You guys may have spent Memorial Day weekend watching some pretty crappy baseball and wondering if Willie was going to be gone now or later. I didn’t. I went to Disney World. I didn’t even look at what the Mets did in the paper or on the web. I knew that they weren’t doing well because like a good boy I called my mother and she was profoundly depressed. But I wasn’t interested. I was taking a break thanks to Frequent Flyer miles. I was in the Magic Kingdom.
I’d never actually been to Disney World. It’s an educational place. They teach you that if you dream, your dreams will come true, or something like that. The wonder of Disney World is that they have built this entirely charming alternate reality around such a dubious assertion.
Maybe they should send the Mets to Disney World. Give them front row seats at Fantasmic and show them that the Imagination is the most Powerful Force in the World and that in the end, Good will Defeat Evil. Then take them to Space Mountain or that Aerosmith roller coaster and shake up their innards real good. Let them listen to the loudspeakers that follow the parades and explain that anything your heart desires will come to you.
So far this season, the Mets have only been showing us one version of the meaning of the English term “Mickey Mouse.” There is another.
Glad you had a good time and that you were able to get away, where everybody knows your name and they’re always glad you came… oops, that was another time, perhaps even a time when the Mets were good.
I don’t think we should send the Mets to Disney, no reason to reward this team!
The way the Mets are playing, I think they should let all the Disney characters substitute for them. They can’t do any worse. Mickey will pitch, Goofy will play shortstop, Donald Duck will play first base, The Three Little Pigs will play the outfield. Pluto will play second base, Minnie will catch, and Daisy Duck will play third base.(Women can play baseball in Disney World LOL!). Jiminy Cricket will manage because as you said, when you wish upon a star your dreams come true. If only all the Mets had to do was wish for wins, they would be in first place!
Thank goodness they did win tonight. I really hope tonight is the start of a long winning streak.