be able to appreciate the comebacks and the walkoff wins with as much exhilaration? What would you have to compare it to? As a Mets fan, I'm not saying that I wanted this to happen, but I'm trying to look on the bright side of a very dismal situation.
It should be a VERY interesting offseason for the Mets, which it's already proved to be based on Omar's decision to keep Willie.
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