This Sunday I will be running the NYC Marathon.  It is kinda like my Game 7.  After months and months of training I am finally ready for this one day.  The Mets hook for the run will be my new blue mesh Mets visor.  Thank you for the suggestions, some were a tad bizarre, but thank you anyway. 

Also, if you would like to read an article that was written about me running for Team For Kids click here.

Oh, and a big F you to the Phillies.  I hope the Mets players are just as pissed off as us Mets fans. 

A few months ago I posted details about running the NYC Marathon this year and the charity that I was supporting.  Thanks in part to you, the readers of Section Six, I was able to reach my donation goal of $2500.  Team For Kids is a fantastic charity helping the youth of New York City, I know they appreciate all of your support.

Within the same blog entry a few months ago I told readers that if the Mets won the pennant that I would run the NYC Marathon with a Mr. Met doll attached to my hip.  Well, we all know how that played out, so there will be no Mr. Met doll with me during the Marathon.  However, I would still like to do something Mets related, so if you have any ideas I would love to hear them.  I am open to pretty much anything except running in mets sneakers, face painting or wearing a Mr. Met head for 26.2 miles. 

If you would like to follow my progress, you can view/join my Public Facebook Group. 

Let me ask you this, would you rather be a Mets fan right now or a Cubbies fan.  Game 2, 6-0 (only top of 6th), Zambrano looking shitty.  I tell you, I am happy that I am not a Cubs fan, painful.  Best team in the NL, curse of the goat, Bartman.  Gotta be tough.

I will be honest, last night I was missing baseball a little bit, but as I sit here now and write, I am totally over the 2008 season.  Listen, after the 2007 collapse and how horrible this team played for half the season, I am really not that surprised that they lost and are playing golf right now.  As of right now, I'm over it.

Nobody can sit here and say they didn't enjoy the 2008 season, we had many good things from this team: Pelfrey, Johan, Murphy, Delgado, Reyes, Church.  Only one team is going to win the whole thing, and it wasn't going to be the Mets.  This team was not built to compete in the playoffs, the bullpen was butt-doo-doo.  If we did make the playoffs and got swept in the first round by the Cubs, people would be just as disappointed as they are now.  Here is the reality, Omar did not build a team that could win in October.  With that said, this team gave us one hell of a run and one hell of an exciting pennant race.  Sure, we didn't make the playoffs, but we saw during the final month exactly what needs to be corrected for 2009.  Now is when the work starts for next year.  Now is when Omar needs to address the weaknesses so the 2009 Mets can be put in the best possible position to compete with the Phillies and Cubs of the NL.  We have a great foundation, and a beautiful new ballpark.  Let's get at it Omar, earn that new contract you just received. 

Finally, I was sad for this season to end not because we missed the playoffs, but because the place where I learned to love the game of baseball will only be a memory.  I actually kinda laughed at the Mets, they went out and did it again to us fans, but as I said many months ago, this is what we all signed up for when we became Mets fans.  The Mets will win a World Series again, just think how good it will feel knowing how much us fans have gone through. 

Also, things could be worse, we could all be Pittsburgh Pirates fans, and cheering for a team that has not had a winning season since 1992 and is a miserable place for budding stars to play (Jason Bay counts his lucky stars every night before he goes to bed that he is now in Boston).  I mean, imagine this, not having a .500 winning percentage since Jim Leyland was the manager and Barry Bonds was 180 pounds.  That my friends is something that we should be thankful for.  The Mets have a fantastic core with homegrown players, a beautiful new ballpark, management with deep pockets and a commitment (I hope)  to put a winning product on the field. 

Let's start the hot stove season.......