I think what we have just witnessed on this home stand, an 0-6 home stand where the Mets were in the lead for about one inning and lost back to back games in extra innings by five and six runs respectively was horrific.
Its makes you angry, sad, unmoved, or just simply frustrated. You start to think about all the players and plays you wish you could move from your memory. All of a sudden, Terry Collins can no longer manage and Sandy Alderson has left us out in the cold, sitting on his hands and doing nothing.
You call up WFAN or ESPN 98.7. Write on Facebook or Twitter and make sure the whole world knows that you are fed up with what you have seen and you know, above all else, what to do to fix the problems of the Mets.
One fan called into WFAN the other night as I was heading home from the Mets loss to the Nats on Tuesday night and had maybe one of the most radical and crazy ideas I have ever heard of.
He said that his idea was to have the Bullpen start the game and then have the starters come into the game in the 5th inning and shut the opponent down the rest of the way.
I laughed pretty hard as I was driving home when I heard that. Its a very silly idea, but this fan’s frustration, anger, and all around feelings about the Mets led him to make this call.
Its part of being a fan. The range of emotions every game, every pitch, every moment. I once spoke with Vinny Cartiglia of Metsblog and Metszilla after a game, and he told myself and Mike Ganci that when the Mets lose, it will ruin his day.
I think that’s the same feelings that a lot of us have with the Mets or any other team that we root for. Don’t think for a second a Giants fan wasn’t furious when the Redskins beat them at home. But also, Don’t think for a second that they dwell about that loss now considering they are the defending World Champions.
The fine line between the split personality a fan has can be something that fans don’t understand fully. Read some of the comments made towards Sandy Alderson on twitter and you will see the Mr. Mongo part of fans.
But of course, you also have the Doctor Jekyll part of your fan hood, who can be more analytical, patient and, more willing to look at the big picture of 162 games instead of one game.
Everybody deals with this kind of split fan personality during the kind of stretches the Mets are dealing with right now.
Losing brings out the Mr. Mongo in us all. Even the most analytical and sophisticated fan will have that angry, non-rational side of him or her come out and like others, it wont be pretty.
Im not saying in this post that you should not be able to show that Mr. Mongo side of your fan hood or that it is wrong.
What my point is, is that sometimes we need to keep that side of our fan hood more to ourselves and not use the tools we have in social media or sports talk radio to embarrass ourselves when things are going badly.
Passion in sports and with the Mets have led me to create this blog, towards the creation of other blogs and of course you reading this today.
But the battle between your Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mongo will continue for as long as you are a fan. Just remember that sometimes letting out Mr. Mongo is an idea that isn’t always best.
