New York Met Fans Are Different From Other Fans

OK Met fans. It has been a tough couple of years. Talent-filled teams each of the last two years combined with a high payroll and of course high expectations. I can boldly, but not gladly, say the Mets' last two years were probably the most heartbreaking of any professional sports team in the last two years. Granted, I said heartbreaking, not worst. I consider a heartbreaking year where the team is in the race all year long better than that of a team that was never in playoff contention at all. Any-who, there are a couple of tendencies, patterns, characteristics, etc. that I see in Met fans like myself that I do not see in many other fans of baseball teams.   1) Die-hard. I have been going to Shea Stadium for about twenty years now. Unlike the cross-town Yankees, the Mets HAVE had losing seasons. However, there was never a year, nonetheless a game in which I went to where the crowd was not electric. Conversely, I have been to Philadelphia many times to see Mets/Phillies ... (link)