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zahavasdad
10-21-2009, 11:14 AM
Yankees - Phillies

Ugh!!!

Cant both teams FORFEIT the WS!!!!
LI METS FAN
10-21-2009, 02:49 PM
Yankees - Phillies

Ugh!!!

Cant both teams FORFEIT the WS!!!!

Root for the NL team even if it kills you. Maybe they'll return the favor one day.
White Knight
10-22-2009, 03:26 AM
Yankees - Phillies

Ugh!!!

Cant both teams FORFEIT the WS!!!!

I don't feel sorry for you. Now you know how we felt in 1986!
RayNY
10-22-2009, 03:42 AM
Though I'm not a fan of either team, I don't really have this deep seeded hatred towards the Yankees as many Mets fans do, but I really hate the Phillies. The Phillies are the Mets real rivals, just as the Red Sox are the Yankees real rivals.

The Yankees winning the WS won't bother me that much. We all know who the Yankees are. They are the biggest spenders and the most winningest franchise in all of baseball... so them winning another WS title will not be news to me nor will it really bother me that much (unless it was against the Mets). It may bother people that they are pretty arrogant about winning so many WS titles, but the Yankees have kind of earned that right whether we like it or not. If anything, with all the money they spend, they outta be winning that much.

The Phillies on the other hand, are the division rivals to the Mets. Everything that was expected of the Mets to accomplish, was instead accomplished by the Phillies. Their fanbase is also known to be rather classless and rude, and the thought of them boasting about winning another WS and coming over to Citi Field and singing "We Are The Champions" for another season is worse then anything we would have to hear from Yankee fans IMO.

With a Phils/Yanks WS imminent, I'm rooting for the Phillies to lose.
mandrake
10-22-2009, 04:06 AM
Though I'm not a fan of either team, I don't really have this deep seeded hatred towards the Yankees as many Mets fans do, but I really hate the Phillies. The Phillies are the Mets real rivals, just as the Red Sox are the Yankees real rivals.

The Yankees winning the WS won't bother me that much. We all know who the Yankees are. They are the biggest spenders and the most winningest franchise in all of baseball... so them winning another WS title will not be news to me nor will it really bother me that much (unless it was against the Mets). It may bother people that they are pretty arrogant about winning so many WS titles, but the Yankees have kind of earned that right whether we like it or not. If anything, with all the money they spend, they outta be winning that much.

The Phillies on the other hand, are the division rivals to the Mets. Everything that was expected of the Mets to accomplish, was instead accomplished by the Phillies. Their fanbase is also known to be rather classless and rude, and the thought of them boasting about winning another WS and coming over to Citi Field and singing "We Are The Champions" for another season is worse then anything we would have to hear from Yankee fans IMO.

With a Phils/Yanks WS imminent, I'm rooting for the Phillies to lose.

Excellent post !!!

Last year I rooted for Philly vs Tampa because I was tired of people saying the NL east was a joke. Besides, Tampa had few real fans all season and at least Philly fans show up. Then we all heard news stories of how Tampa fans, even teh player's wives, were disrespected at the WS in Philly.

I went to NYS to see the Mets the day after the dropped pop up, and NYY fans either kidded me good naturedly, or expressed empathy.
I went to Citi on 1969 nite, and Phillie fans were involved in fights all over the park that game.

NYY fans are used to winning. Philly fans are not.

Either club winning should put added pressure on the Mets to do something for their fans. And I have said it ad nauseum, but if the Phillies win back to back, no way should Mets tickets be so much more expensive than CBP.
EasilyFound
10-22-2009, 04:42 AM
Easy decision here. Rooting for the Phillies. Not even a question. Every baseball fan should be rooting for the Phillies. They've built this team the way that every fan wants their team built. Home grown talent. Smart trades. Plus, this is a clutch team. As others have said, they play the game the way that I'd like my favorite team to play.
PVNICK
10-22-2009, 05:27 AM
Have to root for the Phillies here, and is it really so bad, I mean don't think I could stand a week or two of blather about Torre.
JerseeJerry55
10-22-2009, 07:24 AM
Yankees - Phillies

Ugh!!!

Cant both teams FORFEIT the WS!!!!

NO!!! The Yankees deserve it because their front office is smarter, and has more huevos than the Mets front office. The Phillies deserve it because the have the phillosophy of sticking with home grown talent. End of story. Jealousy is the bottom line.
zahavasdad
10-22-2009, 09:00 AM
Ill root for an accident on the New Jersey Turnpike,
108stitches
10-22-2009, 01:46 PM
It's not that I hate the Yankees as much as I would like to see any of the other 29 teams win the World Series!
Cowtipper
10-22-2009, 02:09 PM
I rooted for the Phillies last year and plan on doing the same again this year.
whoisonit
10-22-2009, 03:43 PM
GO PHILS !!

I don't begrudge this team anything, they're dam good and I'm happy for thier fans.

Frankly, I was a bit taken back by the subdued celebration on the field last night. We've seen Jose Reyes celebrate in a much larger way for far, far smaller victories. I like them.
AJbaseball00024
10-22-2009, 04:58 PM
I'm rooting against the Phillies and not rooting for the Yankees. Lets go Mets 2010!
RayNY
10-22-2009, 05:14 PM
Question to all Mets fans here who are rooting for the Philies. Why? The Phillies fans are probably the worst fan base in all of baseball. That's kind of a universal fact by now. They are foul-mouthed people, don't know how to act civilized, won't hesitate to throw beer at a 5 yr. old girl if she's wearing a Mets shirt in CBP. They're just trash. Even Yankee fans aren't as bad. The fans are the reason why I hate the Phillies so much. Why do you guys want to side with them?
EasilyFound
10-23-2009, 06:05 AM
Question to all Mets fans here who are rooting for the Philies. Why? The Phillies fans are probably the worst fan base in all of baseball. That's kind of a universal fact by now. They are foul-mouthed people, don't know how to act civilized, won't hesitate to throw beer at a 5 yr. old girl if she's wearing a Mets shirt in CBP. They're just trash. Even Yankee fans aren't as bad. The fans are the reason why I hate the Phillies so much. Why do you guys want to side with them?

Duh. Because we hate the Yank$. If we sided with Stalin to win WWII, then I can certainly stomach rooting a few days for the Phils to crush the Yank$.
MSUlaxer27
10-23-2009, 07:49 AM
GO PHILS !!

I don't begrudge this team anything, they're dam good and I'm happy for thier fans.

Frankly, I was a bit taken back by the subdued celebration on the field last night. We've seen Jose Reyes celebrate in a much larger way for far, far smaller victories. I like them.

To quote a famous person....

So needless to say, but I'll say it anyway, I find myself once again in total and complete disagreement with everything you've said ....
MSUlaxer27
10-23-2009, 07:55 AM
maybe you guys are familiar with this website: http://faithandfear.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2009/10/21/4358122.html#comments

This is a post I made in response to a "suggestion" that it would be "OK" to root for the Phillies.

I visit the site regularly. In fact it's a bookmark on my firefox toolbar right between Craigslist and ESPN. It's taken me a day to write this so it (hopefully) won't come off as a screed. I don't really agree with (and maybe this is more directed at Greg) a lot of the view points on the site...The treacly hatred of the Yankees (when the Mets play the Yankees 7 times out of 15 years in the WS then we will have a real rivalry with them not the contrived rivalry that bud has "created" through interleague), the "love" of a Giants team that deserted the city, the use of 42 on your shirts (isn't it awesome that the signature section of the Mets new ballpark is dedicated to a man who never wore their uniform for even a single day. Awesome. Awesome, Awesome). I usually post anonymously, but today I won't. I feel this strongly (and regularly post at baseball fever as "MSUlaxer27").

Here goes: I'm not one to tell anybody how to define their fandom. You like who you like, you follow who you follow. However, if you even consider for a second rooting for the Phillies, no matter who they play in the WS...turn in your Mets hat. I can not even articulate how much I hate the Phillies...doesn't matter if they are good or bad. They are always ugly. The city they play in is a pit. Their fans are quite frankly the worst in the nation (I've worn a bears jersey to a lions/bears game and sat in the upper deck at the silverdome on Thanksgiving (just because), I've worn an Islanders jersey in the blue seats and survived...I won't even consider wearing any Mets paraphernalia in the city of Philadelphia, ever).

We were better than them in 2007 for sure (Thanks Tommy! Glad we paid you all that money to win a big game!) We probably were better than them last year...(we beat them 11 of the 18 times we faced them. Thanks bullpen!)

Seriously. if you consider rooting for the Phillies...it doesn't make you a bad human being. This is just sports. But I seriously will question your Met bonifides for the rest of my life. The Yankees suck to be sure but they still play in NYC (in, no matter how much bud would like us to forget it, another LEAGUE). Philadelphia is Philadelphia...a dirty, ugly city full of angry people who have a chip on their shoulders and hate (wait) HATE New York. I will never, never , NEVER, ever root for Philadelphia in anything.

I know you love the Mets. I don't doubt that for a second. Please make the right choice.
MSUlaxer27
10-23-2009, 08:07 AM
Just in case my animosity doesn't come across strong enough (and because I know that the "nannies" here will watch and flag me...I've been warned/flagged for referring to a word in another post (not using it) that rhymes with "stitching" that was used in an acceptable usage from Websters):

PH...this part rhymes with the last three letters in the name of an aquatic avian with webbed feet (hope that didn't hurt your delicate sensitivities, nannies) the Phillies. Phorever.
Captain Cold Nose
10-23-2009, 08:15 AM
Just in case my animosity doesn't come across strong enough (and because I know that the "nannies" here will watch and flag me...I've been warned/flagged for referring to a word in another post (not using it) that rhymes with "witching" that was used in an acceptable usage from Websters)

PH...this part rhymes with the last three letters in the name of an aquatic avian with webbed feet (hope that didn't hurt your delicate sensitivities, nannies) the Phillies. Phorever.

I am beside myself.
MSUlaxer27
10-23-2009, 08:57 AM
I am beside myself.

With laughter or anger?
EasilyFound
10-23-2009, 09:23 AM
We were better than them in 2007 for sure (Thanks Tommy! Glad we paid you all that money to win a big game!) We probably were better than them last year...(we beat them 11 of the 18 times we faced them. Thanks bullpen!)

LOL. Still clinging to the idea that the Mets were "better" than the Phillies even though they won the division. So irrelevant.
LostMet
10-23-2009, 10:44 AM
Go Yankees...I root for a team from NYC over Philth-adel-pea any day...F them.

A horrrible spot for a Mets fan...
theAmazingMet
10-23-2009, 11:26 AM
What is one more WS to a team that has 26 of them. The Pemale Horses I dispise more than any other team. The friend of my enemy is my friend. I'm rooting for the Janks. As much as I hate to admit.

I would really much prefer to root for the Cloverfield Beast to make a surprise appearence in Philly for Game 3!
jnakamura
10-23-2009, 11:37 AM
I felt the same way in 2002. :waving
robardin
10-24-2009, 07:21 PM
Well the Yankees aren't exactly in the World Series juuust... yet.

How about Scott Kazmir for World Series MVP? :ooo:
spark240
10-24-2009, 07:28 PM
For Mets fans, you all seem pretty quick to concede the ALCS to the Yankees.
Captain Mac
10-25-2009, 01:00 AM
I'm sure Yukkee fans wanted to see both the Red Sox and Mets get swept in the '86 series. Can we Mets fans have that same wish now? That is assuming that the Angels don't come all the way back from down 3-1 in the ALCS.
RayNY
10-25-2009, 02:19 AM
I'm sure Yukkee fans wanted to see both the Red Sox and Mets get swept in the '86 series. Can we Mets fans have that same wish now? That is assuming that the Angels don't come all the way back from down 3-1 in the ALCS.

In '86 most Yankee fans rooted for the Mets to beat the Red Sox. Yankee fans would never root for their division rivals. Just as the Mets should never root for the Phillies.
whoisonit
10-25-2009, 06:46 AM
So needless to say, but I'll say it anyway, I find myself once again in total and complete disagreement with everything you've said ....

This is a tremendous compliment, thank you. :) I mean that.


LOL. Still clinging to the idea that the Mets were "better" than the Phillies even though they won the division. So irrelevant.

Yes, yes, yes ! Thank you for raising this. More than irrelevant though, it is totaly obnoxious. It's worth it to root for the Phils to repeat to finally put an end to this bs. Hello Met fans who believe this canard, it's NOT TRUE. The better team won.
NYMets523
10-25-2009, 09:26 PM
I'm rooting for the Phillies. I've only hated them for 3 years. I've hated the Yankees for 15 years.
milladrive
10-25-2009, 09:34 PM
It's not that I hate the Yankees as much as I would like to see any of the other 29 teams win the World Series!

I personally would like to echo those words. Well stated, at least for my tastes.



In '86 most Yankee fans rooted for the Mets to beat the Red Sox. Yankee fans would never root for their division rivals. Just as the Mets should never root for the Phillies.

For some reason, I find myself thinking that there are certain extenuating circumstances when it comes to the Yanks. But that's just me.
JerseeJerry55
10-26-2009, 01:01 PM
In '86 most Yankee fans rooted for the Mets to beat the Red Sox. Yankee fans would never root for their division rivals. Just as the Mets should never root for the Phillies.

I rooted for the Phillies in 1993 primarily because of Lenny. Last year wanted to see the Rays win it all. This year I am rooting for the Yankees primarily in memory of my Father In Law who just passed away this past Saturday. Go Yankees. :crossfingers:
zahavasdad
10-26-2009, 01:45 PM
I am rooting for a stash of Needles to be found in the Yankees Locker oom in Philly

A-Rod , Pettite and Derek Jeter will be caught and the Yankees forced to Forfeit the series, In the ensuing confusion Philly Fans Storm the field ripping up Citzens Bank Ballpark making it unusable for play

Then the Phillies will be forced to Forfeit the series, creating a double forfeit and they BOTH lose