I think I speak for Mets fans everywhere when I say, Christ, is it over yet?
PAD
Posted by Peter David at June 29, 2003 05:35 PM | TrackBack | Other blogs commentingGod I hope so Steinbrenner bitches like hell over the unbalanced interleague play overlooking the fact that he has 6 games against the mets who are not a good team this year, Boston has Florida also a weak team why Toronto has Montreal a team that has more wins then all other teams in the NL except for Atlanta, LA and SF,
So shut up George
Someone asked Quesada:
My question: what's your opinion of Glavine's performance since joining the Mets, and what's the general New York public perception of his performance so far?
Quesada responded:
My opinion hasn’t changed since the trade. Glavin is an excellent pitcher on the downside of his career. He was heralded as this years messiah in NYC and I just couldn’t figure it out. Everyone in MLB knows that he is in his twilight so I didn’t get all the hoopla. He’s a great athlete but NYC is expecting too much of him because of all the hype. The Mets have some serious problems as an organization, perhaps I should go and post on their website. However, I have no idea of the day to day machinations of running a professional baseball franchise anymore than the next fan so I’ll just vote with my viewing time which has been this.
I haven’t seen a single game on TV and I haven’t been to a game since last years opening day. Yesterday at my local bar I was introduced to one of Mets young pitchers who was hanging out. I had no idea who he was. That’s sad that I haven't kept up with the game in the last few years, but there is nothing of interest to me at the moment.
Finally some common ground between Joe and PAD?
There are still Mets fans everywhere?
Go Cards! ;)
I think I speak for Cubs fans everywhere when I say, Christ, I hope not!
Aww, quit your griping.
I'm a Tigers fan. We're going to set a new futility record this year.
Insult to inury--there's an ad for Tankees tickets right under the Amazon.com ad.
*Does Tomahawk chop*
I'm just happy that my Phillies are finally starting to get a little momentum going.
Although I admit to being a little unhappy that we had to knock down the Red Sox to get it going.
Anybody who's sworn duty in life is to bring down the Yankees, no matter how many decades it takes, is okay in my book.
Well, could be worse... you could be a Brewers fan. They get good, then they spend the next fews years sucking, then that have another good year... and so on, and so on....
Keee-ripes. No wonder more and more people are watching football.
Go Pack!
--Mike
Amen to that Hob - between the Tigers and the Lions it's not a good sport state unless you are in to hockey.
--Brian hailing from Midland, MI
Looks like we are in the minority here of actual Met fans, Peter.
And now we can say it's over. What a miserable stretch of games, played by a club that has given up, despite having some talent. But they seemed not to care that they were playing the most storied team in the game and the "local rival."
While I will not be one to leave my team when they are down, this is getting painful of late.
*adopts a maxwell smart voice* ah i see its the old 'will do anything to avoid sitting down and writing that book' trick :P
norty.
so PAD have you cleaned and painted the house yet?
Jason K. writes about the Yankees playing the Mets, while the Red Sox play the Florida Marlins.
Okay, fair enough... BUT what's so fair about the Yankees playing three of the NL's best: the Cubs, Cardnals, and Astros, while the Red Sox draw the Brewers and the Pirates?! Okay, they met the Phillies, too, but it's still too unbalanced -- and Mr. Steinbrenner has a legitimate gripe!
I love interleague play... but it should be fairly balanced, with each team in a given division playing THE SAME teams from the other league! Fair enough?
Enjoyed briefly speaking with PAD as MSG about Young Justice and Slo-Bo!
Gee, I'm a Cards fan and I thought it was unfair that they got the Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays, and the Royals (twice) while missing the wonderful opportunity to get some games in against Tampa Bay and the White Sox which the Cubs had.
OTOH, the Cards have snuck into first place while all this interleague play was going on, so I suppose I can't complain too much. :)
(Hey, anybody got a spare pitcher? We just lost another one...)
>Amen to that Hob - between the Tigers and the Lions it's not a good sport state unless you are in to hockey.
--Brian hailing from Midland, MI
Posted by Brian N @ 06/29/2003 11:31 PM ET
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What about the Pistons? They did pretty good last season (best record in the East and making it to the semifinals). I agree about the Tigers this season though. They do suck this year (and it's a shame as I have always been a Tigers fan and Trammell is my favorite all time player).
Jeff J
Well, as long MLB sticks to the current 18-game interleague schedule, and as long as they keep doing the home-and-home 'natural rivalries' (Mets-Yankees, Cubs-White Sox, etc.)--as they should, who would give a damn about interleague play otherwise?--they're never going to have each (say) NL West team playing every AL Central team or whatever. For a team like the Dodgers, that means not having to play the Yankees and the Twins in their initial cycle. For the Orioles, it means no games against the Rockies. So what? They can't fit in every team under the current setup, anyway, so anomalies like that are bound to occur.
Of course, I might be biased, seeing as the Dodgers were pretty much handed six victories with those back-to-back series against the Indians and Tigers. But hey, next year, they'll be back out West with series against the A's, Angels (twice), and Mariners (and on a less-threatening note, the Rangers), plus a sixth series (keep in mind that not every division has the same number of teams as the one it is scheduled against in interleague play, so all this talk of 'balance' is silly) against a non-AL West team (probably the Yankees or Twins), so it all evens out in the end, anyway.
-Dave O'Connell
Yes, Peter, it's over. At least for this year. FWIW, Burnitz's home run last night came down three rows in front of our seats.
The sight of a baseball coming directly at you is just, well, a little unsettling.
Of course, the interleague I'm hoping for next year is Yankees/Phillies, but I suppose I'm the only one here that gets that particular joke. :D
Seems we Michigan people are taking over this discussion.
I agree with the thought that the teams should only play teams in the same division from the other league. This at least makes it closer to fair. Although, any teams playing against the division the Tigers are in would have a distinct advantage over the rest of their home league.
OTOH, the Cards have snuck into first place while all this interleague play was going on, so I suppose I can't complain too much. :)
(Hey, anybody got a spare pitcher? We just lost another one...)
As a D'backs fan, I mock the Cards' tiny DL. (And yeah, interleague play has been good for us, too.)
Dav2.718
Can't say Red Sox fan me minded that series against the Marlins. Save that game two proved that, no, with what passes for a Red Sox bullpen this year, it's not unreasonable to continue to play hard when up by a double-digit number of runs.
Btw, nice comment in the San Jose paper today that the mayors of Detroit, Milwaukee, and Cincinati want to protest the likely moving of the Expos to somewhere like Portland or Northern Virginia. The grounds are why should those newbie areas get a major league baseball team before they do. :-)
Oh geez, sorry for the double post. Now I just seem like an asshole. And with this third post, probably even more so.
The only thing worse than being a Mets fan these days is being a Mets fan living in Atlanta. Actually, even when the Mets were giving the Braves a run for their money, I was treated well when I go to games.
Living dangerously, I went to a Rangers/Flyers game in Philly wearing Rangers colors. But since I'm not the "typical jerk NY fan", I had the Flyers faithful trying to buy me beer by the third period. Even though Philly fans would boo the kid finishing last in an Easter Egg hunt, most of them are very knowledgable, but expect their money's worth.
In regards to interleague, I think the close rivalries should be limited to three games per season. Home and Home series takes away what can be special about the games.
Speaking of Interleague play, the ones you really have to feel sorry for are the Pirates and their announcers. I mean the Pirates are usually sorry anyway, but during their interleague series with the Indians, 2 out of 3 games were back to back 15 inning games with one of them being paused by a rain delay and not ending until 2 AM.
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Do you mean the series against the Yanks or the season?
not that it applies to me, but i think of satchel from get fuzzy every time a baseball debate gets started...
"i'm a cubs fan. we don't bother anybody..."
-eD
Peter, out of curiosity, ever read Paul Jenkins's Spider-Man story about a year or two back about Spidey and the Mets? Great story.
As a Phils fan, I remember going to the Vet in '87 (a year after the 86 Mets won the Series) and seeing an intoxicated Latino Mets fans taunting Phils fans about how the Mets were world champs. Unfortunately, his accent and the beer sorta twisted his words to "we're the worr-led chumps". Good times.
Of course, if you can convince your interim GM to unload Benitez to the Phils for a bucket of baseballs, you'd make me happy. Jose Mesa's arm just ain't getting it done, and I'm betting a change of scenery would revive Armando.