This one is for Scoop:
The Indians laid claim to their seventh division title in 13 seasons and first since 2001, winning behind a strong effort from Jake Westbrook. …
— Return to the Throne
23 September 2007, Sunday
Hail, Cleveland!
“The Mets…they will break your heart”
In I’m on Hunger Strike Until the Mets Win Another Game:
Joanne wrote: The team has been having a great couple of years in recent times so obviously we would pick up some fair weather/bandwagon fans. I have been a Mets fan since age 10 and have lived through their highs and lows for the last 18 years. The Mets…they will break your heart but you still go back. It is a dysfunctional relationship to some degree but I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
I’m kind of envious of people who’ve had a team since childhood. Those kinds of fans have a perspective that I will never have. (The team that I grew up with disbanded in the early 1980’s; this is what can happen when you grow up watching a minor league team.) I have a lot to learn about the Mets and it’s a task that I embrace.
As for heartbreak, being a fan is like being in a relationship with someone. Every year that goes by you learn a little more about the other person. The longer you are with someone the longer you’ve had to accept each other, and the more you’re willing to forgive the little flaws and missteps. And the more you are inclined and able to weather hard times. At least that’s the way I look at it. But some people have no patience in a relationship. They are OK as long as things are rosie, but will bail out after the smallest of troubles. This is how the fair-weather fan strikes me.
Life isn’t meant to be easy. You have to be able to deal with adversity
This season has been nerve-wracking, much more so than last. But at least we are in the hunt for the playoffs. Last season was a little bit too easy (except for the playoffs when we lost Pedro and El Duque to injury). This season, and especially the past few weeks, have been a real challenge for the players, coaches, and manager. It’s interesting — and even instructive — to watch how they have dealt with it.
I’ve only been a Mets fan for five years. Based on life expectancy and family history, I probably have 30-40 more years of this. I look forward to every single one of them.
Judie wrote: …. Glad we finally won again, and the Phillies lost! The Gods smiled on us.
The Gods must be crazy to give us a season like this.
Let’s Go Mets.
