Buzz!

A member of the press who isn't just writing about the Mets. That would be too predictable. He's writing about how much the members of the press are writing about the Mets:

"When it comes to spring training, nothing is set in stone, cast in iron or written in blood. Or as the late, great Mets Hall-of-Fame voice Bob Murphy used to say: 'That’s why they put erasers on pencils.'

Situations and circumstances change on a road through the long season. Yet who would’ve believed, even with the countdown to Opening Day still on, that the Mets have upstaged the return of Alex Rodriguez AND totally taken the media buzz away from the Yankees as well."

Who would have believed it?

Me.

Most discussions about the Yankees refer to them in the past tense.


"Right now the Mets are the more compelling TV property headed into the regular season — by far. Things have been turned upside down. With expectations raised, the Mets are walking the high wire without a safety net. That kind of act will have people watching to see if the wire snaps."

You'd really have to do a better job explaining why the Mets season is like a high wire act ... or why they'd expect the metaphorical wire to snap.


"The Yankees? This is one of those rare times when the All-Knowing ones don’t know what to expect. Until further notice, the Yankees are officially bland."

It's official.

Until further notice, that is.

So I guess we'll have to keep checking back with Bob Raissman to see if he notifies us of any changes to the conclusions of his officiation.


"Ultimately, controversy and storylines finish second to consistent winning. That’s what drives the ratings to higher ground. When the two elements collide, the ratings go even higher. For the not-so-big secret here is this: Despite those who actually believe everyone’s fandom is locked in, there is a large — very large — segment of eyeballs who hang out in the middle before gravitating toward a winning, compelling team."

If that is the case, then those people don't actually care about the Mets Spring Training. Right? So there's no buzz whatsoever, and the media buzz won't help segments of eyeballs -- very large or otherwise -- who wait until the team is in a playoff race before they bother paying attention.

However, this isn't the case. Fandom is pretty much locked in.

In the New York metro area, more or less, it's 1/3 Mets fans and 2/3 Yankees fans.

The Mets have a long way to go to swing the pendulum significantly after 20 straight years of Yankee success.