NY Mets: Mid Season Updates On a Personal Note

Hi everyone. This post is NOT going to be in article format. In this post, I’m going to get into the good, the bad, and the ugly sides of the business of baseball, from a fan’s perspective foremost.

I’d be lying through my teeth if I said I wasn’t deathly scared of losing my favorite Met at the trade deadline. Sometimes the fear consumes me. It grips at my soul. The last favorite Met I’ve had, we all remember how that went.

Javy Baez to Detroit affected and cost me my previous job. I didn’t get fired from End The Season. I just barely wrote articles, and was in the grumpiest of moods, hiding my tears behind dark shades, drowning my emotions in caffeine and Red Bull, while telling my supervisor that I felt no motivation to write about my favorite team.

Sometimes, players become dear to your heart. You relate to them on a personal level, whether it be an off the field matter or something they have done for your team in a memorable game.

When they choose the money over the game we all love and cherish, it just hurts. I could say I understand, but I really feel conflicted. Yes, we all have families to feed. These guys sacrifice a lot to make the fans happy and they deserve so much more.

I’m just saying, why can’t everyone be like Wilmer Flores and really love the team they are on?

That drove me insane. I have never cried so much after Wilmer left. I often wonder how many players have that mindset and my thought remains, not even 3 perhaps.

Everyone wants that mega deal. Everyone’s trying to be the biggest paid, with little to no loyalty to the team on the front.

Yes, the truth is, why I have not been posting is because I’m deathly terrified to lose Pete Alonso to the Cubs. I can’t say for certain what my reaction would be. I might delete social media for a year again. I might have a text me only policy. I’ll be fine. I love myself. That’s exactly why I show myself self love when I need it the most.

Pete Alonso is a great human. Granted, he’s a fan favorite because his power bat and awesome personality is a rare commodity. Everyone loves the Polar Bear here in New York.

To those who say he’s replaceable. I’m sure a power hitting first baseman is definitely easy to find.

Someone with a big heart and a love for animals (the foundation he’s created), his love for the fans, his commitment to being a caring person on and off the field, and what he brings to the team abilities wise?

That’s not easily replaceable.

Talent is easy to find. Truly empathetic and caring humans simply being leaders in both the clubhouse and offensive categories will leave a gaping hole in the hearts of millions of Mets fans.

I hope you have read and understood everything I am pouring out to you. I mean it from the bottom of my fragile heart when I say Pete Alonso deserves to be a Met for life.