Comments on: Tough time to be a Mets fan

By: LEONOR

LEONOR — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:19:05 +0000

TO ALL OF YOU MET FANS OUT THERE ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS
GOT RINGS?
WELL THE YANKEES NEW YORKS BEST BASEBALL TEAM HAS 26 RINGS THATS RIGHT THE YANKEES HAVE A RING FOR EVERY LETTER IN THE ALPHABET. YOU CAN NOT SAY THAT ABOUT ANY OTHER BASEBALL TEAM
I WONDER IS THAT WHY THEY ARE SO LOVED BY THERE FANS IN WHICH THEY HAVE ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND WHY THEY ARE SO HATED BY MET FANS! WELL I AM SORRY TO SAY MET FANS YOU CAN NEVER EVER BE IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS THE YANKEES, NO MATTER HOW MANY WORLD SERIES YOU TRIED TO WIN YOU COULD NEVER BE WORLD CHAMPS LIKE THE YANKEES!
I AM ROOTING FOR MY YANKEES ALL THE WAY BUT IF IT DOES NOT HAPPEN I WILL STILL BE SO PROUD OF HOW THEY CAME BACK AND MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS, THE YANKEES HAVE MADE ALL OF MY DREAMS COME TRUE WITH SO MANY CHAMPIONSHIPS, IN WHICH I HAVE TO LAUGH AT MET FANS BECAUSE ALL YEAR LONG ALL I HEARD WAS WERE IN 1ST PLACE
AND THE YANKS ARE GOING NO WHERE WELL I THINK WERE GOING SOMEWHERE WERE WE ALWAYS GO TO THE PLAYOFFS! AND YOUR GOING
HOME!!!! I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW A TEAM THAT WAS IN 1ST PLACE DOES NOT EVEN MAKE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS? NOW THEY ARE GOING DOWN IN HISTORY FOR THE WORST BASEBALL COLLAPSE IN HISTORY, WHILE THE YANKEES REMAIN IN HISTORY FOR 26 CHAMPIONSHIPS! SO NOW MET FANS WATCH SOME REAL CHAMPS PLAY BASEBALL!

By: Dr. Acula

Dr. Acula — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:20:56 +0000

I got a request yesterday for photos of Tom Brady wearing a Yankees hat.

Background: He was photographed sporting a Yankees hat in West Village on May 2nd with his grrl, Gisele Bundchen.

Here are 3-slides

http://tinyurl.com/38lqsb

By: Drive 4-5

Drive 4-5 — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:15:22 +0000

When I think of the Mets & their fans this year, all I remember is a particulary obnoxious Met fan that waved to all the Yankee fans exiting Gate 2 at Yankee Stadium after the June 10 game won by the Yanks 11- 8. “Bye Bye.Your STILL 10 games out. See ya next year!” He kept yelling in the face of every Yankee fan that came by him.

Well, this Yankee fan would like to say to him and all his brethren….

Bye Bye. See ya next year!

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:29:42 +0000

This one is priceless…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....0&NR=1

By: Doreen

Doreen — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:00:30 +0000

Klev –

Wow! What a diatribe. Kay certainly didn’t mince words, did he?

By: chris in fairfield

chris in fairfield — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:55:49 +0000

the way i see it is like this . mets fans have been crushing our collective stones all season long . saying such things as the mets are the best baseball team in new york . the mets have a better starting rotation . ” our ” pen is just as good as last year . these statements are as untrue then as they are now . yankees fans have every right to bust the collectivs stones of all mets fans . mets fan deserve everything they get . i admit red sox , yankees and mets fans tend to be a little over the top but met fans tend to go a little too far . i feel bad for willie but the rest of the mtes organization including the players all deserve this ; the worst collapse in baseball history .

By: Pittsburgh Yankee Fan

Pittsburgh Yankee Fan — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:24:10 +0000

Will George King ever leave ARod alone?

This team seems more relaxed going into the playoffs this year that any year since the late 90s. I think they’ll play with the same attitude that they brought to the regular season.

If CC and Carmona have it in them to shut the Yankees down in 3 of 5 games, you have to tip your cap to a pair of 19 game winners over the best Yankee offense in 70 years.

I don’t think that they do.

By: Klev

Klev — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:13:25 +0000

If you really want to hear a broadside about the Mets, listen to Michael Kay’s Oct 1 pod-cast of his show on ESPN. He lays into the Mets like I’ve never seen/heard from a broadcaster (this side of Keith Olbermann on the Bush Administration…).

By: DMan

DMan — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:07:55 +0000

Doreen-

Hah yup thats all part of baseball! They’ve got to play the games and we have try and watch without getting so nervous we pass out.

Numbers aren’t everything. They have to play the games!

This team is ready to win.

By: Doreen

Doreen — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:02:45 +0000

DMan –

I just read your blog entry on this subject. Good read.

Anyway, I agree that this team has a different feel to it. But I thought that last year when they overcame the Sheffield and Matsui injuries to win the division, and the previous year when I thought they had that extra something because of how Aaron Small and Shawn Chacon “saved” their season, that those things were enough to propel them through — well, that plus Detroit seemed a good matchup last year.

What I really like about this year was, aside from one 9-game win streak, they were not a streaky team. They won series. 2 of 3, 3 of 4. To me, that’s they way you have to approach the playoffs. As a series. Sweeps are nice but not necessary. In my mind, they can lose to CC 2 times, as long as they win the other 3 (of course if CC is pitching game 5, then no, that doesn’t work).

Anyway, you are right that so many things can happen that numbers alone cannot account for, and as long as the Yankees stay within themselves, it should be a good series. I’d love for them to win, and I think they can. Unfortunately, all we can do is watch what we can bear to watch, pace when we need to pace, or, as I sometimes do, leave them room when it gets too tense, or whatever other superstitious rituals we as fans get caught up in to “help” the team win. In one sense I want to fast forward 3 weeks! Already I can’t take the pressure. Thank goodness I don’t have to play!