When Will The Owners of the New York Mets Hear The Fans Frustration?

The purpose of this blog is to cover my thoughts on various aspects of American life as we have entered the 21st Century. I know most people are scratching their head on my first topic for this blog but believe it or not, the New York Mets and the rest of the New York major sports teams have become part of the fabric of America with so many New Yorkers migrating to other parts of the Country. If you go to Met games in DC, Philadelphia, Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Arizona there are always a good portion of the crowd that come out to support the Mets.

I have been a fan of both New York baseball teams for most of my life with a slight leaning towards the boys from Queens. The Mets seem to have a bond with fans and seem more approachable and like one of "us". Ever since these lovable perrenial loosers gave us hope and inspiration with their 1969 "Miracle Mets" team. Seaver, Swaboda, Koosman, and company gave us reason to believe. This was so important because of the time this happened in American History. Vietnam, Civil Rights, a "beaten" President, and the assasinations of Martin Luthor King and Robert Kennedy were front page stories and the major news stories every night. Despite all of the negativity going on, the Neil Amstrong's landing on the Moon, Joe Namath and the NY Jets, and the Mets gave Americans hope.

However, since 1973, the Mets have gone through major periods of losing and then a few seasons of winning in the mid to late 1980's, to mostly loosing again.  The Wilpons sent this team and its fans to new lows with their financial support of Bernie Madoff. Proceeds that the team received from it's fans for tickets, jerseys, television deals was basically flushed down an illegal toilet (ponze scheme). The only thing this ownership has done is to lie and ruin the hope that this team bought to the city and the country.

Somehow the baseball gods blessed us during the tough years with great drafts and the building of a strong farm team and David Wright. Now in 2015, the Mets have given it's national fan base hope with Matt Harvey, "the Dark Knight", Jacob DeGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Lucas Duda, and David Wright. The Wilpons have financially rebounded from their disasterous financial relationships and have the money to put a winning product on the field. As I am writing this post, the Mets are in first place by a 1/2 game over the Nationals, largely due to the strong pitching they have been blessed with along with the under acheiving Nationals. The Mets could be running away with the NL East, but those Wilpons have decided to hand cuff their front office from pursuing big time hitters. I guess adding a few million to your already swelling bottom line is more important than hearing the fans frustration. If the Mets don't win this year, it will be 30 years next year since the Mets won it all in 1986. For the fans sake, let's hope it does not get that far.