Wishing You All a Very Metsian Thanksgiving

I am thankful for the New York Mets.

I am thankful for the kind of thrills I can get on any given summer day in Flushing.

I am thankful in a Knuckler I can get behind.

I am thankful for the greatest position player the team has ever had.

I am thankful for a rising crop of starting pitching, and a rotation that has quietly become one of the best in baseball.

I am thankful for a bunch of players that have made the first 2 years of Sandy Alderson much more redeeming than the last 2 years of Omar Minaya.

I am thankful for a Jason Bay who showed everybody how to handle themselves in the shadow of failure. I am thankful for those fleeting moments when we thought he might just turn this thing around. Those moments were awesome, and magnified by their infrequency.

I am thankful that in 50 years, Omar Quintanilla will be a Mets legend to me.

I am thankful for a 1st baseman who’s only gonna get better.

I am thankful for a new shortstop I expect to be a champion in a Mets jersey one day.

I am thankful for a 2nd baseman who is as good a hitter as I’ve ever seen. If he gets traded this offseason, I will remember his time in a Mets uniform well.

I am thankful for a southpaw who had a breakout season. I’ll either be thankful for his awesome place in the 5-man or thankful for the haul he got back.

I am thankful for the lack of a drop-shadow.

And thankful for The Return of Blue.

I am thankful for the peace of mind I get every time I think of the Mets, and think about baseball in general.

I am thankful for this human life giving me the ability to experience a sport like this.

And thankful for the family that has made that all possible.

I am thankful to you fellow fans who have become readers of fellow fans’ works.

I am thankful to Rising Apple for giving me this opportunity to voice my Metsian opinion and to work with others as passionate about the team as I am.

I am thankful for the Orange and Blue.

Thankful for the 2012 New York Mets.

And thankful for the 2013 Squad we all can’t wait to see.

Happy thanksgiving, everybody.

LET’S. GO. METS.

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