A New Curse
On May 29, the Mets were 33-16. They had won four in a row. The team was cruising.
The next day something happened, something that sent the team careening to a loss on May 30, and 58 losses total in the next 112 games. That day, Guillermo Mota returned to the Mets.
The Mets handed a fat 2-year contract to Mota even after proof emerged that he had taken performance enhancing drugs. The Mets were swayed by his open acceptance of guilt -- which, in fairness, was commendable -- and the solid results he'd put up in a Met uniform in late 2006.
The deal felt wrong from the beginning. Why was he given two years? Why were we rewarding a cheat? Weren't we at least concerned that somebody who was terrible for months, years even, suddenly became amazing and then shortly thereafter was caught using steroids? The questions were endless.
I said yesterday that I'd believe in anything. Right now I can't believe in logic, because logic tells me the Mets should be in the playoffs. And so I'll believe in curses.
Guillermo Mota cursed this team. They were a .660 club before he arrived, and .487 afterward.
If you believe like Lister does that there was some malevolent force out there conspiring against the Mets, do like the Mets did and put your money on Mota.
- A.F.O.M.G.
The next day something happened, something that sent the team careening to a loss on May 30, and 58 losses total in the next 112 games. That day, Guillermo Mota returned to the Mets.
The Mets handed a fat 2-year contract to Mota even after proof emerged that he had taken performance enhancing drugs. The Mets were swayed by his open acceptance of guilt -- which, in fairness, was commendable -- and the solid results he'd put up in a Met uniform in late 2006.
The deal felt wrong from the beginning. Why was he given two years? Why were we rewarding a cheat? Weren't we at least concerned that somebody who was terrible for months, years even, suddenly became amazing and then shortly thereafter was caught using steroids? The questions were endless.I said yesterday that I'd believe in anything. Right now I can't believe in logic, because logic tells me the Mets should be in the playoffs. And so I'll believe in curses.
Guillermo Mota cursed this team. They were a .660 club before he arrived, and .487 afterward.
If you believe like Lister does that there was some malevolent force out there conspiring against the Mets, do like the Mets did and put your money on Mota.
- A.F.O.M.G.
posted by A Friend of Mr. Glass' at 5:02 PM
10 Comments:
I guess the silver lining is now the team has justification to look at each and every member of its organization. From David Newhan to Reyes, the head custodian to Mr. Wilpon. Everyone has to be held accountable.
How did the NY football Giants win the same amount of games as our Mets did this weekend?
sheesh
Beat the Mets, beat the Mets
Last place teams defeat the Mets
Hanging sliders, minor-league speed
Guaranteed to waste a seven run lead
Because the Met bullpen keeps fading away
October baseball won't be at Shea
Shouldn't that be "seven game lead", anon?
Either way, clever stuff. Way to go.
not that clever...
thats been going around in an email for about a week...
How can Mets fans watch summer baseball from here on in? We could start 20-0 next year and I don't think I will care. This team has ruined summer baseball.
Not sure I hear you on that one, Patrick. The horrible thing about this team is that it just didn't seem to care, but there's nothing saying that will carry over to next year's team. A good kick in the ass might be just what some of these guys needed, frankly.
What's so strange about it is how it was the polar opposite of 2006. The joy that team seemed to take in playing the game was a beautiful thing to watch; this year it was something else entirely.
As quickly as the joy of 2006 turned into the malaise of 2007, so too might we find ourselves with a loveable team in 2008. Don't write 2008 off now anyway.
This is all funny to me
I love when anonymous people write such creative emails. I feel like if I wrote something HALF that funny I would want to attach my name to it. Maybe the Onion or the Lampoon is hiring. I assume you are already at Harvard and half way there.
Hey Yankee Fan- you know what is funny to me, your perpetual virginity. We all find different things funny.
Hugs and Kisses,
Cousin Evan
I wish my brother hadn't beaten me to the "you know what I think is funny" concept, but I'll jump in anyway.
You know what I think is funny? Regardless of whether A-Rod goes 1-for-14 or 10-for-14, when the Yankees lose to the Tribe, it's gonna be all about how he's not a True Yankee and he'll be on the first bus out of town. I can't wait to buy a jersey of him on his new team.
Oh, and by the way:
Choke-Rod: 1.193 OPS in September.
The Clutchest Man On Earth: .858 OPS in September.
Karma.
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