I decided to approach this post as a “live blog.”
LOTS AND LOTS of you sent me the email about Let’s Have A Conversation. Like more people sent me this than would send me news that Daniel Murphy has publicly stated that he hates me.
So, I went through this survey cold, and typed my thoughts as I went along. Recap at the end
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The Mets say we (fans) are an important part of the Mets and they’d like to have a conversation with us.
So far so good!
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Then they wanna know if we’re a big sports fan (1-10), what league we like, what’s our favorite team in any sport. I picked from the baseball list which was alphabetical. I guess that’s fair but I felt weird scrolling down to Mets, but I get it.
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An interestingly phrased question – How interested would you say you are right now in the Mets? That right now part jumps at me.
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This is already getting long, but interestingly being asked if I ever attended a game as a kid, and at what age? Did someone realize they pissed a way a generation. maybe two?
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Do you watch Mets games? Listen? Yawn.
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Now we’re onto Minor League Baseball. This next one is interesting. Several people pointed out that Brooklyn Cyclones doesn’t appear to be listed. The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are though. The Cyclones COO will not be pleased.
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Then they want me to type, in my own words, what baseball means to me. That’s a lot of work Mets.
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Ugh this is getting long. Some question that I’m too tired to read about how much the following would matter to me knowing I matter to the Mets or something. Asks about how my answers will impact the team (do I care), having the front office as part of these conversations (do I care), and knowing my answers motivate the players (do I care). This feels a little needy, and I can’t imagine Matt Harvey cares what I think or I imagine he would have kicked my ass by now.
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Oh gawd, now they wanna know how important it is to me to feel like an important part of the Mets.
Chillax Mets. This is a business transaction. You want money, I want good baseball to watch. That’s it. You gave us crap for 10 years, now that we’re 2 weeks into being entertaining you can relax. We like you. Just not THAT much.
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OMG now they wanna know how much I actually FEEL like a valued part of the Mets.
Um, look, I don’t feel like a part of the Mets at all. You guys play baseball and I make fun of you. I’m not part of anything. As soon as you can you’re going to jack ticket prices so let’s not pretend this is anything other than a business transaction, one I have largely opted out of because I find the stadium experience quite boring (despite what the people who pay extra to wear matching t-shirts and stand 500 feet away from the baseball game part tell me about how awesome Citi Field is.)
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Now she’s asking how much impact this conversation has had on me or something….um, look Mets, I gotta go, I’m supposed to hook up, I mean meet up with the Devils later. (That’s a shout out to you @readtheapple). I like you and all and I’m glad you’re doing better but um yeah this is weird…
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Um wow now they wanna know how often I’d like to talk like this. Maybe 4 times a year they ask. Or more!
Um, we didn’t talk about anything. All we talked about was how much I like talking to you. Can we talk about the G.D. Wave or F&#(#g Piano Man? No you didn’t ask about F@^#$g Piano Man did you? Not even once!
The end. I don’t think I need to do a recap after all, I think you saw how I melted down. OMG NEEDY METS ARE NEEDY.