Comments on: Is This the Most Disappointing Season in Mets History?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:59:00 +0000

http://nymag.com/daily/sports/2009/09/is-this-the-worst-season-in-me.html
Good work!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:24:00 +0000

Actually, it was the end of the 1970 season that I found disappointing. We were in the race for the entire season only to fade fast in mid-September. The euphoria of the '69 miracle was still carried over until the Bucs clinched the flag via a three-game sweep in Pittsburgh the weekend before the season ended.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:42:00 +0000

I don't agree that 1970 and 1971 were disappointing. I do not remember thinking that, after 1969, we would be in it every year. I always thought that 1969 was a special miracle, involving a kind of trance-like atmosphere, that was not going to become commonplace. I was even surprised when 1970 and 1971 started off as well as they did. In all of these seasons of the early '70s, I thought of the Mets as a barely above .500 team that might catch lightning in a bottle, but couldn't expect to. Our pitching was great, but our lineup was never even above average.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:51:00 +0000

Agree on all points.
2007 was the worst. We went from WS favorites to laughingstock of MLB. Then followed it up in 2008, 2009, and probably beyond.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:17:00 +0000

My most disappointing season was 1970 – by far not the worst in the annals of Met history but the worst in terms of an emotional letdown. We were unprepared for the bubble that eventually had to burst after reaching such superlative heights the year before and continued throughout the winter and on through the 1970 season.
The last week of the season I was with a friend in Macys' and an afternoon Met game was being shown on a color television. I was only used to black and white so it was eerie how the set brought out the early afternoon shadows and folliage associated with the onslaught of fall. That, along with seeing a sparse crowd wearing overcoats, was the moment when it hit me we were at the end of the road as far as the miracle was concerned.
Nothing is as sweet as savoring the first championship but at the same time nothing is as bitter as experiencing the first dethroning.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:06:00 +0000

The Mets took a nosedive in the middle of 1971, and I was pretty disappointed that for the first time in my life as a fan they fell out of a pennant race. That's when I learned for sure that they didn't like to hit.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:55:00 +0000

Hmmm, just glancing at the comments, I see nothing about 1987. We came out of the '86 Series with Game 6 and all that hoopla. We'd won 108 regular season games and frankly were goog enough for about 115 from some of the lazy losses I recall. What happens in '87? Gooden's cocaine before the opener even and all the starters wind up on the DL. A total throwaway season.
As for 2009 it was reasonable to call the Mets to win the division with the addition of K-Rod and hoping for just what Maine, Perez, Pelfrey had given us before, none of which we got. Nor did we have Delgado's bat, Beltrán's bat or speed, Reyes' presence, speed or anything else. Were the Phillies really likely to win 3 divisions in a row? Was Lidge going to crash to earth? He did, but it didn't matter. In 2007 even with the collapse, I'm sorry, the Mets were the best team in the division. It was a seesaw battle, ended with us a game under. That doesn't tell the story of the whole season. Then in 2008 we took care of Phily during the season, so that looked good but no. I'd say it wasn't as big a disappointment because the players we expected to be in place weren't in place to underperform and disappoint. It's a disappointing outcome for the season, but I didn't have any expectations for a season to include Murphy, Tatis, Takahashi and all these other wahoos.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:54:00 +0000

That was where the Missus drew the line: Russo's wasn't available in early November, and she didn't want a winter wedding. So we compromised. To think, I spent the entire stupid drive to Hana and those dopey 7 pools rooting for the Phillies in the playoffs!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:01:00 +0000

1993: We were so loaded going in, I actually insisted our honeymoon that October be in the US so we wouldn't miss any playoff games (we “settled” on Hawaii).
Heh. My wife and I were married on November 25, 1989 so that there would be no chance of us missing what was sure to be a successful postseason.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:51:00 +0000

Can't believe no one has brought up 2006.