New York Mets Reach Worst Part Of Disappointing Season...Irrelavence

Irrelevance (adj), definition: Not connected with or relative to something. At some point during the season, most teams out of playoff contention become irrelevant to their sport. The media scrutiny dies down, the fans become apathetic, and the players look like they are just going through the motions. While it may take longer for a team in baseball to become irrelevant, it is also possible that a team can become irrelevant with almost half of the 162 game season remaining. Indeed, as the weather turns from warm to hot, then from hot to cool, more and more teams become irrelevant to Major League Baseball and it's fans. This season has been no different, with plenty of teams already playing meaningless games for fan bases that have given up on them. They have become irrelevant to the sport, their city, and their fans and it's still early August. It happened to the Pirates and Indians after the trade deadline. It happened to the Diamondbacks when Brandon Webb was lost for the ...