Link: The New Age Mets Fan

Here’s two paragraphs from our buddy @ceetar ‘s paper he presented at  the Hofstra conference.  Nice job….

Mets fans under 30 do not remember 1986.  Ultimately all we know is failure. Older fans remember Seaver bringing in the prize and creating a culture of success to a franchise that had been a loser since its inception.  He’s the Mets Babe Ruth in a way, being the player that arrived to define a team and bring them respectability.  You may remember Gooden and Strawberry growing from Mets prospects into exciting rookies and then into champions.  We remember Generation K becoming a flop, and prospects like Alex Escobar and Fernando Martinez never blossoming into the promising stars they were projected to be.  Jose Reyes and David Wright rose up and they took a shot, but they did not bring home the trophy and now Reyes is gone and Wright is the veteran leader of a team that hasn’t had a winning season in four years.

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Since then Kenny Roger’s pitch missed the strike zone, Mike Piazza’s drive settled into Bernie William’s glove and Carlos Beltran’s knees buckled facing a brilliant curve ball. Tom Glavine caved under the pressure and the Mets bullpen could not get enough outs.  Promising seasons ended with failure.  We watched enemies celebrate, sometimes on our own field. Our Mets did not get that last hit that turned a good team into a championship one.    The Mets bitter rivals in the NL East and in New York City won titles while the Mets had long gone home.  Sometimes these teams even eliminated the Mets, as they did in 2000 and 2006, along the way. After 1988 it wasn’t until 2006 that the Mets played a game later in the season than the Yankees.

via The New Age Mets Fan.