If you think im aloof, indifferent, and/or ignoring you, Dont worry

It’s epic.

And I’ll be honest. Im enjoying every moment of it.

Let me clarify. I’ve not always hated the mets. Actually, I’ve always rooted for the Mets, in my spare time, when I’m not rooting for the Yankees.

I know, I know. You’re sitting there screaming at your screen, covering it with the froth that can only be spewed from a “true fan” while the soda can in your hand about to burst under the pressure of your prodigious and righteous grip.

The lines were always very clear to me. Root for New York. Yankees lost, Mets won? Not as great, but nice. Yankees and Mets won? Awesome. Yankees and Mets lost? Well, shit.

The first time I remember rooting against the Mets was back when Armando was with the team. It was the bottom of the ninth, runners on first and third, marlins were down two. I thought to myself “man, im bored. I hope This dude hits a double so this game gets tied up, so I can watch some more”

Bam, dude hits a double, Extra innings. I thought that maybe I should’ve felt guilty that I rooted against a new York team, but then I came to the conclusion that I really didn’t give too much of a damn. It wasn’t MY team, they were an amusement to me. (you can equate that to watching a officer give someone a speeding ticket. That sucks, but hey, it’s not my car. Let’s stop and watch)

Disregarding the fact that they were not my team, I still liked to watch them succeed. If I was not watching a particular game or if I could find another game to take its place right after, it was “go mets!” (Albeit quietly.)

The first time I remember the smallest inkling of hatred for the mets was because of my friend, Chris.

We always had a love/hate thing going with our teams. He is a Met fan, I am a Yankee fan. However, I’ve always loved baseball and I could chat about it for hours, as long as it wasn’t about the retro game. I knew more about the Mets than your standard Mets fan. (here’s a bone. Remember Benny Agbayani? Did you know that he STILL plays for Bobby Valentine? In japan, of course.)

We were always friendly, and we always insulted each other about the teams but it was good natured though it was especially harsh during subway series.

Then he started to text message me. He decided that during a crucial series, it was more important to revel in my depressive state of the Yankees getting bombed (he would only text during blowouts. Not tight games.) Needless to say It’s got on my fucking nerves. The first few times, there were some responses. “fuck you, bitch” “eat it, cocksucker” and the ever popular ”choke on cock and die”

After a while, I just stopped caring. The messages would invariably show up during crucial Yank/Sox games, I became ambivalent towards them. Though they would always fill me with strife, I decided that I would not give him the pleasure of responding. I just began to harbor hate towards my neighbors. (ironic, considering that I used to live 2 miles from shea)

Now, this isn’t that rivalry hatred, where I’ll watch ESPN news nightly to make sure that the sox lost but more along of a “oh yeah, THAT team” hatred where every time I’d see a clip of them on Sports Center, I’d hope that someone blew the game. Then it all culminated during the previous Yanks/Sox series.

I got a text message when I was at work, “enjoying the Yankees game?” so I scrambled online to see the score. Shit, Sox just scored 4 runs in an inning, and were sporting a healthy 6-1 lead. By the time I got to the Port authority, it was a blowout. It was 8-1, in the 6^th inning. However, when I got home (an hour later) it was the 8^th inning and the score was 10-8, Yanks. They blew out the Sox in that inning, 7 runs in the 7^th, and then added on in the eighth.

It was delicious, I couldn’t resist. I text’d him back. “Sorry, was watching comeback, did you say something?”

No response.

The silence was shattering.

Yes, I know the answer of every Mets fan. “This is how the Yankee fans treated us!”

Congratulations, now you’re in the same category as those “Obnoxious Yankee fans” and im loving EVERY moment of watching your agonizing decent into failure. To me, every delicious loss is candy and I’ve yet to reach that sugar high that is the Mets failing to play into October.

So, to my met friends, know that I do not despise your team because it is in my nature as a yankee fan, but that it was coerced upon me by an overzealous member within your own ranks. I was perfectly happy in my two team world but this, this delicious failure, is too awesome not to witness firsthand.

With that said, I still think the Mets will win the division. I also think your rotation is crap, it’s not built for October and your bullpen is a joke.

Mar. 16th, 2007 @ 11:59 am