As the Mets prepare to start game 2 of their series against your Chicago Cubs, I write - on the further behalf, I'm sure, of many fans and other members of our organization - to express my sincere gratitude toward you for all you have done to contribute to another winning season this year for the New York Mets.
Without your assistance, our team's record could be at least 2 games worse, our National League East lead in the midst of a pennant race potentially 2 games smaller. Without your assistance, two dramatic Mets victories might have been two dramatic/disappointing Mets losses; the way things have turned out is undoubtedly preferable.
You have contributed to comebacks and tie-breaking rallies, in both cases insuring that our team won important games. You have twice awoken the frequently dormant Carlos Delgado; your ability to coax 2-out hits out of the Mets as no one else can is uncanny. You have been a critical asset to our success and taught the players on our team more about clutch hitting, more about late-inning scoring, than any coach, player, or other person of influence can consider. You have performed feats no other party has managed, and even Keith Hernandez is dumbfounded.
As our teams prepare to do battle yet again this afternoon, I should once again like to say thank you, Ryan Dempster - you've done more for us than we ever could have imagined and twice taught us for once what it is like to be on the giving end of an Armando Benitez-like outing from a Major League closer. Know what I'm sayin'?
We truly appreciate your efforts, Mr. Dempster, and may God Bless America. Let's go Mets, no?
Sincerely,
Omar Minaya
General Manager
New York Mets National League Baseball Club
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