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The Scope of the Anti-Metsitism

Note: The following is merely a spoof of another blogger's post, and is not intended in any way to make light of another person's pain.

Recently, I presented a guest post from an individual who is going through some very trying times dealing with personal issues. He is a Mets fan, a rather brilliant analyst of sports, and is going through a painful divorce from his wife of 25 years. The marriage produced many happy times, including the 1986 World Series victory.

But there is more to the story. The scope of the issue involved goes far beyond the tragic personal circumstances of this case. The following is written based on several e-mails I have received recently.

His current situation began when his wife first mentioned divorce to him by saying one night, "someone said we should get divorced." He called one of the Rabbonim (mentioned in his original post) whom he thought might be behind this and after making some strong remarks and was absolutely stunned by the sarcastic retort: "Chaim (not his real name), you're a Gevaldike Mets fan. You're right. And your wife is wrong. You're right and your children are wrong. You're right and Mike Francesa is wrong!"

That was the first indication that there were forces outside of the personal issues of his 25 year marriage that were being brought to bear on him… Issues relating to the New York Metropolitans!

This unprovoked mention of Mike Francesa in the context of his domestic dispute certainly suggested that the Mets were the motive behind his words. Apparently this Rav had discussed it with this individual's wife whose own attitude had been formed at least in part by a standard Yankees indoctrination.

There is more.

His wife now asserts that he has given the children "confusing messages" about which baseball team to root for. In her court claims she has written that he suffered a "crisis of faith" and that he "hates Omar". This is absolutely untrue.

The bottom line here is that the anti-Metsitism while not the entire cause of his problems is certainly the final hammer blow that is ending his 25 year marriage to a woman he still loves.

This is so sad. He wants to try and make the marriage work and is undergoing professional counseling. His wife has been discouraged from doing so. Why have these Rabbanim ruled this out as an option? I'm afraid we all know the answer to this question.

Do a person's honest thoughts about baseball deserve such treatment and such contempt just because it is not considered mainstream? His views are no different than those of some of the greatest fans in baseball history, and some of the greatest sports minds of our time. Is this the future of New York baseball? From this vantage point on this day after Yom Kippur, it certainly looks that way.
posted on 10/03/2006