We Have Johan and You Don't
They said that getting Johan Santana would have the ancillary effect of taking everyone's mind off the collapse. I never really bought it.
The media is comprised mostly of bottom-feeding scum who prefer to focus on the negative and ignore the positive. The bad stories would still be there, we were assured, and the Mets wouldn't and couldn't escape them until they made the playoffs, and went far. Mets fans, likewise, would be haunted by the collapse all Spring Training and into the season.
The part about the media is true. Virtually every article about the Mets references the collapse, many players are discussed within the context of the collapse. Articles about Mets who were there, like David Wright, Jose Reyes and Billy Wagner, discuss the collapse at length.
Articles about Mets who weren't there like, Johan and Duaner Sanchez, talk about how they will or will not pull the Mets from the depths of the collapse. Articles about non-players, like Willie, Omar and the Wilpons, are about the collapse more than their supposed subjects. To the media, the collapse is the story.
But to me, and I suspect many fans, the collapse is yesterday's news. I am over it and I wouldn't be over it without Johan Santana.
Without Johan, Jimmy Rollins and Brett Myers', swipes at the Mets would anger me, and the anger would come from a place of inferiority and insecurity. Now, I find it exciting. I love that they're talking and we're talking back, because I'm not afraid. I want them to talk, because I'm confident we have the better team.
Without Johan, I might be worried about what's shaping up to be a very formidable rotation in Atlanta, and a very strong lineup. I might be worried that they were a sleeping giant, and I might even be worried that Tom Glavine would win another NL East with the Braves, really putting an exclamation point on his screw you to Mets fans. But I'm not. I'm just excited to see them go down again, cementing their newfound place as NL East also-rans.
The Diamondbacks would worry me, having added a Cy Young-caliber starter in Y2K fave Dan Haren. The Cubs would worry me, having added the only free agent who's signing was met with applause by baseball people in Fukudome. The Rockies might worry me, having kept their NL Championship team intact.
But instead nothing is worrying me. The Mets have the best pitcher in the league to go along with the guy who had the best season in the league last year, David Wright.
Is it possible that the bullpen collapses? That Reyes doesn't bounce back? That Delgado continues to be a sinkhole in the middle of the lineup? That Maine and Perez go 10-15 instead of 15-10? I guess.
I don't think any of it's going to happen. And even if it does, we can weather it now. Johan Santana has erased my bad thoughts.
- KFC
The media is comprised mostly of bottom-feeding scum who prefer to focus on the negative and ignore the positive. The bad stories would still be there, we were assured, and the Mets wouldn't and couldn't escape them until they made the playoffs, and went far. Mets fans, likewise, would be haunted by the collapse all Spring Training and into the season.
The part about the media is true. Virtually every article about the Mets references the collapse, many players are discussed within the context of the collapse. Articles about Mets who were there, like David Wright, Jose Reyes and Billy Wagner, discuss the collapse at length.
Articles about Mets who weren't there like, Johan and Duaner Sanchez, talk about how they will or will not pull the Mets from the depths of the collapse. Articles about non-players, like Willie, Omar and the Wilpons, are about the collapse more than their supposed subjects. To the media, the collapse is the story.But to me, and I suspect many fans, the collapse is yesterday's news. I am over it and I wouldn't be over it without Johan Santana.
Without Johan, Jimmy Rollins and Brett Myers', swipes at the Mets would anger me, and the anger would come from a place of inferiority and insecurity. Now, I find it exciting. I love that they're talking and we're talking back, because I'm not afraid. I want them to talk, because I'm confident we have the better team.
Without Johan, I might be worried about what's shaping up to be a very formidable rotation in Atlanta, and a very strong lineup. I might be worried that they were a sleeping giant, and I might even be worried that Tom Glavine would win another NL East with the Braves, really putting an exclamation point on his screw you to Mets fans. But I'm not. I'm just excited to see them go down again, cementing their newfound place as NL East also-rans.
The Diamondbacks would worry me, having added a Cy Young-caliber starter in Y2K fave Dan Haren. The Cubs would worry me, having added the only free agent who's signing was met with applause by baseball people in Fukudome. The Rockies might worry me, having kept their NL Championship team intact.
But instead nothing is worrying me. The Mets have the best pitcher in the league to go along with the guy who had the best season in the league last year, David Wright.
Is it possible that the bullpen collapses? That Reyes doesn't bounce back? That Delgado continues to be a sinkhole in the middle of the lineup? That Maine and Perez go 10-15 instead of 15-10? I guess.
I don't think any of it's going to happen. And even if it does, we can weather it now. Johan Santana has erased my bad thoughts.
- KFC
posted by A Friend of Mr. Glass' at 12:09 AM
1 Comments:
Aren't those in the media supposed to look for a "new angle" in their stories, to make them at least seem original? It really does seem like the collapse is the only angle through which any Mets story can be viewed.
In other news, David Eckstein is scrappy and gritty, which means he doesn't actually suck.
Wait, I think I read that somewhere.
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