It Became About Baseball

(The crappy smart phone shot from last night)

By: Nickybhoy

The date was circled in the calendar.

I sat at my desk yesterday thinking about getting to Citi Field. Actually most of the time I sit at my desk, I am thinking of baseball or footie (soccer) but yesterday there was a little added anticipation on the Mets and getting out to the stadium.

For those who have listened to the Metsbhoys call in show, know that while I acknowledge and respect Reyes' ability, I am no fan of his attitude and was relishing the moment where i would get to boo him for not signing back with the Mets.

However, a funny thing happened to me after the double header loss on Monday. I started to care less and less about who was playing shortstop for the Marlins but rather seeing the Mets get back into the W column. Monday's results put the Mets back at the .500 mark and amazingly, some fans on social media were ready to concede the season on April 24th.

As the day went on, it was less of an event for me and just another ballgame I wanted to see the Mets win. The mental hit on the team if they were to lose and go below the.500 mark could have been rough, especially when you couple it with the news that Jason Bay and Mike Pelfrey are headed to the DL. It is easy for any fan or maybe any player to say "here we go again".

On top of all that, Johan Santana was on the hill and he was coming off the worst start of his career. It was imperative not only for Johan but for the Mets that he pitch well to show us all that the last start was just a bad day.

I stuck to my normal routine of getting home from work, changing, eating something and heading out to the stadium. En route, I listened to WFAN and heard the latest updates on Bay and Pelfrey as well as Ed Coleman give his thoughts on the guys we just brought up from the Minors. Again, i was shocked at how little I was thinking about Reyes and about wanting the Mets to just win this ballgame against the division rival.

So the game began, the video tribute, as expected, was met with mixed reaction as did his first at bat. A loud roar as Captain Kirk made a great catch to stop Reyes from getting a hit on the first at bat and on his second at bat, he ironically grounded out to Tejada. It was at that moment, I half jokingly said "That's our Shortstop" and it hit me. Ruben Tejada is our shortstop, Reyes is in Miami and the Mets, needed to win that game.

The rest of the game, I did not care less about the Marlins shortstop and watched in enjoyment as Johan Santana and Josh Johnson put on a fantastic pitching display. I love a good pitchers duel but to see Johan get 11Ks was huge for me because it proved that the last start was just a bad day and that this team was not all that mentally effected from the beating they took just 24 hours prior.

The Mets won the game 2-1 and they were back in the W column to the relief of myself and Frankie Bhoy who was with me. The Mets bounced back from a bad day and won a big divisional game. You cant blame the bats because Josh Johnson was as dominant as Johan was, it was a tough gritty win and the Mets were able to pull it out.

So after an off-season of talking about booing Reyes, when I was asked how the "Reyes Game" went this morning. I had but one quick and simple answer. "Mets won".


(I am well aware I am not a writer and my grammar is poor at best. I believe a story should be told by the person telling it, and not by an editor. I suck at writing, but not afraid to share my thoughts. Hail Hail and Lets go Mets)