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| Word Press doesn't seem to be allowing cookies to be set on my computer, but I worked on this rant too long to not let it out
Sorry about the cobwebs. Work, school, and a season that appears to be going downhill rapidly have taken my time away from blogging.
But I need to get this off my chest now. Ill do some stuff Saturday, but right now I need to clear the head.
Ive been a fan since 1985, when I was just 8 years old. Okay so the good times of the 1980s ended around 1991, but I always thought that something better would be lurking just over that horizon.
First it was misguided faith in Bobby Fresno Jones, Jason Jacome, Rico Brogna, Todd Hundley, Butch Husky, and the fact that Dallas Green had turned the Phillies into the 1980 champs, and built the 1984 Eastern Division winning Cubbies.
Then Generation K came. Alright, this was going to be this generations version of
well maybe not Seaver-Koosman-Matlack, but certainly the Mets answer to Glavine-Smoltz-Avery in terms of home grown (yes I know Smoltz was from the Tiger organization) trio of a dominant pitching staff.
Well when that fizzled, it did not deter my optimism much because, hey that Alfonzo sure has a sweet swing, and despite Ordonez severe lack of a bat, boy could he make those plays. Not to mention Hundley was coming into his own, and Bobby Valentine knew how to get the job done, so by 1997 you could make a case for brighter days were just around that ben ... |
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