Some Kind of Sendoff, Met Fans
Here I am, sitting on my couch and stuffed with Taco Bell, confused. The Met shines gloriously on my high-def TV as they take a 2-0 lead against the Marlins. As it stands, the Mets are 1 game out of the playoffs. There are just about 13 innings of baseball left to be played in good old Shea Stadium and the place looks like it’s 3/4 full.
A life-long Mets fan who attended last night’s 6-1 Met loss told me the stadium was filled with emptiness of orange and blue seats. With the team fighting for a playoff spot and closing the building on Sunday, why can’t Met be there to root for the team they say the love?
One excuse I heard was fans stayed away because of the rain. The rain? Are you kidding me. Last Sunday night hurricane Ike could have been sitting directly on top of Yankee Stadium while the place was surround by tornados and the every seat still would have been occupied.
All year, every year, I have to listen to Met fans complain about the Yankees and their fans. And that’s fine. That’s just he way it goes. I don’t hate the Mets. I actually like them. They are like your cute kid brother who can be really annoying at times but who is always pretty much just harmless.
Tomorrow may very well be the end of the road for Los Mets and their stadium. I do not expect to see any empty seats. But like any Met season and any Met game, you never know how it will turn out.