Part 1 of the 5 part series, “Letters to the NL East” (Part 0)
Letters to the NL East, Part 1 of 5
Dear Florida Marlins,
I don’t have much to say to you, except shame on you! I can’t take you seriously or give you any respect, even for your two World Championships, while you still are so obviously profiting off your team. Between licensing money and luxury tax money, you could probably pay all your ushers the same as the players and still make money. When Babe Ruth hit more home runs than some teams, it was a great thing for baseball. When Alex Rodriguez makes more money than your entire roster, it’s not a good thing. I know this is the same paragraph from last year, but that’s how useless you’ve been.
I think the Nationals may even finish ahead of you guys this year. That’s sad. Your claim to fame the last two years has been being on the field when the Mets were eliminated. This year you won’t even have that.
Hope may be on the horizon. I’ve heard that you’re getting, finally, a new ballpark. This is good news, and hopefully it’ll provoke you to spend some money and have a real team on the field when it opens. Maybe you can even convince Hanley Ramirez he wants to stay, because I’m sure he’s drooling over the stories in NY about the Yankees moving Jeter in a couple of years from shortstop. We all know up here about Hanley’s New York fetish.
Sincerely yours from the other side of the division,
Optimistic Mets Fan
