Despair is comforting. There’s an ease, a simplicity, a beauty in never expecting much. You can’t be disappointed if you never expected anything in the first place. It’s hard to not expect anything. We innately want. Food. Air. To have someone to say good morning and good night to and to text when you’re sad or […]
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Here Comes The Bandwagon
The guys on my corner in Brooklyn used to wear Yankees hats. When I arrived in New York almost eight years ago, pretty much all the baseball hat-wearing people did. Seeing someone else in Mets gear felt rare, so much so that I sometimes felt a jump of excitement at what would usually turn out […]
BP Mets Unfiltered: Can America’s Pastime Change America’s Future?
I lost my first friend over a Trump fight on Super Bowl Sunday. The friend, a wealthy white guy here in New York who I’ve always known to lean Left, is also a big Tom Brady fan (for his underdog status in the early years, he says). After the Patriots’ win he took to Facebook […]
BP Mets Unfiltered: In Defense of Tim Tebow
Full disclosure, I have an orange and blue bias here: I went to the University of Florida.* Tim Tebow graduated in December 2009; I started in August 2010. We never crossed paths–never had a Rocks for Jocks class together or bumped into each other in the student union–but that’s not to say Tebow wasn’t part […]
What Is Baseball For? Jose Reyes, MLB, and America’s Pastime
I’ve written for the internet a fair bit—fiction, memoir, literary criticism, theater and movie reviews, controversial takes on religion, disability, and politics—but nothing has attracted trolls like quite like my sportswriting. I’ve been attacked for calling a player’s .168 batting average “lackluster,” for being too optimistic about the Mets, for not writing an article about […]
No Way, Jose Reyes
On Tuesday, reports surfaced that the Mets were seriously considering bringing back embattled shortstop Jose Reyes–one of the team’s most popular and productive players during the 00s–to fill the team’s offensive and infield void. While this might normally be newsworthy for baseball reasons, Reyes’s actions off the field have made him a well-deserved target of […]
The Mike Piazza Jersey Foul
If you’ve listened to New York sports talk radio over the past few days, the predominant topic of discussion hasn’t been Noah Syndergaard’s dominance or the cold rain that forced the postponement of Opening Day in the Bronx. It’s been the decision by the Mets–made several years ago but only disclosed last week–to sell the […]