Ya Gotta Believe

The rallying cry, celebrating it's 24th anniversary this year encapsulates the experience of being a Mets fan so succinctly.
It means believing even when you think you have no reason to believe. It means getting overconfident and having the rug pulled out from you. Each and every time.
Every time the Mets do something good (make the NLCS, take a 7 game lead into mid-September) they do something equally bad (Yadier Molina, these past two weeks) to make you believe they stink. Then when you've given up hope, sworn them off and vowed to never let them break your heart again, they go out there and totally redeem themselves.
We're like Charlie Brown and the Mets are Lucy. Every time they promise us this time will be different. And we know it won't be. We know as soon as we starting running (believing), they will move the ball (lose again), but we have to try (believe) or we might as well be Yankee fans.
And hey, maybe this year will be different.
Ya Gotta Believe!