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The Wisdom of Blutarsky

by Beautiful Addition to Your Baseball Library on Wed 19 Sep 2007 05:41 PM EDT | Permanent Link | Cosmos

Its always darkest before the dawn and man-o-manishevitz are things dark right now. The Mets have dropped 5 in a row whle the Phillies have somehow won 6 straight. The comfy 7 game lead is down to 1 and a half. The Mets Blog Fan Conifdence Meter is at a season-low 5.3 and the Mets themselves eem to be playing like scared rabbits.

Met fans are faced with two options - A) Bitch, complain and mope about our current state of affairs or B) Find some inner strength and more important, some faith in a team that has been in first place for us wire-to-wire. No one said it was going to be easy but adverstiy is what separates the true fans from the garden variety, what-have-you-done-for-me-lately fair-weather hangers-on .

In looking for inspiration, Tug McGraw comes to mind but for alltime great inspirational speeches, little compares to John Blutarsky motivating Delta House not to give up. We could use a little Bluto in our spirit tonight as Pelfrey takes the hill so, with apologies to Harold Ramis, Let me borrow from Bluto's speech and say:

Did you say "over"? Nothing's over until we decide it is!

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no! And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the going gets tough...the tough get going! Who's with me? Let's go! Come on!

What the "f" happened to the Met Fans l used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts? This could be the greatest season of our lives... but you're gonna let it be the worst.

"Ohh....We're afraid to go with you, Pete....We might get disappointed…well, just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! l won't take this! The Phiiles are dead to me! Braves - dead! Padres – DEAD!!

Let's DO IT!!!

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Re: The Wisdom of Blutarsky

by Anonymous on Wed 19 Sep 2007 08:19 PM EDT | Permanent Link

My first ever contribution to this blog, a long time coming considering my buddy Pete is our host. Let me back Pete up and say, it ain't over til it's over (It's ok to use Yogi's mantra, it applies to all). So, yes, your Orange and Blue are giving you blue balls right now, but that's ok, because the payoff will be that much sweeter, if not painful in the process.

This all suddenly reminds me of Pete's High School Year book quote. I'll put it here for you; let me go get it.

Ok, I've just grabbed my 26 year old year book, noting that it's starting to get a bit cruddy as is the Mets pitching, but let me stick to the point, which is that the quote our moderator had submitted as a young buck will never get old. I submit it to you now, just not for the purposes of holding down your lunch during this tight pennant race, but for application to what remains of your glorious Met Love'n Life (MLL).

Attributed to Roger Angell:

Since baseball time is measured only in outs, all you have to do is to succeed utterly; Keep hitting; Keep the rally alive, and you have defeated time. You remain young forever.

I won't make believe I understand that any better now than when I first read it in 1981, but I do know it's something pretty darn deep. Perhaps it has nothing to do with baseball, perhaps everything, and how we experience the ups and downs in life and in the pennant chase, and ultimately, a reminder to live in the moment. Give yourself a break, don't assume the worst, enjoy the at bat, enjoy the race, and remember that first place isn't the worst place to be.

-Lebow

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