Patience Is A Virtue

Sometimes in life it is good to be aggressive, cut corners, doing things in a swift manner, and “live in the moment.”

Rebuilding a baseball team is not one of those times.

Just ask any Mets fan who has witnessed the horror show that was the regime of Omar Minaya. A period of bad spending, lack of depth at any level, and general management as if he were playing MLB 2K11 franchise mode.

As much as most every fan loved Jose Reyes and wanted him back more than anything, he just does not fit into what the Mets are doing right now. Not that having great players is ever a bad thing, but at his price tag and contract length, it was not worth breaking the bank for.  It would be a blatant lie on my part to say that I will not miss his triples, flopping hair, stolen bases, and all around awesomeness.

For every one of these:

I can counter with one of these:

Or these:

Now that I’ve given everyone their Youtube fix, I can return to the topic of patience.

I’m not going to sugarcoat it, the Mets will likely not only miss the playoffs, but probably be among the worst teams in the league this year. They could very well finish in dead last in the NL East. Ticket sales will shrink and shrink, and we will see more news articles about the Wilpons trial then we will about what the team is looking to do at the Trade Deadline.

Despite this, the 2012 Mets will be a team of hope. One can focus on the fact that Mike Pelfrey really has not improved one bit, or they can admire the starts of RA Dickey. Act disgusted at every Jason Bay strikeout, or enjoy a budding slugger in RF, Lucas Duda. Hate that Andres Torres is going to be the Opening Day center fielder, or be relieved that we got a top-30 prospect for Carlos Beltran.

However, whether you hate the “Moneyball-Mets,” or love the direction of the franchise, we all have to remember one thing.

Its baseball, lets sit back, put our feet up, and just watch and enjoy the game we love, what could be so bad about that?