I Almost Forgot How Much I Hate The Mets. Almost.
I just want to put my hand up for a second and scold myself. I want to scold the Tommy that was sitting in his bed watching Game 6 of the NLCS around 10:30 PM last night. Because that Tommy was being a complete idiot. He was sitting there watching the Dodgers beat the Mets in the 8th inning and thinking to himself, "Eh, I'm not going to take a big victory lap if the Mets lose. It's been a nice little season for them and I have the Yankees to worry about. Maybe I'll even extend the olive branch to my fellow New Yorkers and let them come cheer for their city to take down the big bad Dodgers!"
I don't know what the hell I was thinking. I don't why I nearly showed a moment of weakness towards these absolute sewer rat fucks. All it took was one scroll through Twitter to remember how I fucking hate these LOSERS. I thought maybe they'd have a little self respect for once. Maybe they'd think "Hey we had a great season, let's just focus on that." But nope. They instantly turned their focus to the Yankees. They were basically chanting "Let's Go Dodgers!" while the game was still going on. They bragged about how the Mets swept the Yankees in the regular season. They claimed Juan Soto would be a Met. They talked about what an easy path the Yankees had to the World Series and how the Mets would be in the World Series if the roles were reversed.
It was a cute little run, but now Met fans get to do what they do best. Root against the Yankees in October. Mets fans have two seasons. One is spent rooting for the Mets (that usually ends in August). And the other is spent rooting against the Yankees in October. Since I was born in in 1996, there have only been THREE seasons where the Mets have gone further in the season than the Yankees. Mets fans have spent 26 of the last 29 seasons hoping they can celebrate the Yankees losing as if its their own World Series victory.
And let me be the first to give credit to the Mets for the fun little season they had. Who could forget the McDonald's mascot throwing out the first pitch? Or the Hawk Tua girl throwing out the first pitch? Or that cute little pop song Jose Iglesias put out? OMG! An adorable season for sure. But guess what? Gimmicks don't win pennants.
And listen, I have no problem with Mets fans enjoying the season they just had. For the Mets, it was an undeniably fun season and losing in the NLCS is one of the most successful seasons they've had in years. If you're the scrappy little fun underdog, then this season was nothing but a W for you guys. But I was told that was no longer the case? I was told that now with big bad billionaire Uncle Stevie at the helm, the Mets were now the big bad wolf? They were the big brother in town? They were the team that would sign all the stars and be in contention every year? Not the team that would have their biggest move of the season be promoting pop star Jose Iglesias!
But the Mets can just never stop being little brother no matter how many mascots throw out the first pitch for them. They can never get out of the Yankees shadow. Their only claim they had over the Yankees was that they've been to a World Series more recently, and now they can't even say that! Klemmer would bring it up like once a week! It always fascinated me that they were so proud bringing up a World Series they LOST, but now they can't even do that! THEY HAVE NOTHING.
They'll revert back to their usual talking points though. They went 4-0 against the Yankees in the regular season! Doesn't matter that JD Davis was batting cleanup for the Yankees, still 4-0! Hang the banner! Tell us about how you're going to steal Soto from us! Tell us how in your hypothetical universe the Mets would've went to the World Series in the AL and the Yankees would've lost to the Dodgers! Live in that fantasy world all you want.
But here in this world, in reality, the Yankees are playing in the World Series. And the Mets are rooting against us. Just like God intended.