Patience is a wonderful thing and not something often experienced in New York Sports. Winning a world championship is the hardest accomplishment in sports and it often takes years to win, and even decades in between champagne dances. Us Mets fans have had it tough having to watch the crosstown Yankees win championships and divison titles and then losing to the mighty bronx bombers in the 2000 Subway series. It has been difficult to be patient especially in light of getting so close in 2006 and collapsing last September. But I don't want to bring you down. This is not a time to be sad. It's a time to celebrate as the Mets were patient and patience won out and we were able to obtain ace pitcher, Johan Santana!
In the time we shall now call BS (Before Santana), the Mets pitching rotation looked weak. Now in the era of AS (After Santana) what was once weak is now the best pitching staff in the National League! Santana makes us that good - all we need is our prayers of health to be answered.
I'm amazed that the Mets were able to obtain Santana from the Twins with only having to give up a few unproven players. Patience my friends! Patience. Oh yeah - that and luck. Had the Mets hadn't made the deal on February 1st, Santana may be wearing a Redsox uniform in light of the news that Sox pitcher Curt Schilling will be forced to miss much of the season due to a rotator cuff problem. Funny how things work out isn't it?
So pitchers and catchers report in a week or so the count down to the new 2008 Mets baseball season won't be far behind. I'm really looking forward for the season to start - I have very little patience in that regard. C'mon guys...lets play ball!
