Strike Three, Yer OUT!

I wish I could say that I'm surprised with the latest outcome of the National League East division but I'm not. I know most of us perhaps aren't too much into baseball, but this is the time of year where both New York teams are supposed to be getting ready for the playoffs. Needless to say, only one New York team will be making the playoffs this year, and it's not the team I like.

A historic collapse has occurred with the New York Mets this year and they have no one to blame but themselves. Having been in first place for the entire year, the Mets were bad enough to get taken out of first place and beaten by the team that said was the team to beat. As a long time Met fan I am used to being disappointed which is why I'm not taking this latest defeat too hard. I am rather numb at the fact that there was no sense of urgency, but trying to figure out how professional athletes think is a waste of time. I'm sure they suffer just as much as the every day fan does, so there is no point is singling anyone out.

My superstitious self says that this is all my friend Sharon's fault. Why is it her fault?? Well, during the season I begged her to refrain from her boyfriend's Yankee ways (which is to gloat and proclaim victory in the middle of the season) but she didn't listen. I think the nail in the coffin came right before I went on vacation and she boasted to a Philly fan about how the Phils were done and the Mets were going to take it. I haven't forgotten that prediction because when she made that bold statement I told her that I wouldn't be surprised if the Phils came in first.

Am I a genius or what? I guess I'm just drawing any straws that might be available to put a reason behind this latest set of mishaps, but in reality it's no one's fault but the teams. So now the focus shifts from Baseball to Football and the New York Jets are stinking it up just as bad as the Mets did. This will certainly be a long long off season for Mets fans, but we're used to it by now.

Although I won't really be watching any more baseball, I'm rooting for the National League to take it again this year, so if that's Colorado..... Let's Go Rockies!

Like them bums used to say "Wait till next year"