Baseball season is upon us. And Mets fans are just bracing for what could possibly the worst season since 2003. The past few years have been terrible. First it was the 2006 loss to the Cardinals, then falling one game short in 2007, and then 3 games short in 2008, and then of course the entire 2009-2010 seasons. Can it get any worse?
As all baseball fans know, it can and has gotten worse. The Mets are being sued for 1 billion dollars as a result of the Madoff scandal. Gerry Manuel and Omar Minaya are gone. The team is in shambles (even though Castillo and Perez have been released). Our star center fielder now right fielder cannot run on his knee...his good knee. We have no catcher. We have no second baseman. We have no pitching. So what will I be doing on April 1st? Watching the Mets season opener against the Marlins. At 7:10 p.m. like every single east coast nighttime Mets game. Why will I be doing this? Because I have no choice right? Well...no, I do actually have a choice, and therein lies the problem. The choice.
The choice is the New York Yankees. In fairness, the Yankees have had it tough lately; they didn't win the World series from 2000-2009. However, during that time period they only failed to reach the playoffs once, and when they did not reach the playoffs, in 2008, they still were 16 games over .500. The Mets in 2008 actually had the same record as the Yankees, however, they collapsed down the stretch to make it feel like they finished at 10 games below .500. But how are the Yankees looking this year? Well C.C. Sabathia, Phil Hughes, Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, Arod, Teixiera, Cano Granderson, Joba...well...they look pretty damn good. They always look good though. ALWAYS.
If I was a rational human being or had any common sense I would root for the Yankees. Why? Because people like to win, even if it means a bunch of millionaires who you root for on television. Winning feels good, therefore, picking a good team to root for makes us feel good. So why the hell isn't every New Yorker a Yankees fan? Why are there any Mets fans at all? The Mets channel shows Mets Classic games and it is the same 10 game rotation. The Yankees channel shows classic games and it is a 200 game rotation. Sometimes they just show an entire season because they were so good.
So will I root for the Yankees? No. I won't. I never will because the Yankees are evil. The Yankees represent corporate America, monopolies and everything that is wrong with everything. The players don't seem to enjoy playing. Watching AROD hit a HR is excrutiatingly painful, not only because I hate him, but because he smirks and that smirk says, this is so easy, I don't need to celebrate because it is no big deal, and then he smacks his gum. You know what I am talking about. The Yankees have ruined baseball for the 25 teams who cannot compete with them for a player. The Yankees outbid every team to get the best players, time and time again. Siding with the Yankees would be siding with the bully.
It's not only that the Yankees are evil its that they are boring. The best Yankees season since 1996 was 2009. Why? Because they won for the first time in a decade. Absence makes the heart grow fonder (so Mets fans REALLY are very fond) so that when your team wins the big prize, it means that much more. If you expect your team to win, it is like coming home to your favorite meal every night, it gets boring, routine and eventually you lose interest.
So this season I will be routing for the Mets, as Beltran goes on the DL, Santana goes into a Pedro Martinez style decline, and Luis Castillo and Oliver Perez become All-stars on the Phillies and the Nationals. As depressing as this will be, I am just glad I am not a Yankees fan.
Lets Go Mets...
Awsome breakdown: It just comes down to the classic dynamic in the world: the privledged who show off what they got and are used to the best, and the people who have to work for it their whole lives (in this case the 90's and 2000s) Good luck with the season!
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