tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post115274678811236515..comments2023-10-29T08:25:50.241-04:00Comments on The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus: Batman's Met HomilyMetstradamushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023215480704948183noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1152797199547833392006-07-13T09:26:00.000-04:002006-07-13T09:26:00.000-04:00Great post, Arnold. That says it all.Great post, Arnold. That says it all.Toasty Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17072288005571400154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1152764353656056962006-07-13T00:19:00.000-04:002006-07-13T00:19:00.000-04:00do a lot of mets' fans hate the yankees (and maybe...do a lot of mets' fans hate the yankees (and maybe even more so, yankee fans)? yes, of course. and for you, the yankee fan, there must be great pride in knowing that. when the whole world hates you, it must be because you're so good. historically, no one can argue with the track record. so, good for you. sit proudly upon thy throne. <BR/><BR/>i wouldn't trade places with you in an eternity's worth of yankees' world championships.<BR/><BR/>there are those in this world that like the security of a sure thing, or that which comes closest to it. it's usually not too risky, and more often than not, you get to go away happy. also, there's the added fun of bludgeoning everyone else with past glories, which help augment one's artificial sense of superiority. this is your world, and you're welcome to it.<BR/><BR/>for others, the thrill is the emotional investment in something less predictable. a team like the mets, red sox, cubs, etc. will let one down in the most heart-rending ways. often, the pain involved with enduring this disappointment is excruciating, and it is all but guaranteed to come. but when our guys win, the high of victory is sweetened that much more by the knowledge that we persevered, the true believers, together, through the agonies of horrific failure (many times against our most hated rivals) to reach this most cherished triumph. <BR/><BR/>it is a joy that, sadly, a yankee fan will never know. <BR/><BR/>your team is expected to win. when they do, so what? it's at least somewhat anti-climactic. when they don't, you bitterly revert to your mantra of listing past accomplishments, as if doing so diminishes our joy one iota or eases the sting of your own failure. <BR/><BR/>what a bland, melancholy toil it must be. i feel fortunate not to be you. i'm sure i'm not alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1152763341338082092006-07-13T00:02:00.000-04:002006-07-13T00:02:00.000-04:00Mets fans are pretty well aware of the fact that o...Mets fans are pretty well aware of the fact that our team has often sucked, and we also know that there have been many great Yankee teams throughout baseball history. We recognize that the Yankees are a better team, most of the time. <BR/><BR/>It's not the team we have a problem with. <BR/><BR/>It's guys like you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1152751928528725792006-07-12T20:52:00.000-04:002006-07-12T20:52:00.000-04:00yawn. im glad jim in la chimed in before me making...yawn. im glad jim in la chimed in before me making the obvious points. i mean, really, who do you want, dwight and darryl in all their glory or as the shell of their former selves as a #5 starter and situation dh? <BR/><BR/>and, bucky dent is in the pantheon, why not aaron f. boone while youre at it? and lou pinella, please, stop my sides are aching. check out these comps from baseball reference. let me tell you, i knew vic power and, you, lou pinella are no vic power!<BR/><BR/>Similar Batters <BR/>Compare Stats<BR/><BR/> 1. Vic Power (925)<BR/> 2. Garry Maddox (924)<BR/> 3. Al Cowens (913)<BR/> 4. Willie Montanez (909)<BR/> 5. Tony Gonzalez (908)<BR/> 6. Curt Flood (908)<BR/> 7. Pinky Whitney (902)<BR/> 8. Jorge Orta (900)<BR/> 9. Jim Piersall (896)<BR/> 10. Pete Fox (895)<BR/><BR/><BR/>most telling we get to enjoy the fascile mind of the likes of metsradamus while the yanks are stuck with lesser lights to brighten their way.<BR/><BR/>and chipper named his kid Shea, cant get much more respect than that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-1152749949940082272006-07-12T20:19:00.000-04:002006-07-12T20:19:00.000-04:00"...and of course one name that certainly deserves..."...and of course one name that certainly deserves mention: Willie Randolph...the great Yankee that you now depend on to find your greatness. Yes, Joe Torre was once a Met, and both Gooden and Strawberry are two of the most popular players in Met history who wear Yankee championship rings, but no mistake can be made about it...they won their rings in Yankee uniforms."<BR/><BR/>What is your point here? That Joe Torre being a Met first and then a Yankee means nothing, but Willie Randolph doing the opposite is the key to his greatness? Might want to throw some logic in there, just to mix it up. <BR/><BR/>Also, Gooden and Strawberry have rings from winning the World Series with the Mets, despite your writing as though they only have them because they were on the Yankees. <BR/><BR/>And to glorify your rivaly with the Red Sox as meaning something, but then to suggest that the Mets' rivalry with the Braves doesn't mean anything, also defies logic. <BR/><BR/>We Met fans love the Mets and experience both triumph and tradgedy because we love them. <BR/><BR/>It's no punishment we wish to have you try to go back in time and fix for us. It aint broke. It's an honor and priviledge that we hold dear. <BR/><BR/>Yankee fans will never ever be able to do anything at all to tarnish or change that. <BR/><BR/>But good luck trying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com