Their dancing clowns are incredible
A few people have asked just what my contributor's note in the Amazin' Avenue Annual, for which I wrote a foreword, was about, since it mentions that I was a Mets fan from 1986 to 2009. I don't want to go on about it since I'd like to write about it more thoughtfully and at some length, but the basic thing is that while it's been a long time since I moved away, last summer I finally stopped feeling like a New Yorker in exile, and when that happened I just stopped caring about the Mets. I don't know if that would have happened if the team wasn't so lousy, but I think probably so. The odd thing is that before this happened I managed to work my little guy over, so that there are Jose Reyes and David Wright shirts in my house, and a Mr. Met doll who is clutched tightly at night and wards off zombies who might be lurking in closets. As for me I don't really have a team as such, but I live on the South Side and have less than no interest in living anywhere else in America, so I expect sheer proximity will continue to do its work.
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it has become difficult for those people that live in new york and go to mets games on a regular basis to remain interested in the team for 162 games.
You probably can't handle 2 mediocre teams at once.
The Mets projected win total is 81, 80, 79, 77, 82 (Vegas, Chone, THT, PECOTA & Posnaski)
The Blanco Sox projected win total is 82.5, 79, 78, 81
CWS to win the division +180
Mets to win the division +600