The Mets have not had much luck with backfire.
When you put them together, as the Mets did Monday with the advent of #ImAMetsFanBecause, you get an almost inevitable stream of mockery and self-pity from a fan base steeped in second-banana neuroses that has not seen a winning team since 2008 or a World Series title since 1986.
The social media plan was part of a giveaway to win tickets to a game. Unfortunately, most of the people who responded might not have any interest in going to one soon. Fans, and likely a few Mets haters as well, got so carried away that it became one of the top 10 trending hashtags on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/MitchNYM/status/514127199725957120
https://twitter.com/FrankDonato1/status/514428961578033152
https://twitter.com/BorrisQ/status/514151812882898944
https://twitter.com/szulcamania/status/514132332308365313
https://twitter.com/ThatHerlihyBoy/status/514152409585958912
https://twitter.com/AndrewGould4/status/514153369754038272
https://twitter.com/KristanDietz/status/514163100380315649
https://twitter.com/mattsinger/status/514129506177912832
https://twitter.com/frendazoned/status/514163602467880960
https://twitter.com/stevelepore/status/514129749279789058
https://twitter.com/KVP_10/status/514167545210081280
If you’re laughing by now, or crying, how about a nice, earnest response, in the spirit in which the hashtag was intended?