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Yankee Fans Know That Feeling Of "believing" Very Well

Friday, October 4, 2024 10:45

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Pete Alonso of the Mets couldn’t hit himself out of a paper bag for weeks. So you knew it was only a matter of time for him to get a big hit in a big moment last night… and good for him.

For me, I’m not a Mets fan. I don’t have any feeling for them good or bad. For me, they are just the Mets. That’s how it’s been for a long, long time. When Derek Jeter made that remark about the team recently, it just made sense for me. They ARE just the Mets. I don’t particularly root for them, I don’t boo them… I just watch them. And that’s about it.

Last night, I was leaning Brewers just because of the fact that I long for the 80′s, the Robin Yount, Gorman Thomas, Paul Molitor days. It was nostalgic for me. Plus, my kid’s a Christian Yelich fan so it just made sense. But to be honest, I went to bed not really caring who won, but I do have to say, it was a good game.

But the moment that Alonso had made us all bring us to those great moments in baseball. It is what makes baseball truly great. A home run when a team needed it most, the moment, the feeling, the triumph, the defeat on the other side. It was baseball at its best. Happily, as Yankee fans, we have had many of those and they all made us feel incredible… especially during big games.

CBS News writes:

“At least we didn’t get swept.”

Jim Leyritz remembers saying that out loud when the Yankees’ sixth-inning rally in Game 4 of the 1996 World Series still left them trailing 6-3, only nine outs away from going down three games to one to the Atlanta Braves….Two innings later, Leyritz changed Yankees’ fortunes and pinstriped history with one swing, a game-tying, three-run home run off Braves closer Mark Wohlers. The Bombers would go on to win the game in extra innings, tying the series.”

And how about the true team effort of Yankees in 2001 when the Yanks needed them most. Cronkite News writes:

“Those three nights included President George W. Bush delivering a perfect strike for the first pitch before Game 3, Tino Martinez and Scott Brosius hitting two-run home runs in the 9th inning off Diamondbacks closer Byung-Hyun Kim in back-to-back games, Derek Jeter walking off Game 4 in the 12th, earning his title Mr. November, and the rookie Alfonso Soriano delivering a walk-off hit in Game 5 for the 3-2 New York series lead over Arizona.”

The home runs when we need them most is vital to the fabric of the game of baseball and so great for the true baseball fan. Last night was fantastic for Mets fans. It was important for Alonso, and we all felt it for a few minutes. Life for the true Met fan was glorious. But what happens next…

While the big home run is incredible, it depends on WHEN it takes place. As all Yankee fans know, losing the 2001 World Series was a heartbreaker. The Yankee homers came at the right time and in bunches… but it wasn’t enough. In fact, a bigger moment came for the Diamondbacks against the greatest closer of all time when Luis Gonzalez hit that blooper to win the game. Another moment in time that for the true baseball historian is just incredible. For the Yankee fan, it was gut wrenching.

For Leyritz, he would have several of those home run moments. The one in 1995 against the Mariners was incredible, but we didn’t win that series. Obviously 1998 Scott Brosius was on fire against the Padres, and in that World Series those moments were significant, we WON that. But again… it’s WHEN these moments happen that allow teams and their fans to truly love and appreciate being a fan.

Pete Alonso did something great last night. It should not be dismissed. But the Phillies are no slouch. The big question for the Mets is can the use that momentum to keep going, or was the highlight, as great as it was, only be a highlight that sits on a shelf, like Aaron Boone‘s homer against the Red Sox. Something that we recall, but years later doesn’t mean much. It’s a question every team clawing toward the World Series needs to think about.

I love big moments in baseball… we’ve had plenty as Yankee fans. But it’s how a team keeps going that is vital for the makeup of that team and what truly makes them a champion. Mets fans are happy today. I respect that. What I don’t respect is the trash talk, rudeness, slapping down of Phillies fans before they even show up. You are only as good as the game you played. When a new day comes, a new game comes. The Phillies are not about the roll over. Mets fans need to take the homer, praise Pete, applaud the team, but then reset.

Oh… and stop praising Grimace. How about you root for your team instead of rooting for a false vibe? That’s the problem with Mets fans… they don’t “believe in their team”… they believe in something fabricated to help them through the brutal fandom they’ve dealt with all these years. That’s no way to be a fan.

Big baseball weekend coming. Go Yanks! Let’s get some. Oh… and to the Mets, the Phillies… good luck.

Source: http://bleedingyankeeblue.blogspot.com/2024/10/yankee-fans-know-that-feeling-of.html

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