With an entire fan base teetering somewhere between depression and spontaneous combustion, the Mets will open their 2010 season on Monday at Citi Field.  After the debacle of last summer, a ho-hum winter and a less than stellar spring the Mets fans have seem to have lost their faith.  I myself am excited for the first game, but more because I miss the Mets than because I feel excited about our chances this year.  

Though the Mets have a great record on Opening Day the crowd isn’t always a kind or patient one.  I witnessed a particularly brutal opening day at Shea Stadium on a ridiculous cold and windy day on March 31, 2003.  Tom Glavine didn’t get out of the fourth inning and the Mets gave up 15 runs (Ironically, this seems light-years better than his final start as a Met when he didn’t get out of the first inning).  The crowd was angry that day and most of that season.  With all the ill will towards the team, I wonder if Monday’s game might be the most important opening day in the team’s history.  Get off on the right foot and maybe the tone is set for the year.  A Glaveine-esqe start by Johan and this crowd could get pretty restless by the fourth inning.  

No matter what the season holds, now is time to be excited.  There’s a fresh slate of 162 Mets games on the horizon.  We’re tied for first place and we already have a better record than the Yankees.  

I guess “Ya Gotta Believe!”