When Your Team Disappoints, Don't Jump Ship

Ah, yes, October is on the horizon, and the baseball playoffs are indeed shaping up. It is time to put up or shut up. But, is it time to jump ship? Or maybe there are other things that should be considered first

In a recent article written by Benjamin Cossel, entitled "When Your Team Disappoints How Do You Stay Interested?", he pines about the woes of his beloved Baltimore Orioles, this year and years past. He makes mention that his team was the victim of a 30-3 loss to the Texas Rangers. A feat that took 110 years to accomplish. He talks about the young Red Sox pitcher, Clay Buchholz (just called up from Triple-A Pawtucket) that no-hit the Orioles on September 1.

Now while I agree that it has been a tough year for the birds in Baltimore, does this mean that you should just jump ship and "adopt a late-season team"? I do not think so. I can say this with some authority as I am a fan of a team that, until recently (thank god) has been on the loosing end of baseball.

You see, I am a New York Mets fan, and, up until about two years ago, there was very little to cheer about. Sure, we had Mike Piazz,a but did you see the 2000 World Series? I did.

I watched the, as Benjamin called them, “pinhead Yankees” come in and flaunt their manufactured team around my beloved Shea and wallop my pinstriped pinheads. Granted, we won one game, I am investigating that one win because I truly believe the boys from the Bronx stayed home and sent the local high school team to come play the Mets. Let's face it, the Mets looked bad.

Until recently, the only thing Mets fans had to cheer was a blast by Piazza in the first home game after the September 11, 2001 attacks. It brought a tear to your eye, if you know what I mean. Now he is gone and last I heard a designated hitter for the Oakland A’s.

Article Author: Patrick Cossel

Patrick Cossel is the publisher of The Western Nebraska Observer in Kimball Nebraska.

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