On The Shoulders of Giants

It’s an odd feeling.  Starting a post here feels a bit like walking on sacred ground. 

This was a corner of the interwebs that I visited and lurked in almost daily, but without comment, enjoying the musings of real world acquaintances who shared a common love of baseball, the Mets and a dislike of TFY (The F#*%ing Yankees). It was a place that provided smiles during a divorce, levity during some rather rancid Mets seasons, and a shared joy in the rare year that the Mets things were putting it all together even when they couldn’t win that last game. It was your favorite local, where the game was always on and people always wanted to talk baseball.  That said, while I loved being there, I was the random at the bar that just enjoyed overhearing the discussion. 

In the years since the shuttering of MLC, the OGs have gone from acquaintances to close friends.  There have been concerts and beach trips. Weddings (so nice Whit did it thrice), graduations, memorial services, and births. Throughout it all, while maybe not as strong a focus as in the past, baseball banter has been a through line.  

For this reason, when Whitney tossed out the idea of a September mini-MLC over at Gheorghe: The Blog, I jumped at the chance to be part of it. It didn’t hurt that the Mets were having a bit of a magical run and I was getting see it though the eyes of my 6 year old.  Once again, the Metsies came up a few games short, as they have every year since I was 11, but the joy was back. I am very much looking forward to this season. 

Not many reboots work very well. Generally they’re a money grab with only a fraction of the creative effort of the original.   The money part will not be an issue, as by all reports the MLC monetization strategies have stalled a bit.  I’m hoping, but not betting on, the Mets play on the field to inspire the creativity. We shall see. 

In the end, I’m just happy to have a place to post some thoughts about baseball, the Mets, watching a little girl become a fan, and sharing it with a few good friends.