Archive for April, 2009

Opening Day Follows the Script

Monday, April 6th, 2009

The last two seasons have begun with a tremendous sense of hope for the New York Metropolitans.  The last two seasons have ended with a sense of utter despair for the team, and more acutely, the fanbase.   Changes to the equation that had failed us the last two seasons were needed and made.  Whether the new equation, consisting of a new ballpark that couldn’t have come at a better time and, more importantly, a revamped bullpen with a dominating closer at the back end, will serve to erase the failures of the last two years is yet to be seen.  On this day in rainy Cincinnati, the second part of the new equation held up their end of the bargain.  May it always be thus.
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