As a diehard Mets fan, well, I'm quaking in my boots, honestly. (So much for sports trash talk -- I'm too damned honest for that.) Lupica put it thusly -- the Braves can't beat the Yanks, and the Mets can't beat the Braves. And they all know it. Therein lies the problem.
I've got my fingers crossed, but it's been a few too many years in a row of disappointment for me to realistically expect anything different.
Yeah, I would've made a really crappy Brooklyn Dodger fan, were they still around.