When it first happened, I was inconsolable.  But it wasn't like last year... I wasn't sad.  I was, and still am, pissed off.  Last year I wasn't willing to talk about it because I thought I would get depressed or maybe even cry.  This year I wasn't willing to talk about it because I was afraid I would kick a puppy.  But I've been feeling better, lately, as I think a lot of Mets fans are.  The Phillies got swept (and I was at a bar sitting next to 4 obnoxious Phillies fans during game 3, so I made sure to twist the knife a bit), the Yankees got eliminated, and Pushing Daisies premiered.  But there are still those moments that sort of creep up on me.  I'll be in the shower, and a thought will come into my head about some reading I did for Labor Law then... unions... then... the MLB Players' Association... then... Tom Glavine... GODDAMNIT! 

Yesterday I finally got my refund for the NLDS tickets I was "fortunate" enough to win the opportunity to buy.  Wow, thanks Mets.  Only 3 weeks since I purchased them and a week and a half since the Mets were eliminated and three days after the NLDS was complete.  Thanks.  While we're at it, can I have some more refunds?

I'd like to get refunded for the $200 I spent on the train ticket to New York on the last weekend of September.  All that time and money going up there was wasted, as it was spent seeing the worst baseball game I have ever attended.  I went to the game expecting that it would take a miracle to get the crowd out of it and it sure did, in the form of 7 runs in the first inning.  Really, Tom Glavine?  You wouldn't do anything differently?  Really, offense?  You can't score off the Marlins' bullpen?

I would also like the Mets to refund me the money I spent going a game in Philadelphia to see the Mets get their collective asses kicked.  I also went to some games in Chicago and Detroit, but at least there the Mets actually showed up and I wasn't getting heckled by fat, unemployed, cheesesteak eating machines.  So I don't need that money back.  Just the Philadelphia game would be great, thanks.

Oh, and I'd appreciate some of the money I spent on alcohol during the past week and a half.  Every time I've been in a bar recently, there's been some sort of playoff baseball game on.  I thought that if I drank enough I would hallucinate and see some Met uniforms on the screen, but alas, it didn't work, and I wound up instead with pictures of strangers on my camera and some really awful headaches (which reminds me, money for Advil would be appreciated as well).

I understand with the bureaucracy that is the Mets organization that I might not get this money for a couple of months, but I'll wait.  Just like I waited for my first refund.  Just like I waited for Delgado to get out of his slump all year.  Just like I waited for Milledge to get playing time.  Just like I waited for Mota and Schoeneweis to show me why they're worth anything more than a small slurpee from 7-11.  Just like I waited for Reyes to get out of his second half slump and play like the MVP candidate I know he is.  Just like I waited for the Mets to actually play to their potential for 5 months. 

Yep, still angry.