The living end.

So.

Johan.

Way to go fending off the Jerx.

Now, if only we could do something about our fans.

That's right, jerks! With a 'k!' Mets fans, it's one thing to bemoan exorbitant Regular Season ticket prices for a team that's only going to rip your heart out just when you've thought the team has it locked, but Spring Training games are cheap, and your attendance prevents articles in the NY Times like this:

For Mets, Tradition Field Looks Like Red Sox Nation

James A. Finley/Associated Press

Red Sox fans were a vocal majority of the largest-paid crowd (7,353) in Tradition Field history.

By BEN SHPIGEL

Published: March 11, 2008


PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Johan Santana received a pleasant round of applause when he was introduced as the Mets’ starting pitcher before Monday’s game. The fans, though, were just warming up their vocal cords. They were really waiting for the next player to be announced: “Leading off the game for the Boston Red Sox, the center fielder, No. 46, Jacoby Ellsbury.”

His name could barely be heard over the din. The Mets might have batted last and worn their white uniforms, but they were not the home team in Monday’s 10-inning 1-1 tie. Red Sox fans swooped into Fenway Park, er, Tradition Field, comprising a vocal majority of the largest paid crowd (7,353) in the stadium’s history.

A quick scan of the lower seating level could find Ortiz and Matsuzaka jerseys with every swivel of the head, although green Red Sox caps were popular, too. One man wore a T-shirt exhorting the Yankees to do, um, something not nice, but it was unclear where his allegiances stood Monday.

The Mets and the Red Sox, despite their memorable tussle in the 1986 World Series, are unofficial allies. They share a common enemy in the Yankees...

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

Ben, you're a die-hard fan, you're the Times' Mets Beat Writer, you've got a blog, but where's your brain? Fans of the Mets are fans of the Mets, and root for whomever is playing against the Yankmees. When the Jerx and Yanks play each other, we want both teams to lose. The Jerx are earning their right to be rooted against during the season as well. Mets fans would love nothing more than to see the Jays or Rays win the AL East. Sorry, Orioles, you suck.

Hey Wilpons, listen up! Let Mets fans buy Mets tickets. Subway Series is supposed to be filled with Dodger/Met Blue, not that other blue. And, if we make the World Series ever again, make ticket buyers pass a Mets trivia quiz before purchase. Look at the f'in guy in this Times article!

Everyone, most of the Mess are still hurt.