I'm not exactly sure when it happened, but somewhere along the line I began enjoying Major League Baseball's offseason more than the regular season itself. Something about being a Mets fan from November through March is encouraging. At the start of every season the Mets are "the team to beat"...and then all of a sudden the season starts.
Mets fans are constantly given a false sense of optimism and are cursed with an old New York tradition of "waiting 'til next year."
I mean think about it. After the legendary September collapse in 2007 the Mets addressed their biggest need by bringing in the best pitcher in baseball when they traded for Johan Santana. They listened to the fans demands, and then gave us a reason to feel optimistic. The ...
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Article written by Jeff Walstein
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