As I write this the Islanders are losing to the Flyers, the Giants are trailing the Eagles in the division, the Phillies are two-time National League champs and the Mets have yet to make a major upgrade this offseason. I’m not interested in the NBA so I get no great pleasure from the 76ers being almost as bad as the Nets.
Still, I’m not ashamed to wear my Mets pride dangling from my keys in the form of a keychain slash bottle opener from www.wholesalekeychain.com. They’re solid keychains that I haven’t managed to mangle, lose, or break yet. Given the sad state of the New York Mets, the bottle opener is getting more use than is probably good for me.
I can’t get excited about the baseball Winter Meetings. Sure there is a chance something will get done, but it’s 95% rumor and speculation. It’s all fluff with no content, and even though some things do get done, things could get done anyway. A lot of the bigger pieces, like Holliday, probably won’t be happening soon, and no matter how many backup catchers the Mets sign, I’m not going to be satisfied until it’s spring and I know where they stand and how the team looks. I’m also not going to call out Omar and criticize every little move or non-move he makes. I’ll reserve judgment until April 5th, and see who takes the field on Opening Day. Much like Rome, the 2010 World Champion Mets weren’t built in a day.
