This morning was a blissful morning. Not because it was a Monday morning. Not because it was a holiday morning and most of us had off of work. No, this morning was blissful because it is the first day of spring training. A fresh start. A new beginning. A clean slate.
It's been this way since the end of the 2007 season, 'The Collapse'. Everything that possibly could have gone wrong for the organization, did. Both on and off the field, the organization has struggled, up and down.
But, as of this morning, at least for a few days, that all goes away. No one should look back at what was, but look forward to what can be. Yes, there's a lot, and I mean a lot, that needs to go right for the Mets to be contenders this season, even if a second Wild Card spot is up for grabs. But that doesn't mean we, as fans, can't hope for it. Hope is what we have right now. Hope is what this morning gave us.
It's something small for Mets fans, and that's okay. While there are a number of other teams that open Spring Training this morning with legit dreams of a World Series in the fall, we should allow their fans to agonize and stress over the small things. As Mets fans, we're suppose to have nothing to play for, nothing to aim for this season. Let that be the case, let other people, the so-called experts, predict that the team will finish last in the NL East. Maybe it'll happen, but maybe it won't. Who knows? No one, that's who. That's why they play the game.
The whip of a pitch. The crack of the bat. The heat of the sun. The smell of the grass. It's all here now, it's time for Spring Training. It's time for baseball.
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