Buy the hat, get the pessimism for free
I guess I never fully realized just how unhappy Mets fans really are. Not until now. I absolutely couldn't understand why none of the die-hard Mets fans that I know shared my excitement and enthusiasm for the current success of the team. After all, the Mets have the best record in baseball and are riding a five game winning streak. Pedro is fantastic, Carlos^2 couldn't be better, and the much hated Braves are a safe distance behind.
But all the fans seem to have this "things are going to get worse before they get a lot worse" mentality. One person explained to me that so many years of shattered hope and unrealized potential jaded his outlook too much, and a measly little five game winning streak wasn't going to change anything. He also proceeded to read off a long list of all the things that can, and undoubtedly will go wrong with the team - Pedro will hurt his thumb, Zambrano will hurt his toe, Beltran will get an ear infection, and so on and on.
As you know, I always expect things to turn out perfectly well, and I'm quite seriously hoping for a Subway World Series. But, I am slowly beginning to understand why pessimism inevitably comes with every Mets hat.
6 Comments:
The reason that I am not celebrating yet is because we haven't played the Braves yet. Wasn't it you who said that having Soriano on the Nationals will probably lower the Mets ERA by some 2 points? If they win the first series against Atlanta I'll get my party hat.
I am with you Irina. This year is going to be it. Subway World Series, why not, as long as the Mets win. People forget that the Braves aren't what they used to be without their pitching coach.
in my entire adult life, the mets have never failed to dissapoint me.
Tell me that Zambrano's outting today doesn't temper *somewhat* your enthusiasm for the Met's season.
Looks like the offense more than made up for it.
Sorry, didn't mean to publish that anonymously :)
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