One of the things we learn in the schoolyard is that if you’re going to dish it out you have to take it too. Ryan posted the below in the comments, and I thought it fair to post criticism of me:
I have read this website several times a day, as well as other mets blogs sites, and of course I’ve listened to WFAN day in and day out for weeks now in anticipation for the upcoming season. I’ve honestly gotten to a point where I can just no longer stand reading most of the arrogant posts and comments that “mets fans†have. How can any of you call yourselves mets fans when clearly you have a problem with every single thing about the mets?
I’ll give my take, and others are welcome to post comments. “Fans” comes from fanatics. We are fan(atic)s. We’re lunatics. We looked at the Shea scoreboard saying “Congratulations Red Sox” and were depressed, and 10 minutes later were on the moon.
As for me, I want nothing more than for this team to win repeatedly. I’d like to see a proud franchise, not a franchise that occasionally has one good year. I want my son to take his son to the Mets museum and look back with pride about Tom Seaver and Mookie Wilson and David Wright and whoever is yet to come.
There are plenty of blogs for game recaps. I can’t do what metsblog does, plus it would be stupid to do when they do it so well. Amazin’ Avenue does a great job, why would I do that? This is a fan advocacy blog. It’s (for the most part) one man’s opinion. Agree, disagree, ignore, support – it’s all good. I’m pleased to have learned that there are others like me.
Every day there are new posts or stories about how terrible citi field is, or the name of it, or how bad our front office is, or how ugly the black back drop on the uniform is, or ticket prices, or how bad our minor league teams are, or how they go about selling there tickets through presales and such. I just want someone to explain to me how people can literally hate everything surrounding the mets organization but still call themselves mets fans. All the crying, all the complaining, all the whining and yet you people can still pretend your the biggest mets supporters alive. Its unreal.
That’s just it..we’re emotionally invested. Something about this franchise spoke to us when we were children, and we actually care. As for your specifics…
Citi Field: we wanted it to be awesome. Then we couldn’t see the left fielder or had plexiglass in our face. That’s like waking up Christmas morning and finding out Mom bought the wrong Star Wars figure. It’s cool but somehow disappointing. Then when Dave Howard goes on record saying the seats aren’t obstrcuted? Now you’ve insulted me.
The name: to me it’s called Citi Field. I still don’t like the idea of tax dollars being used to pay for stadium naming rights (I don’t even know if that’s accurate, but it’s the perception and I personally don’t like the idea). I hope the building remains Citi Field forever, and doesn’t change names every 2 years like what happens in Miami.
The black: it’s ugly. Opinion. My blog, my opinion. Clearly the Mets don’t agree.
Minors: maybe I’m forgetting, but I don’t think I have commented on them to often, other than my current jostling with the Bisons to get one of my guys credentialed.
Pre-sales: again, my blog and it’s fun to write about. I think it’s funny to watch the organization promote “exclusive” pre-sales every day. I do try to be entertaining.
How can we be fans? We want it all. Fanatics. I was there many a Friday night in 1985 when Dwight Gooden was on his way to the hall of fame and it felt GREAT. I was there on Opening Day 1987 and it felt GREAT watching that flag go up. I was there when #41 was retired and it felt GREAT. I was there when Seaver threw the final pitch at Shea and it was GREAT.
I want that feeling. I need that feeling.
I can’t wait until the mets get going this year. I expect them to come out and win 30 games before they lose 15. I cant wait until that day because I know come that day all of you people will all of a sudden be true fans again. Its truly disgusting.
Ryan, I appreciate your comments but if you don’t think I want the Mets to go 30-15 you don’t understand me. I actually want them to go 35 and 5, and when they wear black caps in Game 4 of the World Series sweep, you betcha I’m gonna complain about the black in between the 10 other posts about how great I feel.
