Ad the decade ends, let us give thanks for Nice Things that happened to the Mets in the 2010s.
The Virus won the batting title in 2011! (He of course left the game early and then signed with the Marlins two seconds later but it was nice.) (Wow we’re one line into a post that’s supposed to be nice and I already went negative. Hey, I’m not the one who signed with the Marlins).
In 2012 the Mets came to their senses and took the black off the uniforms! Of course here in late 2019 maniacs like Marcus Stroman want the black to come back. Hey I thought this was supposed to be a positive post.
In 2012, Johan Santana was allowed to throw 137 Pitches and destroy his career so you could get a t-shirt you no longer have! Yes yes I know it’s not that some maniac let him throw a career high number of pitches that destroyed his already taped on shoulder, it’s that he rolled his ankle. I know, you’ve told me. There was nothing better fo this shoulder than throwing 137 pitches. Too bad he hurt his foot. Anyway, I thought this was supposed to be a positive post.
In 2012, The Next Seaver came along and got fans really excited! He would start the 2013 All Star Game!
But back to 2012 – my favorite Mets year of the decade – a journeyman knuckle somehow won the Cy Young Award! 2012 was quite the summer in Queens.
In 2014, Daniel Murphy made the All Star Team proving I was right and all the MSM people who worshipped at the altar of Ike Davis had bet on the wrong horse. Hey I thought this post was supposed to be positive.
In 2014, while you were all getting moist over The Dark Knight, you didn’t realize The One True Ace had arrived. He would win Rookie Of The Year.
The 2015 Mets won the National League. They’d have a great Murphtober as Daniel carried the entire team for three weeks. Unfortunately he did not have a 4th week in him. Then the Mets let him go and you guys told me Neil Walker was better. I thought this post was supposed to be positive.
In 2016 the Mets actually retired someone’s number! That same someone made Cooperstown!
In 2018, the Mets somehow did not mess up David Wright Day, and DW returned to play a few innings.
In 2018, The One True Ace won the Cy Young Award.
In 2019 the Mets finally (announced they have) discovered statue technology, although the Mets being the Mets waited until Tom Seaver wasn’t physically well enough to attend the ceremony. If only the Mets had known earlier in Tom’s life that he was the best player they ever had. Hey, I thought this post was supposed to be positive.
Also in 2019 the Mets decided they would retire ANOTHER number, without waiting for Jerry Koosman to be in such poor health that he wouldn’t be able to enjoy it. Nice job Mets, you’re learning. Hey, I thought this post was supposed to be positive.
In 2019, the One True Ace won another Cy Young Award!
And finally in 2019, Pete Alonso had an unbelievable season. The kind of season that will stand out in record books making future historians wonder how he could have possibly hit so many home runs back in 2019 and people will tell them you would have had to see it to believe it because it does indeed seem unbelievable.
I’m sure some other nice things happened, but when you look at this list, it wasn’t the worst decade ever. Actually that’s a good question – what WAS the worst decade ever for the Mets? The 90s? the 00s?
