So in the coming weeks, if the Mets fan in your life remains irrationally optimistic, please just smile and nod and let us have this moment. Save your pity, your memes and your concern for our sanity, and just leave us be. And if you simply can’t resist, get your jokes in now. Because when it actually happens — when the Mets stop losing, make the playoffs, then win the World Series and shock the world — you know I’m never going to shut up about it.

 

The Only People I Don’t Want to Hear From Are Yankees Fans

By Devin Gordon

Mr. Gordon is the author of “So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets — the Best Worst Team in Sports.”