What it's Like to Be a Mets Fan

So I'm on my way home from Albany as I think to myself, "wow I really haven't blogged in ages. I don't deserve to be followed." So what better time than now to write my first entry in a while.

What's it like to be a Mets fan? Well, imagine an oyster. And every so often this oyster opens its shell to reveal a bright and promising pearl. The possibility of obtaining this pearl sets off a whirlwind of emotions. The 'what ifs' mixed with the 'could bes'. The emotions trigger the imagination, and the imagination triggers hope. But it just so happens that to grab this pearl is not as simple as good timing. Every time you reach for it, your fingertips getting close to the inside of the oyster, it SNAPS shut! Sometimes the outer ridge even scrapes or pricks your fingers, and its often painful. But you keep going back anyway, because the prospect that is that pearl shines oh so bright.

But then you work up enough courage and frustration to make one indefensible attempt at reaching that pearl. You time it perfectly, you get your fingers inside the oyster, but when you arrive at where that pearl should be, the shell violently shuts on your hand and the pearl is nowhere to be found. You are left with broken fingers, and a broken morale. You, like the majority of the 2009 New York Mets roster have landed on the DL.

I felt the need to post this after the latest victim, and face of the Mets franchise, David Wright was hit in the head by a fastball from Giants' pitcher Matt Cain. As Wright laid face down on the dirt, hardly moving, it was the perfect encapsulation of the 2009 Mets season. Talent, skill, possibilities, all blind sided and send to the ground. Possibilities which appeared more and more as illusions.

It's beyond coincidence at this point. Now, all 4 of the Mets core positional players (Wright, Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, and Carlos Delgado) are on the DL together. Add in about 13 other players who have spent time on that special list. A season that, at its start seemed promising, as Sports Illustrated picked (and cursed) the Mets as their choice as champions of 2009, became more and more of a disaster.

So this is not a time for me, or other Mets fans, to lament any longer. No, this is a time to applaud yourself for being a foolish, but true die hard fan, and sitting through a real life nightmare lasting about 6 months. Pat yourself on the back Mets fans, the season is nearing its end and you have survived one of the most ridiculous, absurd, and after a while strangely predictable seasons to date. This is also a good luck to the fans of all other teams (except Phillies fans), get that ring. There's always next year Mets fans, hang around. I hear 2010 calls for an infirmary addition to Citi Field where the Mo's Zone currently resides.

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