With spring training only weeks away, this is usually the time of year when baseball fans are given the opportunity to dream about the season to come. An off season full of additions and subtractions have primed their teams for a run at the pennant. At the very least, its baseball and anything can happen. That is unless, at least from my perspective, your a Mets fan headed into 2012.Truth be told, the franchise has never recovered from the September 2007 collapse that cost the Mets the division and a trip to the playoffs. Since that time, on the field problems have been compounded exponentially by off the field problems that threaten the very existence of the club as we know it. The result..an ownership group likely on its way out, a team poorly equipped for the 162 game season ahead, and a fan base which finds itself in a very dark place right now.So, what does all this mean for the upcoming season? Unfortunately, I think it means more of the same. There have been no motions...
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