Technical reasons aside*, the Mets suck for a variety of reasons obvious to even the most casual sports watcher. In fact, I would say that any one who is a Mets fan should probably just stop watching baseball. The Mets are only out to crush your dreams. At least when you're an Orioles fan or a Pirates fan, you know exactly what you're getting yourself into: a season full of disappointment. You've come to expect it, but you root for the home team anyway, because you enjoy the game. But Mets fans? Regardless of the evidence staked against them, Mets fans hope their mediocre team will actually win something someday. But every season without fail, the Mets crush this naive hope with a season of ridiculous blunders and painful errors.
See these highlights from a recent Mets game against the Dodgers as an example:
Kosin doesn't seem to have any ties to New York, so the fact that he roots for a New York team is bizarre and irrational itself. Why he just doesn't root for the Yankees** like every other fake-New Yorker in this country is beyond me.
Therefore, I can only assume Kosin roots for the Mets because he sucks.
To recap: Dave Kosin, a fan as faithful as Mr. Met himself, comes back every year, praying the Mets actually remember they aren't playing in Little League. And every year, Kosin cries like a little baby as he watches his rival team, the Phillies, consistently crush the Mets and own the NL East.
One may assume Kosin merely likes sports teams that pretend to be good but are actually awful, seeing as he is also a Eagles fan. However, I would argue this simply makes the point of him sucking more valid.
*Technical Reasons the Mets suck: Their player development system is a mess. Since 1985, only five players the Mets signed and developed have made it to the All-Star team. Five. And although they are currently third in the NL East standings***, we can expect them to choke in a matter of months, as their recently signed free agent players enter onto the disable list.
**I do not encourage anyone to root for the Yankees. They symbolize everything that is wrong with baseball in this country, but at least they win. This is why fake New Yorkers like them. However, Kosin sucks and likes pain, so this is why he roots for the Mets.
***This post was written on 6/10/10.
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