The fundamental question of New York Mets fandom, it seems to me, is a simple one: is this club unique or much more similar to other teams across the baseball landscape?
Think about it for a moment. Half the fun of Mets fandom is complaining about things uniquely bad about the Mets. Owners caught up in Ponzi schemes, Bobby Bonilla, announcements that seem like they should be about Troy Tulowitzki but end up being about Huey Lewis and the News.
Rooting for the Mets wouldn’t be half as interesting if it didn’t necessitate constant high alert, unceasing awareness that something really weird could happen at any moment.