I’m driving home from a long ways off late at night. I’m tired, strung out on too much coffee, and I seem to be catching my kids’ cold (either that or Swine Flu). I tune around the AM dial and I pick up station after station from the greater NYC-ish area, all bemoaning the 5th straight loss by the Yankees, while at the same time the Mets hot streak is being widely praised. Lots and lots of comments from callers.

There are plenty of questions. How can they leave so many runners stranded? Why aren’t their hitters coming through in the clutch? When they do get run support, why is the bullpen underperforming? Is the manager overplaying some pitchers? Underplaying others? On the other side of town – solid team play. Good starting pitching, consistent bats. Feels good.

Next week, of course, it could all be a different story. Strong feelings from people who feel very invested in the success of their teams.

And I’m thinking to myself – this is what we do here, isn’t it?