Posts Tagged ‘Mets’

Yankee Doodle Dandy

As a die hard New York Mets Baseball fan, I was surprised by my enjoyment of this year’s World Series. I hadn’t planned on watching, because as a Met fan, the Phillies are our divisional arch rivals and the Yankees are, well, the Yankees.

However the players on both teams played their hearts out to such a degree that it was practically impossible to ignore their talent and tenacity. In the final game six, which of course everyone knows the Yankees won, the tension was palatable from the first pitch.

I had spent the entire season trying to avoid baseball as the Mets Team imploded and collapsed. It was refreshing to watch eighteen players on the field performing at the highest of standards from every position. It was very difficult to find that weak link.

Every last one of the players impressed me, but especially Yankee designated hitter (DH) and World Series MVP, Hideki Matsui. Who would have thought that he would be the lynch pin in such a pivotal game?

So in spite of how unfortunate and disappointing the Mets season was, I have to tip my hat to the Yankees and a team of players who came to win and did just that.

September Blues Without Blue & Orange – Makes Me Red

The last two seasons of watching the Mets collapse in September has been a real heart ache. Thankfully this year the Mets have managed to top the last two years with one of the most abysmal baseball seasons of the decade. The biggest highlights are watching players returning to the field after injury and auditioning for other teams.  I’ve started to wonder if I will be watching a sub-500 ball club for the next few season or will the Mets somehow turn it around and make a run next year for a championship.

Because the Mets are completely out of contention doesn’t mean I’m not watching Baseball. You’d think that living in Red Sox Nation and the fact that former-Met Billy Wagner is playing for the Sox I would be easily converted to cheer for them in hopes to overthrow the powerful Yankees. This is not the case, I’ve decided to jump to the West Coast baby, I’m going to LAX on the Los Angeles Angels Bandwagon or at least I think that’s what their name is? I’m taking a break from my team to watch the playoffs unless the Angels decide to mimic the tragic September downfall like the 2007-2008 Mets. I will be rooting for Guerrero and his goons in the post season whatever their name is, whoever they are and where ever they’re from.  Let’s go Angels!