I give thanks for:
David Wright dripping and running on the field with his cigar.
Pedro’s pointing to the heavens, which I want to see again.
The way Paulie LoDuca looks like a thick and capable Pee-Wee Herman.
The way Carlos Delgado can stroke a ball so high to the right or slap it so far to center.
The way Jose Reyes hits the ground with his chest when he slides and bounces up in a single movement as if he were Gumby.
The way Tom Glavine reminds me of the adult you really need to have along with you on the field trip.
The way Endy Chavez has the largest smile I have ever seen as a proportion of the face and the way he has the mobility of an electron.
The way Shawn Green looks so quiet and thoughtful and a little lost, which makes you wonder if he’ll suddenly remember how to hit 40 home runs.
The way Carlos Beltran found what he had lost.
The way Ron Darling clearly knows what he is talking about.
The way Willie Randolph will sometimes manage with his imagination and won’t care if the whole world thinks he is wrong.
The way Mets fans are such geeks, reading blogs, posting on forums; the way they are so desperate for baseball news in November when almost nothing is happening.
And I am so sad about:
Steve Trachsel’s five years of hard work and what he will feel like when he cleans out his locker.
The way poor Cliff Floyd has to leave us now and can’t come with us.
The way Shea will become dust.
Once again, Dana, you have written what many of us have been thinking about. I would also like to give thanks to the whole 2006 Mets team for a wonderful year, and that they build on that, making them World Series champs by Thanksgiving, 2007.
Great piece Dana. (But I’ll be about as sad to see Trachsel leave as I am about not being spanned for discount Viagra. Trachsel is a terrible pitcher. I’ll be sad to see Floyd leave.)
I am puzzled right now as to whether the Mets are building a poster child for the AARP with their signings. Very bizarre.
I give thanks for the Mets proving why the DH rule is evil.
And I am sad that the Wilpons have, in a meaningless instance of greed and shortsightedness, sold the naming rights to Shea to an corporate entity that (1) has already paid more than $2 billion dollars (including $120 Million to the SEC) to settle its involvment in the Enron and Dynergy frauds: (2) has had very troubling ties to Saudi royal and political interests, including one bank it dumped its investment in because of what appeared to be ties to terrorist financing; (3) has been hit on multiple occassions for predatory lending practices; and (4) items 1-3 seem not to engender any questioning or concern, let alone outrage.
But, at the end of the day, I suppose you root for your fellow fans or the players (mercenaries though they are) more than the owner. At least I hope so.
Happy T-day. Semper fi.
I’m thankful that its only about 2 and a half months till pitchers and catchers report.
I’m sad that it is 2 and a haf months until pitchers and catchers report.
you don’t seem like a glass half empty guy to me Dana.
I’m sad about Cliff, too. Really wanted it all this year, for all of us, but especially for him. A really good soldier.
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