"Every exit is an entry somewhere else" - Tom Stoppard
Like most Mets fans, I picked a chosen hated team to “root for” in the World Series, but have still been left with a disappointed and depressed feeling in the pit of my stomach. All you need to do is take a glance at any Mets blog or on Twitter and you’ll find all types of Mets fans continually posting about their Mets-related depression.
But this morning I woke up, after a night in which “my” team lost game 1 of the World Series, feeling much more at east with our current predicament. The Mets haven’t played baseball in weeks; their 2009 season is over by far. So, why worry about them? Anything worth depressing yourself about the Mets is either in the past or in the future; there is no present. Omar can’t make any free agent signings or any big trades while baseball’s still being played, and the team can’t lose any more games for several months. There’s no reason to be distraught.
But it gets better. No matter what happens in the rest of the World Series, no matter who you chose to root for, even if it’s neither team – we all get to see a team we hate lose the championship! That’s a win-win situation if I ever saw one. And the Mets are so far out of the picture, we probably won’t even have to deal with crap from the winner’s fans like in 2008 with the Phillies and in 2000 with the Yankees.
For me personally, it got even better this morning when I got into work. A Yankees “fan” (I use that term loosely) blamed me for the Yankees’ loss last night, because I was rooting for them. I’m not sure if she thought that was going to bother me, but it just pumped me up more. My team didn’t even make the playoffs, and I’m gettin g some blame (read: credit) for a team I hate losing a World Series game!
So maybe it’s time to step back, look at the big picture, and realize that whatever’s about to happen to finish off the 2009 baseball season is out of our control. We might as well take advantage of the perks left in our grasp before the long offseason begins.
10 comments
CaseStreet
10/29/2009-9:25am at 9:25 am (UTC -4)
Serves you right for rooting for the Yankees.
I’ll be having a Philly Cheesesteak for lunch in celebration of the Yawkee “debacle” (cuz anytime they lose it’s a debacle).
Lee owned the Yankees, now its Pedro’s turn.
trs86
10/29/2009-9:25am at 9:25 am (UTC -4)
LOL
So last night I watched the game as a true baseball fan and fell asleep with the Phillies up 2-0. I thought there was a good chance for a comeback but it did not happen. As you guys know I am rooting against the Phillies. But when I turned on the news this morning to find out they won and Lee had pitched a CG I thought “Well good for him, he was always an after thought guy that no one really gave enough credit to.” So I was at peace and thought to myself I don’t give a damn who wins.
BUT then I turn on my local radio station in Charlotte and they mention the game and all kinds of people in the background start cheering when they say the Phillies won. I am in friggin NC. So then I turn off the radio and check the morning local TV news for the weather as part of my morning ritual and what do I hear? The damn weather man clapping loudly on the TV because they just had covered the Phillies winning. Disgusted, I get in the car for work and turn on the local sports show thinking I could take my mind off things by listening to how bad things were for sports fans in Charlotte. With the Panthers sucking, Delhome still starting, and the Bobcats puting up a dynamic 59 points last night I new I could get by without hearing about the WS. You know where this is going. What do I hear, the entire damn radio station going on and on about how they love the Phillies because of what they stand for and hate the Yankees.
So now I am back to the screw the Phillies I hate them and it bothers me again. I was finally at peace. Damn you bandwagon anti-NY fans.
metsfan4decades
10/29/2009-10:04am at 10:04 am (UTC -4)
hahaha – sorry, not laughing at your plight, really…
If it’s that bad in Charlotte, can you imagine what we in the NY metro area are listening too? I’m right in the middle here at the Jersey shore and no matter what I listen too, it’s either all about the Yanks or all about the Phils.
Had to laugh at a comment over on MLB on a Marty Noble post I read this morning. It was a Philly fan trying to mock the Mets. First, he kept spelling it ‘Mut’. What exactly is a Mut? LOL.
Second, why on this green earth are the Phillies still concerned about the Mets? We weren’t even a blimp on their radar this year. This guy should have been out on the Yankee’s blogs tormenting them….
trs86
10/29/2009-10:14am at 10:14 am (UTC -4)
Of course this is on a blog that a guy actually answered a question from a Mets fan that said:
“I think this would be a strong starting lineup for the Mets — if they’re all healthy. And I want to know what you think of it: shortstop — Jose Reyes, second base –
Luis Castillo, third base — David Wright, center field — Carlos Beltran, first base — Daniel Murphy, right field — Jeff Francoeur, left field — Nick Evans, catcher — Omir Santos and P for a DH. Maybe they pick up a free agent that is not great in the field, but a great hitter. Kind of like what the Phillies are doing with Matt Stairs.”
The guy honestly said “and a P for DH” OK so either your quality if questions coming in is poor or you just like making fun of people. LOL.
metsfan4decades
10/29/2009-10:34am at 10:34 am (UTC -4)
LOL – I read that. Even Marty Noble didn’t know what he was trying to say.
And Nick Evans as catcher?
metsfan4decades
10/29/2009-10:38am at 10:38 am (UTC -4)
Oops – sorry. I see it’s Evans in LF.
dirtysanchez
10/29/2009-10:47am at 10:47 am (UTC -4)
Ha! Thats pretty funny…maybe the bandwagon met fans that we picked up in 06 and 07 will defect to philly…one can only hope..
udontmesswthejohan
10/29/2009-9:30am at 9:30 am (UTC -4)
I must be honest and say that I really enjoyed that game last night on a bunch of different levels. First, the Yankees lost which was really nice. Second, the “best baseball fans in the world” as they were recently referred to by Lupica either deserted or were just plain stunned. Third, isn’t it nice to see the Phillies do what they always do to us to someone else? Fourth, I literally called the first utley homerun two pitches before he did it. I’ve seen that at bat before.
whataputz
10/29/2009-1:50pm at 1:50 pm (UTC -4)
Its very interesting how empty the stadium got in the 8th inning. I guess it was a little late, and they were tired. I mean after all they probably only shelled out a couple of hundred, which is pocket change to them. I love atching upset Yankee fans, almost as much as I enjoy watching happy Mets fans (on that rare occasion).
stickguy
10/29/2009-2:26pm at 2:26 pm (UTC -4)
I have been making it clear that my preference was for the yankees to win, since I live in Philly country (purely my own selfish intersts, of course!)
But, I have to admit, it was wonderfully satisfying watching the Yankees get embarrassed. Hell, Lee was practically taunting them with his glove!
what a freaking steal that trade was. I was hoping at the time the phils would gut the farm for halladay, instead they traded some B level guys (keeping all the top tier) for Lee.
How the heck was Lee so bad 2 years ago their was talk of cutting him before the 2008 season? maybe there is hope for ollie after all!