Skid's 2014 Dream Season

May 10th - GAME #36 vs Philadelphia Phillies (16-18)
The Mets start Dillon Gee (3-1) and his 16 inning scoreless streak against Kyle Kendrick (0-3). The Phillies are tied with the Mets for last place in the NL East, 3 games behind division co-leaders Atlanta and Miami. Infielder Eric Campbell was called up from Triple-A Las Vegas to add some pop to the lineup. In 33 games Campbell was batting .355 with 3 HR and 24 RBI. Eric was named the PCL Player of the Week on April 28th. Las Vegas pitcher Rafael Montero threw 5 1/3 hitless innings Friday before being pulled with a high pitch count. The next batter doubled ending the chance of a combined no-hitter. SS Omar Quintanilla cleared waivers and was sent to Las Vegas, 1B Josh Satin was demoted to Las Vegas to make room for Eric Campbell on the roster.

Matt Harvey is making progress from his Tommy John surgery. Matt threw from 120 feet yesterday and is on track to throw off a mound on June 10th. Lucas Duda is recovering from food poisoning that sent him to the hospital and Scott Rice has declared his back issues the last few days are over.

16-19

The Mets dropped their fourth one run game of their last five. Dillon Gee's scoreless streak was stopped in the first inning. David Wright went 3 for 5 with a home run, double, single and 3 RBI's. However he popped out with a runner on second in the ninth to end the game. David's HR was only his second of the year and his first since opening day. Curtis Granderson went 2 for 4 to raise his average up to .187! Curtis is batting .306 in his last ten games so he is much improved over his horrid start to the season. After a successful 15-11 April the Mets are now 1-8 in May.

I missed the bottom of the ninth inning because I had to go to the prom.
Let me repeat that.
I missed the bottom of the ninth inning because I had to go to the prom.

Now before I explain why I went to the prom, this is a very good reason why I want to travel clear across the country and spend six months at Citi Field in New York. Life is about interference. Work interferes with play. Bills interfere with spending. Eating wrong interferes with health. Sleeping interferes with late night Call of Duty marathon game play, Winter interferes with baseball. I want to watch the Mets every game and not be interfered with. But that's next season and for now I have to succumb to interference.

Today was my wife's birthday and she is the principal of a local High School. She does a great job and I could never do what she does. For her birthday she wanted to just veg at home and relax. So I got to watch the Mets game until the middle of the ninth. Then off to dinner and a visit to the prom. Luckily I was just a wallflower observer as over 600 students dressed in their best tuxedos and gowns paraded through the door. The crowd of young people sang happy birthday to their principal and my duty of escorting the birthday girl at the prom was finished by 10:30.

I didn't wait until getting home to watch the bottom of the ninth and lack of another Mets late rally. While standing around the prom lobby I checked my phone for the final score and saw that indeed the Mets refused to rally in the ninth. I'm a little frustrated by the Mets losing streak in May. Losing is going to happen, this team is not the 69 Mets or the 86 Mets. But hell, can't they be the 2014 Mets of April? Others share that frustration too. Why would I want to spend the time and money to go to New York and watch this team lose? Especially after reading first hand reports of the Mets lack of proper treatment of their fans. Maybe it's the second guessing of my decision to retire early at my first opportunity instead of working a few more years and getting more compensation on my retirement check. At 55 years old, I'm thinking that it's time to do what I want, not what is necessarily the "best" choice. Should I wait until the Mets have a better team to do my summer trip? Or will I become the spinster who never married because they never found the right mate. Waiting only wastes time and sometimes we only have so little in life that is not interfered with by trials and tribulations. All those kids at the prom have their whole lives ahead of them.

I don't.