New York Mets: Showing some love to a stricken die-hard
By Jeff Kallman
New York Mets: Showing Some Love to a Stricken Die-Hard
Mrs. Selig, you and I remember how our Mets went from slapsticks to the Flying Wallendas in the outfield. We remember how our Mets went from basepath boneheads to station-to-station smart. We remember how our Mets went from pitchers who could have taken their partners to court for non-support to pitchers who could have been trained at IBM, demanding of their teammates, think.
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We remember a few more pennant races, then a division title at the last minute and a that close overthrow of the mighty Oakland Athletics in another World Series, and the occasional postseason triumph or mere entrance imbalanced against the protracted spells of mis- and mal-management.
Yet we learned less to rage at the blasting of our hopes but to pray each season that somehow, someway, this time the fooleries wouldn’t matter because our Mets might return to the Promised Land. Maybe.
Today’s Mets look reasonably well positioned to strike for it, give or take a few tune-ups along the way. We have last year’s Rookie of the Year and a back-to-back Cy Young Award-winning pitcher leading. We have a manager who seems at least to have a brain in his head. We still have owners inclined less to wisdom than to whack-a-do baseball malfeasance, but you and me both learned early and often that you couldn’t have everything just yet.
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Dear Mrs. Selig, we Met fans—since the day they were born or otherwise—join your loving granddaughter in prayer that the Lord who sustains you grants you another season, at least, whenever it may begin.Another summer of New York Mets baseball that might, maybe, somehow, someway, take them and you to the Promised Land one more time.