baseball bitterness fiesta

Best quote from the NY Times Bats Blog today

Asked if he planned to watch the playoffs, Moises Alou said, “no, I hate baseball right now.”

Excerpt from my IM with a work buddy. Amazing how many Mets fans there are here at work.

Me:Ever since yesterday, doctor, i've been feeling this strange lump in my throat...
Jrl : hmm, mets disease
Me : /cough/choke/cough
Jrl : yup
Me : i think my problem is that i really started following the mets last year
Me : when they actually made it to the playoffs
Me : if i had really been following over a number of years, i would've gotten very used to them sucking
Me : and not been disappointed
Jrl : well, this year was really a trap year
Jrl : after last year, i'm not sure that gave them much hunger
Me : yeah
Me : From the NYT: Asked if he planned to watch the playoffs, Moises Alou said, “no, I hate baseball right now”
Jrl : haha
Me : bad pitching will screw up a team every time
Jrl : i think they might have felt entitled to be in teh playoffs again
Me : yeah that's what i think
Jrl : like after last year, they'll just be there again
Jrl : i think that set in in june
Me : yeah
Me : well, i guess i'll have John Maine's near no-no to warm my heart during the cold months
Jrl : sigh
Jrl : were you there?
Me : i thought about it
Me : i only live 6 stops but considering the nervous wreck that i was on saturday, and the fact that i was trying to relax, i decided against it
Jrl : right
Me : i had gone to the cardinals-mets game on thursday. Pineiro for the cards pitched a real gem
Jrl : yuck
Me : and what was crazy about yesterday -- the bullpen was actually good
Me : ok, i have to stop talking about this before i get angry again
Me : so, Goooooo Rockies!
Jrl: hehe
Jrl : i didn't even watch a highlight; i tuned in at 1:30 when it was already 7-1 and just turned off
Me : smart of you
Me : i tortured myself by turning on the tv every once in a while and of course, i had to watch the 2 hour baseball tonight special