{"id":992,"date":"2011-02-25T10:03:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T15:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=992"},"modified":"2011-02-28T21:57:18","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T02:57:18","slug":"how-do-outsiders-view-mets-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2011\/02\/25\/how-do-outsiders-view-mets-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do Outsiders View Mets Fans?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A lot of what we feel and think about the Mets is colored by being a fan. \u00a0Even when you step back and try to be analytical about it, chances are the amount you care tends to affect your judgement. \u00a0This goes the other way too. \u00a0The amount Phillies fans dislike the Mets plays into their partisan appraisal, and the amount beat reporters just flat out don\u2019t care about the team has them analyzing it a different way. \u00a0Perspective colors all aspects of the game. \u00a0Chicago Cubs fans may not feel we have much to complain about. \u00a0Islanders and Nets fans may laugh when we talk about playing second fiddle to the Yankees. Football fans may be jealous that we get to watch our team more than 16 times, and NHL fans may wish they could set outside in the sun and watch their team.<\/p>\n<p>How do non sports fans view us? (Yes, such a person does exist) To help illustrate I\u2019ll share a picture from my wedding and a line delivered by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daylightatheism.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">best man<\/a>. \u00a0I think this image illustrates the tough-luck Mets fan, the supporting spouse, and how they\u2019re viewed from outside the fandom. \u00a0(And yes, that\u2019s Mr. Met (and likely a knock-off based on the number) on my wedding table)<\/p>\n<p>This picture was taken just after the best man delivered this line: \u201cAnd finally, Debbie, I want to give you my personal assurance &#8211; unlike the Mets, Mike will never break your heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure style=\"width: 638px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" \" title=\"toast\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/_WiYnnqmj-NY\/TWRez9IgIFI\/AAAAAAAAKUk\/IxujQPpYwNs\/s912\/toast.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"426\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unlike the Mets, Ceetar will never break your heart.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/traceyelizabeth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tracey Elizabeth Photograph<\/a>y for capturing this great moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of what we feel and think about the Mets is colored by being a fan. \u00a0Even when you step back and try to be analytical about it, chances are the amount you care tends to affect your judgement. \u00a0This goes the other way too. \u00a0The amount Phillies fans dislike the Mets plays into &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2011\/02\/25\/how-do-outsiders-view-mets-fans\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How Do Outsiders View Mets Fans?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,528,3],"tags":[1431,1422,1423,1428,2983,1427,2964,1425,353,1433,1429,1424,1432,1426,14,1430,1181],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=992"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1006,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions\/1006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}