I couldn't have said it any better myself, thanks Nelson
Oh the New York Mets. Is there an organization more screwed up than you? In 2007, the Mets blew a 7 game lead with 17 to play and missed the playoffs. In 2008, they choked again after blowing a 3 1/2 game lead with 17 to play. In 2009, the Mets learned that Bernie Madoff had fooled the Mets organization in his Ponzi scheme. The Mets owner lost upwards of $700 million dollars (which was nothing compared to the contract that they gave Mo Vaughn). In 2010, yet another disaster struck. They received the worst endorsement of all time! This picture explains it all:
Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi is a Met fan. I swear I couldn't even make this stuff up even if I tried!
As if this wasn't bad enough, the worst event of them all occurred in 2011. No, I'm not referring to the $18 million given to Ollie Perez and Juan Castillo after they had already been released. No, I'm not referring to the Mets employee airing the audio clip from this Family Guy episode over the voice of announcer Gary Cohen:
No, the worst event occurred on the last day of the season while the Mets were at home. This was their third consecutive year of finishing in fourth place. Surprisingly there were some Met fans that still showed up to the game to watch their favorite players. Jose Reyes was in the lead for the batting title but Ryan Braun was close behind. After a bunt single in the first, Jose asked his manager if he could be pulled from the game so that he could virtually lock up the NL batting title. Although manager Terry Collins didn't like the idea of removing a healthy Reyes after one at bat, he acquiesced. Reyes admitted afterwards that he wanted the batting title so his home country could throw him a parade.
Records mean something in baseball while people like Ted Williams who despite having a .400 average, decided to play a complete double-header to end the season. He finished at .406 for the year. When asked afterwards why he risked losing the incredible .400 batting avg, he stated "If I'm going to be a .400 hitter, I'm going to be a .400 hitter all the way."
"If I knew that Red Sox fans would turn out to be such obnoxious douches, I never would have played for them. Give me a fan base of Jerry Seinfeld, Snooki, and Chris Rock any day over Ben Affleck and his lover Matt Damon". - Ted Williams on why the Red Sox suck
It's easy to criticize Jose Reyes for being selfish. His stats mattered to him more than the team. Even his own fans booed him after he was removed. But all this doesn't surprise me. Jose has never been a team guy or a clubhouse leader. What does surprise me is that manager Terry Collins allowed this to happen. After all the negativity that has surround the Mets over the last 4 years, Terry Collins failed to do the right thing. He let one player's selfishness upstage the entire team. Jose will probably be gone next year, but Collins will return along with the majority of the current players. Unfortunately for Met fans, the culture of losing and selfishness will be back as well. Oh, and so will Snooki. She never seems to go away.
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