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Coincidentially Dec 5th is the day the 21st amendment was ratified, re-legalizing the consumption of alcohol.<\/p>\n
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Don’t tell me the Seaver trade was worse. \u00a0We shouldn’t be arguing which Mets disappointment was worse instead of debating batting titles and MVPs. \u00a0I feel how I feel, and you feel how you feel. \u00a0This is the single worse day I’ve experienced as a Mets fan.<\/p>\n
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Don’t tell me about the contract, or that you know how it’s going to turn out. \u00a0No one knows that, and there aren’t probability charts for injuries. \u00a0Everyone is different. \u00a0 Can you really go from hoping that ball finds the gap so Reyes gets a triple, to hoping he pulls a hamstring or isn’t worth it in a couple of years? \u00a0Would you really have been upset of the Mets ‘overpaid’, which is something that only happens in retrospect, to keep a player like Jose Reyes<\/a><\/strong> on the team? \u00a0Does anyone seriously root for a long-term fiscally responsible plan when they go to baseball games? \u00a0I don’t. \u00a0I just wanted to see Jose Rey<\/a><\/strong>es and my Mets. \u00a0 Add in that Carlos Beltran<\/a><\/strong> is also gone, and Johan Santana<\/a><\/strong> may never be the same, and it’s hard to swallow.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also, don’t tell me I’m “Less of a fan” for being less interested in the Mets without Reyes. \u00a0There is no rulebook to fandom. \u00a0The truth is most of you are also less interested in the Mets, just unwilling to admit it. \u00a0Less people will go to games, less people will buy jerseys. \u00a0The team being likely worse only further plays into that. \u00a0Jose Reyes was one small part of the big picture, but without his portion I find myself noticing the other pictures, other places to spend my money, in the building. \u00a0I’ll never not be a Mets fan, nor will I ever stop rooting for them, but that doesn’t mean I’ll devote the same level of energy and commitment that I have in the past.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To sum it up in a way that to me seems to represent baseball pretty well: \u00a0I’m less excited about the Mets and less confident they’ll be successful in the near future than I was following Beltran striking out against the Cardinals to end the ’06 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Coincidentially Dec 5th is the day the 21st amendment was ratified, re-legalizing the consumption of alcohol. Don’t tell me the Seaver trade was worse. \u00a0We shouldn’t be arguing which Mets disappointment was worse instead of debating batting titles and MVPs. \u00a0I feel how I feel, and you feel how you feel. \u00a0This is the … <\/p>\n