Why mets fans could be in for an ugly drought

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Less than 10 days ago, Ole Miss outlasted Tennessee on the road The Mets are turning 50 years old this year. April 11 marks the 50th anniversary of their first game, an loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Stan Musial went 3 for 3. This 50th birthday is a grim one. This is a birthday for a year-old who lost his entire k and is now collecting unemployment while working part time as a greeter at Wal-Mart.

It is worse than it has ever been for Mets fans. They are starting over. The question now is how long will it truly take to turn this around. And just how much suffering will be involved? Even for a franchise whose fans have always secretly cherished their pain as the sign of the true believer, the last six years of New York Mets baseball have been cartoonishly cruel.

It began with Carlos Beltran freezing on that Adam Wainwright curveball. In a surreal, grueling twist, those two are teammates now, on a team that has won two World Series since that game. Since then, the Mets have:.

Considering the Madoff disaster, this drop in payroll was a sad necessity, but it also happened to be good business. There was no need to throw good money after bad, so the financial constraints probably ended up saving the Mets from themselves.

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