I preferred your version.

I'm a long suffering Mets fan. I don't live in town anymore. I went to the city and took my son to all 3 games in October. Looking forward to this season and assume with hope we'll get through without Diaz.

You may enjoy this piece I wrote about being a die hard fan. https://medium.com/illumination/love-loyalty-integrity-and-years-and-years-of-heartbreak-6d3fb58a4f23

I just read and loved your story about fate and destiny. I worked my attachment to my teams into this fiction, the only one I've written to date, that touches on those themes: https://medium.com/total-fiction/a-dragon-gets-his-wish-77457c10ec29