The Blurst of Times
I've fallen in to an ugly routine the last four days. Whether it's because of personal obligations like the wife's grandfather's 80th birthday or a flight back to New York, or if it's because I'm not as young as I once was and can't stay up watching these West Coast games, I haven't been able to watch much of the Mets' recent slide.
Come to think of it, it's not just the last four days, it's really the entirety of the Mets' 9-game slide. I've seen innings here and there, but haven't had the "pleasure" of watching the boys go out there and get their asses kicked. My life with the Mets the past week has consisted of trips over to ESPN.com, Mets Fast Forward on SNY, and, of course, the backpages of the local tabloids.
What is abundantly clear is that these are pretty lousy times to be a Mets lover and a Yankee hater. I try to keep it in the right perspective. I try to remind myself that through the first 50 games the Mets were up and the Yankees down, pretty much night after night.
Whatever, I still feel good about this team. It would be different if I felt like the components weren't there or that the mix of the players wasn't right, but by and large I don't feel that way.
Sure, I have serious reservations about Julio Franco and Scott Schoeneweis, and yes, I even have somewhat serious doubts about Carlos Delgado by this point.
But I feel good about the team as a whole, and I think it will round in to form. I often recall Bobby Valentine's old adage about teams in the midst of a hot or a cold streak. No team was as good as it appeared during a hot streak nor as bad as it appeared during a cold streak. The truth was somewhere in between.
The Mets have been on a cold streak for 9 games now, losing 8 of them. Before that happened we were 35-19, 16 games over .500. Sure we've played some good teams in this stretch, but it's not like we didn't play any good teams in the heady times before we hit the skids.
Losing sucks. As Metstradamus said the other day, "food tastes better, traffic moves faster, and air smells less smoggy when your favorite team wins." God knows my food has been less tasty, my subway rides more protracted, and my air has carried a horrific smell of smog the past 10 days, but I remain optimistic nevertheless.
And I'm pretty sure it's not because I haven't been watching the past week and change. It's because deep down I think this team is more the team from the first 54 games, and less the team from the past 9 games.
And deep down, I'll bet you think that, too.
Anyway, that's all I got for today. Now let's salvage this series with a win tonight before heading into our showdown in the Bronx.
- A.F.O.M.G.
(Image courtesy of allthewrightstuff.mlblogs.com)
Come to think of it, it's not just the last four days, it's really the entirety of the Mets' 9-game slide. I've seen innings here and there, but haven't had the "pleasure" of watching the boys go out there and get their asses kicked. My life with the Mets the past week has consisted of trips over to ESPN.com, Mets Fast Forward on SNY, and, of course, the backpages of the local tabloids.What is abundantly clear is that these are pretty lousy times to be a Mets lover and a Yankee hater. I try to keep it in the right perspective. I try to remind myself that through the first 50 games the Mets were up and the Yankees down, pretty much night after night.
Whatever, I still feel good about this team. It would be different if I felt like the components weren't there or that the mix of the players wasn't right, but by and large I don't feel that way.
Sure, I have serious reservations about Julio Franco and Scott Schoeneweis, and yes, I even have somewhat serious doubts about Carlos Delgado by this point.
But I feel good about the team as a whole, and I think it will round in to form. I often recall Bobby Valentine's old adage about teams in the midst of a hot or a cold streak. No team was as good as it appeared during a hot streak nor as bad as it appeared during a cold streak. The truth was somewhere in between.
The Mets have been on a cold streak for 9 games now, losing 8 of them. Before that happened we were 35-19, 16 games over .500. Sure we've played some good teams in this stretch, but it's not like we didn't play any good teams in the heady times before we hit the skids.
Losing sucks. As Metstradamus said the other day, "food tastes better, traffic moves faster, and air smells less smoggy when your favorite team wins." God knows my food has been less tasty, my subway rides more protracted, and my air has carried a horrific smell of smog the past 10 days, but I remain optimistic nevertheless.
And I'm pretty sure it's not because I haven't been watching the past week and change. It's because deep down I think this team is more the team from the first 54 games, and less the team from the past 9 games.
And deep down, I'll bet you think that, too.
Anyway, that's all I got for today. Now let's salvage this series with a win tonight before heading into our showdown in the Bronx.
- A.F.O.M.G.
(Image courtesy of allthewrightstuff.mlblogs.com)
posted by A Friend of Mr. Glass' at 11:06 AM
3 Comments:
Hello, it's debmc from FU!
Deep down, I think our boys are going to pull it out, but I have to admit that right now, I'd like to ram a stick of dynamite up the collective butts of Reyes and The Two Carloses, as they are becoming un-affectionately known, lol.
I think they need to revert to the 2006 lineup, to the extent they can, that brought them success, and stop tinkering with it. Most of the injured guys are back now, let's go back to what brought us here!
My god, that's a fantastic Simpsons reference.
It's stupid to panic at this point. Even the worst teams play better than the Mets are playing right now. As much as I think the Mets are going to win this division 'easily', a little adversity could go a long way to remind the Mets that hey, losing sucks. I hope they remember this stretch come October. And despite the stuggles, I have faith that they're going to clobber Clemens and Clippard
Post a Comment
<< Home