the reason is that it was one of the biggest flukes in baseball history and on some deep level they know it, which is why they smoke cocks for breakfast.
no, just a masochistic Met fan with an interest in strange statistical anomalies such as wormholes opening up in garages which take people back in time or the Phillies winning the world series against teams which are far better than them.
I'm afraid if mets fans and phillies fans ever actually joined hands a wormhole probably would actually open and the world would be immediately crushed like a thousand million CERNs happening in Ben Franklin's house.
I was there as well. There are no words for what happens when a town full of miserable people finally get thrown a bone. Round 2 this weekend, Round 3 Tuesday!