The "Let's Fucking Go Mets" Heard 'Round The World
By Addy Baird
As Jesse, Britt, and I recorded this episode Tuesday night, the Mets lost to the Rays, 8-5, in Justin Verlander’s home debut. If you’re reading this right now, I don’t think I need to explain the combination of frustration and resignation permeating the pod after the Mets’ recent stretch. As we discussed briefly in this episode, the energy over the last few weeks has been extremely “go girl give us nothing” both on and off the baseball field with miserable pitching (aside from Drew Smith’s recent first career save, love you king) and a dead offense — and to top it off, the team hasn’t even provided any notably fun dumb social content for the girlies lately. Buck really tried to spice it up with that ejection, but man. I really hit a point of having nothing to give this team, and while we’ve all been there before, it hurts somehow even more in May than September, I think.
Thankfully, there’s Formula 1, and those freaks are absolutely serving. In my deep Mets depression, I’ve finally woken up and seen the light. F1 is the best sport in the world, and Jesse devised a perfect game for Britt and I to use as a vessel for our Ferrari thirst. As this is an audio production, allow me to take you on a brief visual tour, brought to you by the blessings of the Ferrari admin team and my perfectly calibrated Instagram algorithm:
Would you like to see Charles LeClerc getting into an ice bath? Scuderia Ferrari’s official account has you covered. Mussing his hair after a race? Or playing the piano? Or hearing good gossip? (me) Leaving a plane bathroom?
Would you like to see Carlos Sainz checking out a fan? (TRIGGER WARNING NSFW I HAVE WATCHED THIS 15,000 TIMES) Looking like a psycho freak? Being a judgmental bitch? Singing badly for one minute straight?
Would you like to see fancams of the two of them being huge sexy dorks? This is an endless genre of art!
I’m still learning about F1, but my general feeling — encapsulated by this realm of content chaos and as we discuss on the pod — is that the entire sport is just constantly giving everything. It’s a traveling circus of hotties who drive cars two hundred goddamn miles an hour and I can’t believe it took me this long to join the party. It’s been a real balm as the Mets have imploded.
Of course, because this is how it always goes, in the time between recording this podcast and putting it out into the world, everything changed, first with the cancelation of this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (good, safe, hate it) and then with three swings of the bat and a “Let’s fucking go Mets” heard ‘round the world. In that moment, Pete saved the season and gave us a sound bite matched only by Christian Horner’s “Change your fucking car!”
After weeks of bad baseball and Ferrari fan cams, I needed this FCC violation more than I even realized, and I think the team needed it too. Another good thing Pete said last night was that the 2023 Mets have needed to figure out who they are, and I think last night helped them define that — and thankfully, this Sunday, the absolute idiots at ESPN have decided to mic up Jeff McNeil, so it certainly won’t be the last violation of the season, either.
At the exact moment I finished typing this little blog, Pete Alonso absolutely crushed a home run to put the Mets in front against the Rays. The vibe is improving, you guys, so do your part and say it with me: Let’s fucking go Mets!
Let's Ferrari Go Mets!