I honestly don’t think I’m too pessimistic; I think the Mets have done fine for not really getting in any kind of groove… I just won’t ignore the elephant in the room, and all reminders thereof.

last word.

last word.

Haha, fair enough. :)

last word.

last word.

last word.

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Thank you for illustrating my point.

But it isn’t a great game if they don’t win the game, and Reyes taking one play for granted put that outcome in serious jeopardy. Heck, half of the people arguing from your position have conceded that at the very least he was “overconfident.”

The point is that that’s a concern going foward if Reyes doesn’t learn from it.

but it is a new year, please get over it, as many of us have.

You call me tenacious; I just find it interesting that people seem very insistent on how I should feel or what kind of fan I should be. I’ve had all sorts of invective hurled my way for simply (and civilly) defending a pretty reasonable viewpoint. People have even jumped on the simple statement that the Mets should play hard all the time; I guess because my implication is that they don’t. Which is fine, I can handle name-calling. I just wonder if the level of offense people are taking is due to the fact that deep down they think I could be right.

It is what it is, it wasn’t a terrible throw, and Delgado almost picked it. Throws like that get made all the time, usually they’re picked and you don’t think twice. Fact is, Jose had a great game last night, and it seems silly to nitpick that moment based on a look you perceived on his face.

And yes, for many of us, it is in fact 2008, and there are no perceivable scars from 2007. 29 baseball teams every year lose in a heartbreaking fashion, at some point in the year. The precipitous manner in which it happened to the Mets last year made it more shocking, and perhaps more appalling, but it is a new year, please get over it, as many of us have.