Opinion: 2007 Is Worse
…earlier this week on MetsBlog, cerrone wrote that based on the emails and comments he has received, we as Mets fan are far less stunned and angry this time around…frankly, this shocks me…
…after game seven last year, i was a complete wreck…i wept like a child…i was stunned by the loss, but i knew about the possible outcomes going into a game seven, which lessened the blow for me…however, this year, to me, is so much worse…
…when i woke up sunday morning, i really thought there was no chance the Mets would lose…they had, what i thought, was the right pitcher on the mound and that the team would bring an intensity powered by the previous day’s events…i at least thought that the Mets would be playing the Phillies on monday for the division title…losing never crossed my mind…i believed in this team until the bitter end, even after the seven-run first inning…
…call me naive, but despite their inconsistent play, i never expected the 2007 Mets season to end the way it did…i never considered it…again i wept, stared in disbelief and wept some more…the 2007 Mets broke my heart, more so than any other of team before, even the ’88 Mets…perhaps, it’s due to my love for the players on this team and now knowing that most of them won’t return…i echo cerrone sentiments, when he said…
“…i like these guys…i have enjoyed cheering for them…and, for the most part, they have been a ton of fun to watch…i liked the smiles, the hi-five dances, the walk-off wins, the celebrations, the quirkiness, the SI covers, and the electricity that we saw so much of over the last two seasons…but, because of the last 30 days, that is all going to change now…”
…that’s what is most painful about this for me…i’m going to miss the 2006 and 2007 Mets…i felt like these guys were my extended family and now, for the most part, they’ll be gone…and i’ll go on as a Mets fan always believing that one day all my heartbreak will go away…
…added to by Matthew Cerrone…
…i guess what i was trying to say, mike, is not that we, as fans, are taking this ending any less passionately than we all did last season, it’s just that we had two weeks, if not more, to prepare for it this time around, despite continuing to believe it would end differently while going through it…the metaphor i keep using to describe it has been, it was like we were passengers in a car that was skidding off the road, heading for a ditch, and while we all had faith that the car and driver would avoid a crash, we had ample time to brace for a disaster…last season, that was not the case…last season, especially after Endy Chavez’s catch, we were blindsided…and, as such, the endings have seemingly delivered two different responses…again, i can only speak from what i read and hear, but, last season we seemed to be more depressed and angry from having the carpet ripped from under us, while this season people seem to be frustrated, stunned and dismissive and eager to just turn the page and move on…at least i know i am…
