So last night I had dinner with a sports writer who has been around the game and we spent a fair amount of time discussing the Mets and what seems to be going on. I mentioned a distaste for Luis Castillo (note: thats as a fan, I have never met him) and concern about his influence on Jose Reyes.  In my mind that is when Reyes began to come unglued, with the arrival of Luis Castillo.  My dinner companion mentioned a theory put for by another colleague about how some Latin players saw this game as a way out of poverty.  They worked hard to be good enough to play in the Major Leagues, to garner a big contract that would guarantee that their children wouldn’t have to work so hard.  When they get that contract, they still work hard to keep building, but because they have seen the things they have in their youth, they know losing a baseball game is not the worst thing in the world.  Perhaps watching your mother work so hard to feed you, has put things in some perspective.  I’m not sure this is the case for all Latin players, and it could be argued that it is also the case for some of the white guys as well.  I’m still pondering if this theory could be applied to Reyes, but the interesting thing about it thinking about other spanish players that it could be true for. So as I am paging through the various sports pages, I come across this article.  I’m not looking for anything related to this new theory, but something about this Jon Paul Morosi article rings true, enough so that I thought it prompted a post anyway.  Miguel Cabrera and Manny Ramirez are examples of guys who you have to believe realize they are special but everything needs to be taken in perspective.  I’m still not sure how I feel about this new theory.  On one hand, I know its just a game, one that can bring us joy and hope, one that can heal us, one that we become invested in because of these possibilities.  And as much as it hurt fans when the Mets collapsed last season, or when the Yankees leading the ALCS 3-0 lost in 2004, or the Padres lost their play-in game last season to allow the Rockies to roll into the post-season, it is just a game. Thoughts?