The Mets Could Lose [Archive]

LouGehrig

02-20-2008, 10:32 AM

The Mets' outfield may present problems and their bullpen may not be as strong as they would like.

http://major-league-baseball.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_mets_could_lose

fenrir

02-20-2008, 10:45 AM

do you write those articles?

holyroman

02-20-2008, 11:01 AM

Why is this and the other Met-centric posts showing up in the current events forum?

I am tired of seeing them.

Why don't you post them in the Mets own thread?

whoisonit

02-20-2008, 11:04 AM

I am tired of seeing them.

Why don't you post them in the Mets own thread?

We don't want them either.

fenrir

02-20-2008, 11:07 AM

We don't want them either.

lmao:rofl:

Dalkowski110

02-20-2008, 11:09 AM

Is this whole weird obsession with the Mets vs. the Dodgers simply because Torre manages the Dodgers? Seriously, when have the Mets and Dodgers been rivals for more than two years in a row (1988-1989)? This isn't Mets-centric, it's Mets/Dodgers-centric, extremely obtuse, and downright bizarre. And if you think Torre managing them makes the Dodgers the Mets rivals, you're out of your mind. A manager does not a rivalry make. If it did, then wouldn't Yankee fans be natural rivals with the Texas Rangers for a few years because they had Buck Showalter at the helm?

"We don't want them either."

Seconded! Strongly!

Mattingly

02-20-2008, 11:34 AM

LouGehrig, you've been a fine forumer, but I agree with others here. I don't understand the obsession with the comparisons between the Mets and LAD. The Mets and each of the other 29 teams stand a chance to lose, since the future isn't something we can predict.

Are there any other topics you could bring to the forum, such as comparisons between the infields or outfields of the various teams? I think that given this wasn't centered on two specific teams, then that may be of greater interest.

I also wouldn't move this to the Mets forum, since saying that a team could lose isn't exactly something that I'd expect fans of that team to enjoy.

Mattingly

02-20-2008, 11:37 AM

Is this whole weird obsession with the Mets vs. the Dodgers simply because Torre manages the Dodgers? Seriously, when have the Mets and Dodgers been rivals for more than two years in a row (1988-1989)? This isn't Mets-centric, it's Mets/Dodgers-centric, extremely obtuse, and downright bizarre. And if you think Torre managing them makes the Dodgers the Mets rivals, you're out of your mind. A manager does not a rivalry make. If it did, then wouldn't Yankee fans be natural rivals with the Texas Rangers for a few years because they had Buck Showalter at the helm?

"We don't want them either."

Seconded! Strongly!
I don't see how Torre's managing the LA Dodgers would make them any kind of rival with the Mets. Torre's Yankees were only rivals with the Mets because that's been historical since the Mets arrived in 1962. If there's a rivalry, I haven't noticed it, since Torre and Randolph have certainly been most cordial to one another, and Torre has long hoped for Randolph to get his chance at managing, which only came when the Mets had an opening.

I can see someone construing a rivalry between Torre's LA Dodgers and Girardi's NY Yankees, but the Mets-LAD rivalry seems like a stretch to me.

Dalkowski110

02-20-2008, 11:49 AM

With Atlanta posing a legit threat in the NL East and the Phillies players now literally threatening a brawl against the Mets (according to Jayson Stark), do we even have time to have the Dodgers as our rivals?

NYMets523

02-20-2008, 08:00 PM

Tomorrow's article: Mets and Dodgers could tie

We don't want them either.

^What he said.

LouGehrig

02-21-2008, 09:28 AM

Why is this and the other Met-centric posts showing up in the current events forum?

I am tired of seeing them.

Why don't you post them in the Mets own thread?

Because they deal with the NL pennant race. See Arizona today.

http://major-league-baseball.suite101.com/article.cfm/webb_and_haren_could_be_a_problem

LouGehrig

02-21-2008, 09:30 AM

LouGehrig, you've been a fine forumer, but I agree with others here. I don't understand the obsession with the comparisons between the Mets and LAD. The Mets and each of the other 29 teams stand a chance to lose, since the future isn't something we can predict.

Are there any other topics you could bring to the forum, such as comparisons between the infields or outfields of the various teams? I think that given this wasn't centered on two specific teams, then that may be of greater interest.

I also wouldn't move this to the Mets forum, since saying that a team could lose isn't exactly something that I'd expect fans of that team to enjoy.

I am taking your advice, although I was in the process of comparing the Mets to the other pretenders all along. I only write one article a day.

See Arizona's pitching today, and its infield tomorrow, etc.

http://major-league-baseball.suite101.com/article.cfm/webb_and_haren_could_be_a_problem

LouGehrig

02-21-2008, 09:32 AM

do you write those articles?

I write them with the help of my advisor.

LouGehrig

02-21-2008, 09:32 AM

We don't want them either.

So don't read them.

LouGehrig

02-21-2008, 09:34 AM

With Atlanta posing a legit threat in the NL East and the Phillies players now literally threatening a brawl against the Mets (according to Jayson Stark), do we even have time to have the Dodgers as our rivals?

You should know that any team in either league can be your team's downfall. LA has an outside chance to win the pennant. They probably won't, but they are a decent pretender.

holyroman

02-21-2008, 09:36 AM

Because they deal with the NL pennant race. See Arizona today.

http://major-league-baseball.suite101.com/article.cfm/webb_and_haren_could_be_a_problem

It is presumptuous, as others have said, to start this thread before spring training games begin.

I got one I'll start a new thread entitled: The Astros could win.

and then another one about how they match up with the Marlins.:rofl:
seriously if you had started the thread differently or related it to CURRENT events I have no problem with it.

I was just struggling to see the relevency

LouGehrig

02-21-2008, 10:16 AM

I hope your struggle is over. However, you are right. I sometimes tend to lose sight of the larger picture. There are now a few threads comparing the Mets to the Dodgers, and a new one, the first of three, that compares the Mets to Arizona.

NYMets523

02-21-2008, 12:23 PM

So don't read them.

At the very least keep all of them in one thread.

LouGehrig

02-21-2008, 01:26 PM

It would become a very long thread.

NYMets523

02-21-2008, 01:31 PM

No because you wouldn't have 10 posts in all of these threads saying the comparison is pointless.

digglahhh

02-21-2008, 01:42 PM

With Atlanta posing a legit threat in the NL East and the Phillies players now literally threatening a brawl against the Mets (according to Jayson Stark), do we even have time to have the Dodgers as our rivals?

<Biggie> Mo' Money, Mo' Problems </Biggie>

digglahhh

02-21-2008, 01:43 PM

I write them with the help of my advisor.

Is his name Jack... Daniels?

Just playin' Lou, I just couldn't resist.