Another pointless September

Written by Nikki DeMaio | 09 September 2010

I have to be honest here:  I don't really know what to write about anymore.  I've been watching the Braves occupy first place for far too long and then when they were unseated... it's because of the Phillies.  I do want to be clear about one thing - I don't hate the Phillies nearly as much as most Mets fans.  There are two reasons for this:  the first is that I spent 4 years in college in Pennsylvania and, while there, had the incredible fortune of meeting Phillies fans who really just love baseball and want to discuss everything and not get into a Mets suck/Phillies suck "debate".  The second is that although the Phillies have topped the Mets recently - starting with that first collapse - I really think that the Mets' woes are their own doing, so I don't turn the Phillies into a scapegoat for our failures.

With all that being said, the NL East race is dead to me.  I can't handle watching the Braves and Phillies fight for first place while the Mets struggle to take two out of three from last place teams.  I considered reverting back to spring training mode here and talking about how the kids the Mets have called up have been pretty impressive... but then I realized I don't actually care.  Fans always have this somewhat irrational infatuation with homegrown talent - they never want to see anyone traded for anything.  And that is just unrealistic.  When a team has as many issues as the Mets do, how can you honestly say that anyone is untouchable?  I'm not jumping on a "Trade Wright! Trade Reyes!" bandwagon by any means because I firmly believe that they are part of the solution, not the problem.  For now, I'm playing out the string just like the Mets are.  As my dad likes to say when it's September and the Mets are irrelevant, "Who cares... it's football season."

In a few weeks, the Wilpons and Omar Minaya will grace us with their presence and issue some PR concocted statement about how the failures of the team were unacceptable and change is coming.  Some Mets fans will allow themselves to be caught up in the promises of hope and greener pastures.  Most will have adopted one of my favorite sayings:  Actions speak louder than words.  I'll believe ownership will do "whatever it takes" when I see it.

So on that note, I'm throwing this to the comments.  Is there anything about this season (or next season, I'm not picky here) you'd like to see discussed over the next few weeks?  Let me know and I'll do my best to make it happen.