Greatest Disappointment

The Mets website refers to this past year as the “Greatest disappointment” in their history. This led me to think if that is the way I feel. I still am not sure.

Certainly the Mets have had worse years. As mentioned in recent posts, suffering with them through the late 70’s and early 80’s, the Mets had terrible years. The thing is, at the time, they were never expected to do something. So, is the disappointment greater when you expect to do something, come close but fall short, or is it greater when you are just terrible?

The later years of Steve Phillips, when the Mets were expected to do something and nothing happened, were those greater disappointments. The days of Mo Vaughn at first and Roberto Alomar at second and Jeromy Burnitz in the outfield, those were years when people thought the Mets had a good team, but they fell short.

Of course, the years following 1986 were disappointing. We, as fans, were looking towards a dynasty but it never happened. Sure, we came close in 1988, but we could not even get back in the World Series. That was disappointing.

Honestly, let’s not forget 2006. The Mets were clearly the best team in the NL but we could not even get to the World Series. Game Seven against the Cards, with Beltran striking out, maybe the single greatest disappointment I suffered as a Met fan. Still that was one game.

Don’t expect me to answer the question. I cannot tell you what year was the greatest disappointment I faced as a Met fan. I guess, though, if you stay a Met fan long enough, you deal with disappointment. Still, we pull for them because we love them.

So, what do you think was your greatest disappointment as a Met fan?