LOYAL METS FAN FROM AGE 6 TO 56, ENCOMPASSING TWO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, SEVEN OTHER POSTSEASONS AND MYRIAD LOSING CAMPAIGNS. ATTENDED HUNDREDS OF GAMES AT SHEA STADIUM AND HUNDREDS MORE AT CITI FIELD. REGULARLY TUNED INTO TV AND RADIO BROADCASTS. READ ABOUT TEAM RELIGIOUSLY. CO-AUTHORED BLOG DEVOTED TO METS FANDOM FOR 15 SEASONS. PUBLISHED SEVERAL BOOKS ON FRANCHISE HISTORY. SHARED INTENSE PASSION FOR BALLCLUB WITH LOVED ONES AND TOTAL STRANGERS ALIKE. NEARLY ALWAYS CLAD IN SOME COMBINATION OF ORANGE AND BLUE. AFTER THIRD EXTRA-INNING LOSS IN FOUR DAYS TO GIANTS, JUST COULDN’T FUCKING TAKE IT ANYMORE.
 
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Can do better with the nickname. “The Irony Horse.” “The Say What Kid.” “Big Poisoned.””The Wizard of Ahs.” “Bookie.” “Big Copy.” “Dizzy & Daffy.” “Fug.” “Skip a Space Man.”
Style points, yes, but I am more impressed by Pete’s display of “fork this shot” and splitting the evil bat that wouldn’t hit over his razor-sharp titanium leg.
…and Pete’s body and what it can do is precisely all that impresses me about the Mets anymore…
And just what about the aforementioned third extra-inning loss in four days surprised you? In what way did it surprise you? Was this not 100% on brand? Did you fail to read the post-1969 fine print in your fan contract?
Familia pitched a scoreless two batters.
Please refrain from making me laugh and cry at the same time.
Ramos really “barreled it up” on his four fly-outs to right field.
In an episode of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”, Captain Benjamin Sisko has an antique baseball from the 21st century, that he says was used in that epic World Series battle between the Giants and the Mets (yes, I know…re-alignment…). He mentions reverently that “every game went into extra innings”…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_Out_to_the_Holosuite
I’ve discovered that the ratio of time devoted to these Mets is proportional to the level of frustration resulting from their antics. I’d like to suggest temporarily adopting the Gianni way of following the team: if the game is in progress leave the gamecast on in the background of something else you are doing that might be more productive. Check periodically, if bullpen implodes close browser window. Alternatively simply check the box score after the game to see what happened, then watch highlights and spend as little time as possible doing so; IE yesterday’s game the Alonso bat incident and the Rosario homer (we already know what a Conforto shot looks like). Conversely if they win watch more highlights. Were you in the moment? Of course not, but when the team provides 10-40x more frustrating experiences than joyous ones…
Of course Gianni has no (paid for) TV access anyway. Nor does he have access to any (how much do those things cost???) tickets.
Perhaps therein lies the rub. Who’s the big winner this year? At this juncture Brodie’s CAA clients. Um, former clients.
Taking a deep breath after the scorching weekend to give thanks for Alonso, and also to McNeil, Jake, JD Davis and most especially Dom Smith. Yeah he dropped that fly ball but consider how he’s handled the Alonso emergence this year and let’s all tip our caps to that.
I mentioned JD as I have a theory about this year’s team. A subtle thing; at the beginning of the season the hitters were doing well, and he was involved in “keeping the line moving”. Frazier comes off the DL, replaces him in the lineup, and with his one dimensional game they just seemed a bit different. Would the Braves have made that switch? Of course not, they would have played the better player under the circumstances, not the higher paid / more famous one. Wonder who’s call was that, Calloway, Brodie or the Wilpons. Given the Cano trade, made in light of McNeil’s BA last year, I gotta feeling who. Although Calloway still appears to have not learned his lesson from last year and simply not overthink the batting order – every day there’s some bizarre aspect to that.
They failed this year largely due to the bullpen, defense and the presence of Cano. OK, no one would have thought that the relievers assembled could turn out to be this bad. So that’s just players underperforming. However the defense (and yep I know Frazier’s better at third than JD which runs counter to my theory above) and Cano says a lot. Either they were badly assembled or they’re not being coached correctly. Correct?
I actually thought they might make a run here, which would have been especially precious on this 50th anniversary of why I also have stuck it out for this long. Perversely it was the Giants, former residents of the Polo Grounds, the model for the bizarre new stadium, that finished them off.
One caveat to the Brodie-lashing, of course Cespedes and Lowrie would have helped significantly.
Hope springs eternal LOL. No combination of two of the Nationals, Brewers, Cardinals and Phillies are going to collapse, and then there’s the five other teams above them in the standings. I suppose July 21 is better than June 1 for the season to be officially over. Almost made it to 100 games!
Again thanks to you guys for always making following the team more interesting.
Now back to our regularly scheduled broadcast of “Who Are They Trading by the Deadline”.
There’s Prometheus, there’s Sisyphus, and then there’s Met Fandom. Sigh.
Now that that’s over, it’s not too late to take up golf. Then, again, perhaps you’ve suffered enough.
Starting pitch sharp, bullpen sharp, but hitherto relative team strength hitting goes ice cold. Lots of coulda, shoulda-type losses this season.
Greg—
“There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them. ”
― Casey Stengel
Greg, despite what you wrote, we know you’re not leaving the Mets. Your loyal followers demand you continue to provide entertaining takes on what goes on in Metland. After all, we are Metsochists at heart.
We look forward to your wry analysis of the upcoming trades of Wheeler, Frazier, Vargas and others for this year’s versions of Jacob Rhame and Stephen Nogosek.
Put simply, you and Jason make the burden of being a Mets fan bearable.