Read: Mets Fans are Angry
In the Bergen Record last week, Bob Klapisch wrote:
“In all the years I’ve covered baseball in greater New York, I’ve never seen or heard a fan base this angry: Mets’ fans want
someone’s flesh — Omar Minaya’s, Jeff Wilpon’s, Jerry Manuel’s, whoever — as payback for three-plus years of frustration.”
…i get hundreds of e-mail every day, and hear from fans on Twitter, Facebook, and on the street, all of whom like to stop me and talk about the team… i sense three moods, 1) anger and frustration, 2) defeat and apathy, and 3) cautious hope… the problem for the Mets, as a business, which relies on tickets and advertising and television ratings, is that i believe the apathetic group is growing… i bet this is their biggest fear… i mean, anger and frustration equal passion, and to a certain extent, interest… apathy, however, equals empty seats and a lack of eyeballs and people just not caring…
…personally, i’m not angry, though i am certainly frustrated… i’m kind of hopeful, but that’s my nature… i’m still very interested… so, if i had to paint myself with one label, it would be: disappointed…
…it’s tough to be angry… i mean, i have my issues with him, but, how can i be angry at Omar Minaya for adequately not planning for this many injuries… i can’t be angry at Jose Reyes for tearing a tendon in his leg, you know what i mean… it happens… and so, i can only expect so much from Fernando Tatis and Jeremy Reed, or Nick Evans and a 20–year-old rookie… i see arguments on e-mail and in the comment 
section on this blog and others, where people debate whether reed or tatis should be batting sixth, and i laugh… i mean, seriously, does it really matter…
…that said, i do not feel defeated, because i enjoy rooting for the underdog… so, in some ways, the more depleted the team is, the more compelling i find them… that is until they’re eliminated from contention, in which case, according to the 1990s, i’ll become apathetic…
…for now, though, i’m just disappointed, because the Opening Day roster had so much potential… and so, i’m disappointed i never had the chance to really see that group click on all cylinders…
“You just have to keep playing, man,” Alex Cora said on Sunday, according to the Bergen Record. “I don’t think anybody is going to quit here. You just have to keep playing. We’ve been here together, and we’re going to be in this together for the rest of the season.”
…exactly, this is why i’m still hopeful this current group can fight on, stick around and get help down the line, be it from the disabled list or in trade, and from other teams in their division who have plenty of issues of their own… however, the clock is ticking, and i’m growing more and more skeptical by the day…
