In Case You Never Had a Chance to 'Get Metsmerized'...

(Note: Sippy Momo's piece appears immediately below this one.)

As some of you may be aware, the Mets officially unveiled the 2006 team's anthem last night. The song, "Our Team. Our Time", takes its cue from the slogan "The team. The time. The Mets." which adorns team promotions this year.

Now I never heard "Get Metsmerized", but after listening to this little ditty I feel as though there is no longer any need.

Featuring a young gentleman rapping over what is possibly the most generic beat produced since the early 1980's, "Our Team. Our Time" is comically bad. It's what I would envision resulting if me and Sip went into the lab. Actually, I don't think even we'd suck this hard.

As for who the mystery MC working the mic is, perhaps the best guess is Breakthru Productions guru Steven "Boogie" Brown. According to breakthruproductions.com, Brown has been "a visionary and innovator in music production for the past two decades."

(Picture courtesy of Zulunation.com)

In that time, Brown has produced memorable tracks like "Don't Make Me Wait", "NYC PEECH BOYS" and "Smurf For What It's Worth", which, the website declares, were "all dubbed classics."

If the Mets' press release is to be believed, Brown and the TSJ Marketing Group got worked up in a frenzy over the offseason as the Mets made move after move to improve the club. "Our Team. Our Time" is the orgiastic offspring of their excitement.

The song really has to be heard to be believed, but reproduced below is a transcript of "Our Team. Our Time".

New York Mets… Our team! Our time!!
New York Mets… Our team! Our time!!

Our team, our time!!!

We get the hits… hits!
We score the runs… runs!
We shut you down… down!
We’re number one… One! One! One! One!

New York Mets… Our team! Our time!!
New York Mets… Our team! Our time!!
New York Mets… Our team! Our time!!
New York Mets… Our team! Our time!!

Our team, our time!!!

Pedro Martinez will strike you out, :)
Billy Wagner coming through… he’s throwing heat, no doubt!!!@!!!!
David Wright, Jose Reyes making sure you’re not safe
Just in case, Carlos Delgado, he’s at first base!
Cliff Floyd, Carlos Beltran, play in the outfield
Come to Shea Stadium, our team’s the real deal!!!!

New York Mets… Our team! Our time!!
New York Mets… Our team! Our time!!
Our team, our time!!!

You can hear the song by following this link: (http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060417&content_id=1404742&vkey=pr_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym).

There's really not much else to say. At this moment I have no zingers, no real response other than a sensation of numbness expanding over my entire being as I contemplate hearing that song all summer long.

Like many other Mets fans, I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop the past two weeks. 10-2 with a 5-game lead on the rest of the field was just too good to be true. Perhaps this is our punishment.

As it is, this song is almost enough to make you long for the days of the "Enter Sandman" controversy.

OUR TEAM! OUR TIME!!

- A.F.O.M.G.