Dear Melodramatic Mets Fan with social media issues,
It was quite a week! Even though the week isn’t over, it feels like it has lasted a month. A good month!
So why do I continually see on social media—sometimes minutes before the incredible rally, big hit, or key pitch—that some fan has decried “Typical loser Mets,” or “Why would you bring in [such and such reliever] right now?” or “Glad this is Pete Alonso’s last at bat as a Met.” So much for “Ya Gotta Believe!” I understand being pessimistic about the Mets. My entire life revolves around this philosophy. If I hadn’t been in a room full of Mets fans I probably would have been watching a Get Smart re-run during the bottom of the 10th inning in Game 6 in 1986 (either series).
But I don’t understand the need to say these things aloud and to make these proclamations before anything actually happens. Do you think if Pete Alonso struck out or banged into a double play, the world will recall: “Joe Blow sagely predicted this”? Sorry, they won’t. They’d barely remember if Stephen A. Smith said it much less you. And he’d at least be doing it for ratings. What is your motivation?
The moral here? Give it a rest. Wait for the pitch, the swing, the catch. The Mets are playing with house money. Sure, they could lose. But remember when they were 11 games under in May. That team is dead. This one is pretty damned fun. Stop typing long enough to enjoy it. As the ad says, “Taste the rainbow!”
Thanks,
Met