Where's The Yankee Roast?
On Thanksgiving Day, Wallace Matthews basically wrote an article just for the sake of bashing the Mets. He could have probably gotten away with that since Newsday is based in New York. Outside of the state of New York, I assure you, Wallace Matthews would be without a job. There's a fine line in journalism that should never be crossed. Ever. The Miami Dolphins are 0-10 (soon to be 0-11), but not one Florida newspaper has written an article like Matthews did.
Okay, we know the Mets collapsed. We know it's the worst September collapse in baseball. We don't need you to remind us, Wallace Matthews. We don't need you to remind us that our team sucked in September, Wallace Matthews. We don't need you to remind us that we couldn't beat our own division, Wallace Matthews. And FYI, we like Johnny Estrada, even if he never plays a game in a Mets uniform; he's the reason Mota is gone. And we will forever be grateful to Johnny Estrada.
I only have one question for Wallace Matthews: where's your Yankee bash? Where is it? Oh, I forgot. The Yankees are too precious and beloved to be bashed. The Yankees have never done anybody wrong. Ever. Where's the article bashing those two idiots that George Steinbrenner now has running his team? What about A-Rod, who can't hit the ball in October? And what's the deal with Derek Jeter? The Yankees did not do that much better than the Mets. They haven't even been to the World Series since they got A-Rod.
Personally, this article offended me not only because it was very anti-Mets, but also because my personal dream is to write for Newsday. Wallace Matthews, just come out and say you're a band-wagoner. The Mets are Amazin'. At least the real fans can say they were there when they sucked. We will always love those guys, win or lose. We always believe in that Mets magic, even if you don't, Mr. Matthews.
Comments
Thank you Jessica. You verbalized what I'm sure many fans felt after reading the statements in that article. It is strange that the Yankees somehow manage to go through crap and come out smelling like a rose. All of this while the Mets are treated as the bottom of the trash heap.To me the Yankees are just another team, no more no less.I could care less about Yankee tradition and past champions.I wonder how many of those Yankee legends would be sick to their stomachs to see what is going on in the Bronx now. Anyway, I will always be orange and blue, thru and thru!!!
Posted by: Adam Baker | November 25, 2007 9:14 PM
None of the newspapers out here ever bash the yankees! It's always open season on the Mets in New York!
Posted by: Wayne | November 25, 2007 9:29 PM
Amen, sister!!
Posted by: Rissa | November 25, 2007 10:27 PM
THE BEST IS THE GAY ROD IS GOING TO MAKE 300 MILL AND THATS OK ,BUT THE YANKEES NEVER BUT NEVER OVER PAY .ONLY THE METS DO EVERY THING WRONG
Posted by: MARIA | November 25, 2007 11:52 PM
It is always the same with Newsday. Two years in a row they put out an article with the sole purpose of upsetting Mets fans on the holidays. Perhaps the Mets should tell Newsday to take their stupid peddling salespeople out of Shea next year if they are so upset with the organization. I, for one, am sorry I subscribed to that rag in return for a Mets jacket (it was cold and I fell prey to their sales)!
Posted by: HawkMets | November 26, 2007 7:53 AM
Newsday, basically is rag. Its subscriptions keep dropping because of writers liek Matthews. There are certain reporters who write thing because they have an agenda of sorts. This guy must have one.
Posted by: gregga19 | November 26, 2007 2:11 PM
The yankees never get bashed cause they got 27 Championships...WHO CARES!??! This is why all Yankee fans have big egos for their team they keep falling back on those 27 championships. Yankees SUCK and to me 27 is nothing but a number!!
Posted by: Davey R. | November 26, 2007 6:09 PM
Actually, it's 26 and I know exactly what the Yankees can do with those rings.
Posted by: Jessica DeMattia | November 26, 2007 10:20 PM
"The Yankees did not do that much better than the Mets."
The Yankees came from behind to get to the Postseason, the Mets had an epic collapse to miss it. Trust me, the Yankees had a better season, not a fantastic one, but the Mets deserve whatever they get piled on them. What's all the outrage about? So a writer was mean about our team, I honestly don't even read those articles to begin! Do the same...
Posted by: Ken Lagrahm | November 26, 2007 11:20 PM
People read Newsday?
Posted by: Sid | November 27, 2007 1:34 AM
WHOOPS!!! Did I say 27?? I'm sorry if I got any Yankee fans excited if they read this.
Just keep waiting for no. 27.
Looks like its gonna be a long wait.
Posted by: Davey R. | November 27, 2007 2:13 AM
"Just keep waiting for no. 27.
Looks like its gonna be a long wait."
Hopefully our wait for #3 is shorter then their wait for #27. Do we hear ourselves?!!! Dissing a team cause it only has 26 Championships!
Posted by: Ken Lagrahm | November 27, 2007 10:12 AM
Im not dissing the Yanks for having 26 championships. Im just saying thats all the Yankee fans fall back on when they lose in the playoffs.
How many times have you or anyone else had a conversation with a Yankee fan like this.
"At least we made it to the playoffs. How many championships have the Mets won?"
Same excuse for every Yankee fan.
Im not ashamed to admit that the Mets got too comfortable and sucked in September cause that's what happened. They collapsed.
Posted by: Davey R. | November 27, 2007 1:39 PM