MLB: What it's like to be a New York Mets fan 11 Articles

by Chris Messner

In 2007, it hurts to be a Mets fan. Over the past 10 years or so, the leadership of the Mets decided to try to beat the Yankees at their own game. It simply isn't possible, so the sooner Mets' leadership accepts that...read more

by Eugene G.

What is it like to be a New York Mets fan - an occasional thrill ride mixed with an emotional roller-coaster of letdowns and setbacks. As a Mets fan, I want nothing more than to see this franchise win it all. I would lov...read more

by Tyrone Biggums

I have never made it a secret that I am an avid Mets fan. I've never felt the shame of being a fan of the so called "second tier team" of New York. Not even during that loss filled haze of a decade known as the nineties, d...read more

by Rod Reyes

When I was 11, I asked my father for a glove I could use to play little league baseball. He bought me a softball glove, and a flimsy one at that. I loved him for the thought, but it took me years to realize that my dad j...read more

by Ann Marie Dwyer

Call me sheltered, but I had never seen a Major League game until I married a Mets fan. The concept of enjoying three hours of baseball that I was not playing, much less 162 games of it, eluded me altogether. Then on a T...read more

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by Apocalypto Schwartz

LAMENTATIONS OF THE METSES And I am Out There. It is September eleventh, a day that will live in infamy' (A LIFE IN THE DAY' WILLIAM GOLDMAN from WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR,' BANTAM 1988) And here we are, still out th...read more

by David Skolnik

Being a fan of the New York Metropolitans since 1962 is akin to following the stock market. For us, there have been many bear markets and a handful of bull markets - 1969, 1973, 1986, 2000 and 2006. Once you're hooked, you...read more

by Chris Lima

You have to admit, you knew this was coming. All those weeks of tormenting the Yankee Fan sitting in the cubicle next to you. All those summer months you sat on top of your perch, looking upon the downtrodden, the Yankee ...read more

by Jason Appignani

In the early 80s George Steinbrenner traded Reggie Jackson and as a little boy who had adored one of the greatest sluggers of all time switching was made much easier. I refused to cheer for the Yankees anymore a...read more

by Steve M.

My MLB Predictions for 2007 (post written on March 31st, 2007) I've seen many posts on this website regarding 2007 Major League predictions as far as standing and in...read more

by Nick Vandel

I didn't get into baseball, not alone a New York Mets fan until the 1973 World Series. The only reason I was watching it was because my grandparents were babysitting me and they were die-hard Met Fans. The only detail ...read more