Angry Met Fan: Origins and Inspirations

There has been much written about this current group of Mets and why it has been so tough. The feelings are indeed sincere and are in no way overstated for the good of the blog. Below is an email chain, which predates Angry Met Fan's inception. While there has been a few minor edits to the original mailing and the names of the corresponders have been changed in order to honor privacy concerns, the crux of the conversation has not been corrupted in anyway.

For purposes of full disclosure all changes in content are marked in italics and any deleted content by the insertion of ". . ." in its place. Aside from being angry met fans all parties are also fans of the television series "Lost."


From: Met Fan, Dejected
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 6:51 AM
To: Met Fan, Livid; Met Fan, Angry
Subject: the darkness

Things are worse than ever!!!

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From: Met Fan, Livid
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:41:15 -0500
To: Met Fan, Livid; Met Fan, Angry
Subject: RE: the darkness

It’s dark. It’s really dark. They should have blown it up after the second collapse. Not doing it then has set us back at least 5 years. This team is not going to be good for a very long time.

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From: Met Fan, Angry
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 10:56 AM
To: Met Fan, Livid; Met Fan, Dejected
Subject: Re: the darkness

2006 was supposed to be the year. That's what the rules are. It was not supposed to go down the way it did. 20 year 1986 anniversary; magical comebacks; the [other New York Team] looking old and slow; Chavez' catch: it was all going according to the way the scriptures says it does. But then something happened. Something terrible. Now, like the mid 70s to early 80s and the early to mid 90's after that, we are destined for irrelevance and embarrasment for years to come; only we don't have a WS Championship to reflect back on as the cost of doing business.
Call it "The Worst Team Money Could Buy, Part Deux" or simply same ol' Mets. Whatever, the phrase, it conjures up the all too familiar feelings of what it means to have attached ourselves to this. . . franchise.

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From: Met Fan, Livid
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 11:18 AM
To: Met Fan, Angry
Cc: Met Fan, Dejected
Subject: RE: the darkness

Is it possible that Daniel Farraday set off a nuke that caused the 2006 team to lose? Beltran doesn’t sit on that curveball, the Mets go on to sweep the Tigers, and the [team from the Bronx] fall deeper into obscurity like they did in the 80’s. And right now there’s an alternate 2010 playing out simultaneously. One where the Mets win in 2006, go on to win the NL east in 4 consecutive years and another title in 2008? Is this possible? I’m half expecting to start having flashbacks of me attending the ticker tape parade, harassing the [other New York team's] fans, praising the genius of Omar... and inexplicably in that alternate universe I’m a detective in LA.