New York Mets 2010 Banter

[kelmac07]

NO!!!! There is ZERO need for a "Kelmac Comfort Crusade"!!! We Mets fans have LEARNED to live with the agony of defeat. It's just that each year, they find another way to do it. What there is a need for...is for more Mets fan to post in this thread!!

[Virginia_Ghost]

Originally Posted by kelmac07

NO!!!! There is ZERO need for a "Kelmac Comfort Crusade"!!! We Mets fans have LEARNED to live with the agony of defeat. It's just that each year, they find another way to do it. What there is a need for...is for more Mets fan to post in this thread!!

They all already do, Mac. There's just not many left.

And Yes, You need comfort...I know you think you don't...but we can see the pain in your soulful eyes, especially at our herfs at Bailey's, where you are bombarded from the multiple ESPN Flat screens by the ongoing games of your rivals...where they are doing un-metlike things like...Hitting the baseball and stuff. We feel for you...we really do.

Denial is a phase...we understand.

[jonumberone]

Originally Posted by Virginia_Ghost

where they are doing un-metlike things like...Hitting the baseball and stuff

Just roared with Laughter!

I nominate Bo for line of the day.

[BigAsh]

Originally Posted by kelmac07

NO!!!! There is ZERO need for a "Kelmac Comfort Crusade"!!! We Mets fans have LEARNED to live with the agony of defeat. It's just that each year, they find another way to do it. What there is a need for...is for more Mets fan to post in this thread!!

I think BOTH of you have already posted Mac!

[kelmac07]

Originally Posted by BigAsh

I think BOTH of you have already posted Mac!

I see that Keith...and he ran out the door a LONG time ago.

[BigAsh]

....but you always got the REST OF US to chime in with "constructive" comments!!

[icantbejon]

Originally Posted by kelmac07

What there is a need for...is for more Mets fan to post in this thread!!

This statement holds a few underlying assumptions that I believe should be explored.

1. In order for more "fans" to post in here you're assuming that they can type.

2. In order to type, you're assuming that they have some level of education.

3. If they are in fact educated, then you're assuming that they are not "stupid."

4. If they are not "stupid" then they can not be a Mets fan.

You might argue that my last statement is merely an assumption as well, but I'm telling you...a man HAS TO BE STUPID to be a Mets fan! This is a fact.

[BigAsh]

Originally Posted by icantbejon

This statement holds a few underlying assumptions that I believe should be explored.

1. In order for more "fans" to post in here you're assuming that they can type.

2. In order to type, you're assuming that they have some level of education.

3. If they are in fact educated, then you're assuming that they are not "stupid."

4. If they are not "stupid" then they can not be a Mets fan.

You might argue that my last statement is merely an assumption as well, but I'm telling you...a man HAS TO BE STUPID to be a Mets fan! This is a fact.

"icantbejon"....but can be Aristotle!!

[Virginia_Ghost]

4. If they are not "stupid" then they can not be a Mets fan.

You might argue that my last statement is merely an assumption as well, but I'm telling you...a man HAS TO BE STUPID to be a Mets fan! This is a fact.

Well, I dunno about that...there is the whole nature vs. nurture controversy. Could be in the Genetic programming...could be out of some sort of misguided loyalty to a childhood influence...It could be some form of masochistic self inflicted punishment for percieved sins of a misguided youth...it could carry an element of "I Hate the Yankees, therefore I must like the Mets."

Now, many Mets fans bear their cross with dignity and calm...some keep the success and failure of that team at arm's length. Some, grounded in reality, decide that they like the Mets, but don't have realistic hopes for any sort of real success. They get along just fine.

But there are those, like Mac, wearing his heart on his sleeve and a Mets logo on his ballcap, who dream about a return to greatness...who actually looked up in an encyclopedia somewhere that the Mets have actually won the World Series, have actually had years where they didn't crumble down the stretch...and who bear true faith and allegiance to the same...unnaturally loyal, steadfast in their orange and blue dreams of playoff contention, who every April say "THIS is the year!"...and hold that faith until September or so...and the cruelest trick of fate send them crashing into a depression.

These are the Kelmacs of the world. They are dangerously close to the brink of self immolation every time ESPN announces that they are mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, that they are not going to get that Wildcard berth. Mac even stated that he's willing to give up Cigars to see if that changes the luck the Mets are having. This is why we must step up and come to his aid. the Kelmac comfort crusade... 1 Stick per loss until the end of the season. Who's in?