Too much celebration could result in a hangover

Part of me knows that Mets fans and the Mets organization would have put together the same kind of celebration, but it was difficult to watch this morning, sitting with Annie in the waiting room while my sister-in-law had some routine tests done.

It wasn’t so much the players, but the people on NBC that made the entire spectacle difficult to listen to (I was trying to read and not watch), along with some of the peripheral folks. The introduction of all players, including those like Xavier Nady and Chien Ming Wa, who spent the bulk of the year on the DL, as if they were integral parts of the journey, just prolonged it.

It is over for now, but this a well-constructed team at its core — Sabathia and Burnett in the rotation, perhaps the best infield in baseball, some solid outfielders, though some of the cogs are aging — so we may have to endure the same thing next year.

My only hope is that the Mets rebound, get healthy and find the missing pieces to surround David Wright, Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran and Johan Santana and get back to the playoffs and make a run a world title.

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet