Mr. North Jersey writes…
I was listening to the game on WOR last night, when legendary broadcaster Howie Rose began telling a story about how when Terry Collins arrived in Washington on Monday he was left a note from Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez who had just gotten swept by the Nationals.
The note simply said, “Sorry.”
Braves wanting to help the Mets bury the Nationals?. 🙂
Joe D. writes…
What kind of a Mets world is it when you wake up to comments from various Atlanta Braves players, executives, managers and coaches having nothing but nice things to say about our New York Mets?
Already this season I’ve read or heard positive or glowing comments from John Schuerholz, Freddie Freeman, Roger McDowell, and now this interesting gesture from Fredi Gonzalez. For the longest time I’ve considered the Braves to be our mortal enemy and our biggest NL East rival over the past two decades. Turner Field has been a house of horrors for us.
But clearly the landscape regarding our rivalry has changed. It appears public enemy number one is now the Washington Nationals. Perhaps it’s because of how brash, arrogant, and unwavering they have been regarding their dominance in the National League.
And while they have a unanimous MVP candidate in Bryce Harper, he’s not winning any popularity contests with opposing teams and fans. He’s the player that everyone loves to hate, especially among Mets fans.
You may also remember back in July, when Hall of Famer John Smoltz said the Mets rotation has more talent than the illustrious Atlanta Braves rotation that included himself and fellow Hall of Famers Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine. That rotation is considered by many to be the best in baseball’s modern era.
“They’re way better,” Smoltz told the Daily News. “They’ve got more talent than we could ever have.”
Wow, Smoltz, Maddux and Glavine combined to win seven National League Cy Young Awards while with the Braves so to hear him speak so glowingly about our rotation speaks volumes.
And all this love from the Braves doesn’t end there. Even notorious Mets killer and one of the most vilified baseball rivals Flushing ever had was spotted on Twitter saying this:
One team I would not wanna play the rest of the season…….the New York Mets!! They got some fellas that can flat out….BRING IT!!!
— Chipper Jones (@RealCJ10) August 4, 2015
It’s going to take some time before I can wrap my head around all of this. But for now the Washington Nationals have easily displaced the Atlanta Braves as the team I love to hate. We’ll just leave it at that for now. 🙂
