This Mets team is as fun as it gets, writes williamfleitch
Photo: Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images I can’t be the only person who takes cues for my emotional well-being from Mr. Met. Yes, fine: Technically Mr. Met is incapable of showing emotion, given that his head is a baseball, and his face that has been stitched with the rictus grin of the eternally doomed.
These days, though, Mr. Met is not hanging his head in shame. These days, Mr. Met, alongside Mrs. Met, is taking selfies on the field, playing the trumpet atop the dugout, and generally making it feel like life’s worth living — like everything’s going to turn out all right. But the Mets, somehow, just kept winning, thanks to impressive rotation fill-ins like Chris Bassitt, Carlos Carrasco, and Taijuan Walker; a deep and persistent lineup spearheaded by brawny Florida bro Pete Alonso and suddenly worth-all-the-cash shortstop Francisco Lindor; and an all-time closer performance from Edwin Diaz, who was once mocked as overpaid but has now turned into the most unhittable pitcher in the sport — with a fantastic theme song to boot.
The players have wildly overperformed to expectations, and manager Buck Showalter, the former Yankees skipper, has instilled a sense of calm and professionalism in a franchise that has rarely been known for either. But Cohen should not be underestimated in all this. It’s a little unseemly to feel grateful to a hedge-fund billionaire, but he’s exactly the sort of owner any sports franchise should want: incredibly rich, desperate to win at any cost, and more than a little bit crazy.
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