The Yankees finished with the best record in baseball, swept the red-hot Twins in the ALDS and are now playing the Angels in the American League Championship Series. The Phillies won their third straight division title, were clutch in Colorado and are now trying to repeat as National League Champions. Both teams are currently three wins away from a World Series showdown.
I am a Mets fan. I hate the Yankees. I hate the Phillies. I hate the possibility of a Yankees-Phillies World Series, although I know it might very well happen. However, if the world is to continue spinning on its axis, we CANNOT have a Yankees-Phillies Fall Classic (or Fall Crassic, if you will).
As Mets fans, how could we root for either team? Yay, Derek Jeter just struck out with the bases loaded! Oh wait, it was Cole Hamels who struck him out. Woohoo, Utley just let a ball go through his legs! Here comes A-Rod to score the go-ahead run. Ugh! See what I mean?
This potential World Series matchup would be like 1999 all over again for Mets fans. In 1999, Kenny Rogers roasted the Mets and their fans by walking every member of the Atlanta Braves in the bottom of the 11th.
Random thought: Perhaps this is where Oliver Perez learned his mantra of “walks are part of the game”. If he was going to learn from a master, he should have learned from Pai Mei and not from the Gambler.
Because of Kenny’s donations to the Atlanta Frequent Walker Club, we were subjected to a Yankees-Braves World Series. I did not watch a single pitch of that World Series because I couldn’t root for the Bronx Bummers or the team that prevented the Mets from playing on.
Although the same teams faced each other in the 1996 World Series, the Braves did not have the same rivalry with the Mets in ‘96 as they did in ‘99 (the Mets were 71-91 in 1996). Therefore, that World Series wasn’t as unwatchable as the ‘99 Series was.
If I’m going to blog about the 2009 World Series, I would probably need to watch at least one pitch of it. I can be sure that if the Yankees play the Phillies, I’ll be watching “Ghost Hunters” or the series premiere of “V” instead.
In addition to it being an unwatchable World Series for Mets fans, please recall that the Yankees and Phillies have played each other in the World Series once before. That was in 1950, when the Yankees swept the so-called “Whiz Kids”, which was the stupid name the Phillies were playfully known as that season. What happened after that World Series? The USA entered the Korean War and the Yankees went on to win the next three World Series.
We do not need a repeat of that! As the movie “Team America: World Police” so succinctly stated, don’t mess with Kim Jong-il! America does not need more conflict overseas and Mets fans certainly don’t need to see Alex Rodriguez finally win a ring or three, thereby becoming a “True Yankee”.
Let’s hope the Angels and Dodgers can pull out victories in their respective series to prevent our hated rivals from winning a pennant and playing for a World Series Championship.
I would like to watch baseball in November and not have to worry that a particular fan base will be spending the entire winter bragging about their pennant and/or championship. Say it with me, loud and proud! Just say NO to a Yankees-Phillies World Series!
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NO! NO! NO!
I am rooting for a Dodgers/Angels Series. My wife is rooting for a Dodgers/Yanks WS, because she wants to see Joe Torre beats the Yanks. That would certainly be nice, be too dangerous in my opinion. I’d rather see them both (Yankds and Phils) taken out as quickly as possible to reduce the probability of a bad outcome.
MASK, THIS ANTI NYY IRE FROM SUPPOSEDLY “PROUD NYers” PUZZLES & TROUBLES ME A BIT. PERSONALLY SINCE I’VE LIVED OUTSIDE THE METRO AREA SINCE ‘85. WITH STOPS IN CHERRY HILL,NJ, WILMINGTON, DE, COLUMBUS, GA, LOS ANGELES, CA MAINLY POINTING OUT MY EXPERIENCE CLOSE TO THE BELLY OF MANY OF OUR BEASTS (PHL, BRAVES,DODGERS) YET QUITE INSULATED FROM THAT DREADED NYY FANBASE. MY HYPOTHESIS IS IT MUST BE THE NYY FANS THAT ARE REALLY,REALLY INTOLERABLE & SO HATED RATHER THAN THE ACTUAL NYY TEAM. AS A NYer BY BIRTH & HEART IF NOT CURRENT GEOGRAPHY, I MUST STATE THAT I CERTAINLY HAVE YET TO MEET A TOLERABLE NYY FAN; THOUGH MY DODGERFAN,PHILLIEFAN,BRAVESFAN FRIENDS ARE INNUMERABLE.
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED THIS HOUSEHOLD WILL CERTAINLY BE ROOTING PINSTRIPES INSTEAD OF Ps CAN’T U IMAGINE HOW INTOLERABLE THEY’LL BE IF THEY SKEWER ALL THE NY TEAMS? I CAN HEAR J-ROLL PROCLAIMATIONS, EVEN NOW! UGLY LITTLE SOB & HIS LITTLE DOG, VICTORTOTO TOO!I WAS ONCE ENGAGED TO A PHL FAN & I’M MARRIED TO A BORN & BRED LA GIRL, OUR SON WAS BORN IN SANTA MONICA & LIVES IN HIS TEEN-DEN/LOUNGE DECKED OUT IN BLUE & ORANGE W/TEAM WALLPPER BORDER & GLOSSEY 8X10 OF PLAYERS IN FRAMES ON WALL HERE IN NC.
Jeff and Fred deserve a Yanks-Phils world series. Think bigger picture- the Wilpons need to be embarrassed or the Mets are in more trouble than they are now.
Great post Ed! But did you have to remind me of the trajedy that was Kenny Rogers? I really enjoy your mix of sarcasm and armageddon.
It’s not a question of rooting for either the Highlanders or the Cheesesteakers it’s what is less painful outcome for Mets fans. We all hate the Highlanders but the filthy maggots from Philly are so bad that the Highlanders are the less repulsive team.
If there is a World Series between the Sodom’s and Gomorrah’s it will mean that Mets fans will have the distinction of suffering through the worst season ever by a fan base in the history of sports.
If the money I sent to preventdisastersfromhappening.com doesn’t arrive in time and we do get the World Series From Hell, I guess we’d know what it was like for the Yankee fans in 1986, when the Mets played the Red Sox. How could they root for either team?
All I have to say is “I Love LA!” (and Anaheim and Orange County and In-And-Out Burger and whatever city/business is sponsoring the Angels this week.)
Granted, Cole Hamels is an all around terrible commercial actor and was pretty inflammatory when he called the Mets choke artists. Apart from that one comment, I defy you to find a classier team in the league than the Phillies. Shane Victorino wears a mic. every game so people at home can enjoy sounds from the game. I met Chase Utley on a train once – we spent an hour and a half talking and he is an all around great guy. Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard – none of them throw it back in your faces when they beat you. You really think the Dodgers have more class? One thing I will agree with – can’t find anything bad to say about the Angels. They’re as classy as they come as well.
really now? so when rollins made that comment about the mets at your championship parade last year, was that classy? if it were me, why care about them? you just won the WORLD SERIES! so why go on and make a comment about the mets, sure i’d showoff when we actually face them, but to take the time out during a championship speech? give me a break and you guys had better make a shrine out there for the man they call Cliff Lee he’s been lights out
PS. the Dodgers deserve to lose after that performance I saw today.
Dude, you sound like an idiot. Don’t be upset because the Phillies are the best team in baseball and gonna win another World Series. I am sorry the Mets got stuck with so many injuries this year (it sucks). Trust me, there will be years again when the Mets or Braves or Marlins rule the NL East…but not in the near future.
Wow Dice, cocky much? I understand that you should be supportive of your team. But don’t go handing them the trophy just yet.
I don’t know why anyone hasn’t seen it yet… the baseball gods have made it very clear this is supposed to be one of the worse years EVER in mets land. How better to top that off with a Yankees Phillies WS… in which if I was a betting man, I’d say the Yankees win this one. It makes perfect sense. Last year was a collapse at the end, phillies win the WS. This year the team is just abysmal, and the other team the mets hate goes all the way. In two years, you’ve had both of your biggest rivals win a WS, and been utterly embarrassed. It can’t be any worse for any team out there I swear.
“If the money I sent to preventdisastersfromhappening.com doesn’t arrive in time and we do get the World Series From Hell, I guess we’d know what it was like for the Yankee fans in 1986, when the Mets played the Red Sox. How could they root for either team?”
Not even close. Yankee fans barely know the Mets are alive let alone consume themselves with hatred for a team in a different league they rarely play. Every Yankee fans I know rooted with ease for the Mets in 1986. Mets/Red Sox??? It was and continues to be a no brainer.
That is correct!! Yankee fans like to make fun of the mets, but we really don’t hate them. They are like our little stepbrother. It is fun to annoy them. Seriously, I rooted for the Mets in 1986. They were a great team and they were playing the Red Sux which made it an easy call.
As much as I hate to say it, if it becomes a Yankee-Phillies World Series, I would have to root for the Yankees. For over 30 years I’ve been hearing crap from Yankee fans, and after awhile you ignore it, like your wife’s nagging. But the Phillies are a no class bunch of dirt bags. The same goes for their fans. JRoll, Hole Camles, Victorino…I can’t stand them. Captain Jeets has more class in his little toe then the Phillies have combined.
Hopefully it won’t come to that and it’ll be Dodgers-Angels.
Mets suck!! You wanna be’s from that god awful city NY, please choose wisely and select a winning team like the yank’s, not a sorry bunch of losers like you met’s!! I can’t believe you wanna be’s actually support such a bullshit team. The Met’s are are choke artists and remember that a regular season consists of 162 games. Go Phillies!! God another world series victory- god it feels good!!
we apologize if we can’t be frontrunners Tony, where was all this enthusiasm for the Philles in ‘06 and previous years? you guys just won your 2nd title in what? 100+ years easy there guy your team is good now, but it won’t last forever and remember this when the phillies go through another rut see if u’ll stick with them then either that or you’ll convert yourself to a yankee fan, loser
God, such a typical Phillies fan. Already saying that they’ve won the World Series when they haven’t even gotten to that point yet! I hope that you go down hard! Go Yankees!!!!
The Phillies are going to sweep the Yankees. Yanks can’t hold a candle to the Phightin Phils. Dynasty in the making. Go Phillies!!!!!!!
so… ur prob from Philly, i’ll assume that giving that fact that ur just plain old gay. so.. im also gonna assume that ur a philadelphia eagles fan as well. this goes back to my statement about you being gay. so.. in conclusion. your team lost to the Oakland Raiders. and a random pigeon that just so happen to show up on the field. lmfao.
I’ll give it to the phillies, they are a good team and they have earned the right to be there. just dont get carried away too quickly. dont forget what happened to the yankees in the Alcs in 2004. up 4-0 and then blew it. im just saying, dont give urself everything, especially since ur not in the world series. the dodgers are still a dangerous team
Right on man!! Yanks rule….
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The pathetic Mets fans have to swallow another pathetic season and watch the real team from NY kick ass!!! a Yanks-Phils WS is a perfect end to a great season. First the Red Sux lose and the Yanks go all the way!! Here is a tip to Mets fans: Get a GM that can put a sentence together, and 2nd baseman who can catch a popfly. Actually a Phils-Yanks series would be great for the Mets. This way Mets and thier fans can watch two real teams play baseball and maybe, just maybe, they could pick up some tips and improve their sorry game.
Yanks Rule!!!
This just in: Jery Koosman has been signed to fill the mets 4th spot in the rotation and Ed Kranepool is coming out of retirement to play 1st base. Could’nt be any worse than what they have now!!!
HAHAHA
METS SUCK!!
Get outta here spoiled skankee douche.Can’t stand to watch a spoiled n rotten team like the yanks BUY another title,and the Philthies,they ain’t gonna last long.If you dont know the phillies tend to linger like a bad odor,winning 2 titles in 100+ YEARS.Yall expect to win every year,and when yall dont some of yall betray your team cause they didnt make it that year.watch 2 real teams play ball? get outta here…yall got there through money,and the philthies through talent.So Ain’t gonna root for these 2 teams in the WS. When the Yankees are down n it will happen,thats when the Mets will be up again and then we’ll see who’s talking about witch teams suck.If it makes you feel better,hey i got a couple of friends who are Yankee fans,that AREN’T SPOILED N EXPECT TO WIN ALL THE TIME.
Mets fans. We will relentlessly pound the shit out of the ball in this upcoming world series. That is why I say Phils win in it 5. My reccomendation to you is this: Just don’t watch baseball until 2012.(Or at least not much.) Our core groups of players is locked up contractually until 2011 and as a result, at the very least we will own the NL East for two more seasons. At the very best this is the beginning of a dynasty to go down in the history books. So revamp the website’s message as a “Fire Amaro” site for two years and don’t deal with the aggrivation of losing. And if you do follow the Mets do it casually. Trust me, life will be better.
Take a hike with your history book. The Phils past is so full of failure that you will never be able to match the historical record of the Braves, let alone that of the Yanks.
MASK, WASN’T IT JUST LAST YEAR WHEN PHILLIES ESTABLISHED THE WORLD RECORD FOR BEING THE LOOSINGEST MLB FRANCHISE IN HISTORY? NOW THAT’S A DYNASTY TITLE THEY’LL HAVE TO DISSOLVE PERMANENTLY TO LOOSE.
I think of it this way. For as horrible as the Mets were in their first seven seasons and the lean years of the late 70s and early 80s (even throw in 1993’s 59-103 record and this season’s record), the Mets still have a .479 winning percentage over the history of the franchise, while the Phillies winning percentage in their 127-year history is .471. The past three seasons of success in Philadelphia has been a minor blip in their history of futility.
DO I SENSE YOUR RESIGNATION THAT YOUR FAVORITE LITTLE MIDMARKET LOOSINGEST FRANCHISE; IS UNLIKELY TO SPEND WHAT AN ACTUAL DYNASTIC BIG MARKET WINNING FRANCHISE WOULD TO ENSURE SO CALLED CONTINUED SUCCESS BEYOND ‘12? IF SO? IT SEEMS U R A BIT MORE REALISTIC IN YOUR FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS THAN IN YOUR WINNING EVALUATIONS!
U DO REALIZE HOWARD STILL RESENTS BEING LEFT IN AAA FOR 3 YRS TO ACCOMODATE THOME? SCOTT BORAS IS HIS AVENGING ANGEL! LMAO! OF ALL THE RECENT WS CHAMPIONS, THE ONE WITH THE LEAST POSITIVE LEGACY RESIDES AT THE ASS OF NJ. PERHAPS THE RESULT OF NJ DROPPINGS? LMAO!
HAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Phillies and Yankees! Let’s go New York!
Quick folks; name the first professional team to reach 10000 lifetime losses in the world?
Dare I say Phillies in 6? Spankee fans, you suck!! Maybe next year you can spend another 100 million and try to buy a WS. My prediction A-Rod will have 2 hits, Kate needs to find another roid user to support, I hear Ramirez is free. Go Phils!!