Can you be a Mets' and Yankee's Fan?

[baseball junkie]

I hope a moderator won't move this thread to the Yankee's or Mets' section because I think it is more of a general baseball question -- especially because it is centered in one of baseball's bastions.

Before I started graduate school I was a reporter and sat right next to an editor who was a die-hard Yankee fan. Between yelling at each other over stories and other assorted nonsense, we occasionally talked baseball. He held the firm assertion that a person can not be a fan of both the Mets and Yankees.

I disagree. Coming from New York, I grew up a Mets' fan but I grew to appreciate and even like the Yankees. To my editor this was blasphemy.

What do you think? Can a person be Mets' and Yankee's fan at the same time?

[Greerman29]

no.

we have the same problem in the bay area.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

I seriously don't care.

Don't like em.

Mets always get a big name(see Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran, Paul Loduca) and they NEver win anything.

As for the Yanks, a salary cap would knock them out!


Who's for the salary cap?
Competition is good.

[ArealBASEBALLfan]

Mets and Yankees is like Cubs and Sox
Can you be a fan of both the teams
NO!

[baseball junkie]

I'm for a salary cap. The Yanks were best when there were developing and keeping their own prospects: Mariano Rivera (Future Hall of Famer); Derek Jeter (Future Hall of Famer); Andy Petitte; Jorge Posada.

Not to mention Nick Johnson, Eric Milton, Alfonso Soriano, Ted Lilly, all Yankee farmhands that were traded for big-money free agents.

Funny how the Yanks have stopped winning World Series since they started buying up every slugger they could get to sign on the dotted line.

[KingJ]

Originally Posted by wilkerson_rulz

Mets always get a big name(see Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran, Paul Loduca) and they NEver win anything..

Delgado and Lo Duca have yet to play a single game for the Mets, you can't use them as an example for the Mets not winning.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Originally Posted by baseball junkie

I'm for a salary cap. The Yanks were best when there were developing and keeping their own prospects: Mariano Rivera (Future Hall of Famer); Derek Jeter (Future Hall of Famer); Andy Petitte; Jorge Posada.

Not to mention Nick Johnson, Eric Milton, Alfonso Soriano, Ted Lilly, all Yankee farmhands that were traded for big-money free agents.

Funny how the Yanks have stopped winning World Series since they started buying up every slugger they could get to sign on the dotted line.

The Yanks look lost now.
Just look at Nick Johnson, tearing it up in Washington.
They are still searching for a 1B.
Giambi will DH.
The biggest mistake ever: YOU TRADED AWAY NICK JOHNSON!

[nmadd]

Ugh. Nope.

[LarrySC]

I don't see any reason that a true baseball fan can't be a follower of more than one team.

[nmadd]

Originally Posted by LarrySC

I don't see any reason that a true baseball fan can't be a follower of more than one team.

Who's saying that you can't?

If you don't like both the Mets and Yankess you are not a true baseball fan?

[Jake83]

It matters the situtation in Chicago I do not see it happening because there is a huge difference bewteen Cub and White Sox fans in the socio-economic sense in Chicago. In NY and LA the differences are just based on geography

[Yankee Legend]

Though i do think that you have to be a fan of one, i know that my best friend is both a yankee and a met fan.

Now someone who is both a yankee and a red sox fan thats absurd.

[runningshoes]

I know people who are fans of both teams in a few cities..it's not as unusual as some of you seem to think.

[KingJ]

Any Yankees and Red Sox dual fanships out there?

[Toy Boat]

Sorry, your editor was right. It is blasphemy. I never got the concept of rooting for two teams anyway. It's kinda akin to going out with two girls at once. Yeah, it might be a little fun at first but you'll never have as good a relationship as if you stick with just one. And rooting for both the Mets and Yanks is like dating two girls who are neighbors and want to claw each other's eyes out every time they see each other.

I hate the Yankees. I pull for the Mets every year to win the NL East. The Mets aren't "my team" but I'm a fan and I like any sports team more than the yankees.

[Spiritboxer]

Yankees forever but the Mets have an interesting, exciting team right now and I'll be watching. Plus with Willie Randolph managing it's hard not to care a bit and wish them well for his sake.

[Yankee Legend]

Mets had an "interesting, exciting team" before last season too. And look what happened to them. There still in that same hole in 4th or 5th place. Honestly I dont trust delgado and beltran was a mistake. The Mets should have gone after starting pitcher. Because glavine is getting old and Benson and Trachsel aren't reliable enough. Besides Pedro they really dont have another good starter. And look at all the prospects they traded away to get these guys???

So in essence the Mets traded potentially good prospects for high priced "big names" and your claiming the Yankees are the only ones who do that???

Oh and by the way, if the Yankees get rid of all their prospects for free agnets then how come they used guys like cano, wang, chacon and small frequently this season???

[Yankee Legend]

And lets not forget that skeleton they signed for 2 years.

This is Julio Franco getting at bat:

"Ok, I'm walking to the plate now. Walking to the plate now..."

...5 hours later...

"Walking to the plate now. Almost there. Ow!!!! I broke a hip!!!!"

[BasEbaLlKnoItAll]

Originally Posted by Yankee Legend

Though i do think that you have to be a fan of one, i know that my best friend is both a yankee and a met fan.

Now someone who is both a yankee and a red sox fan thats absurd.

Agree with you on the yanks/Sox thing there.

I myself am a DIE-HARD Yankee fan, but I have no problem sitting down watching a Mets game and rooting for the Mets as well. ONly time i'm not rooting for the Mets is Subway Series, whether it be regular season or World Series. The way I see it, im too proud of where I come from to hate a team that bears the name "New York", so my answer is yes.

[Edgartohof]

Originally Posted by Toy Boat

Sorry, your editor was right. It is blasphemy. I never got the concept of rooting for two teams anyway. It's kinda akin to going out with two girls at once. Yeah, it might be a little fun at first but you'll never have as good a relationship as if you stick with just one. And rooting for both the Mets and Yanks is like dating two girls who are neighbors and want to claw each other's eyes out every time they see each other.

Reminds me of this one time... nah just kidding

I am not the biggest fans of either team, but as I love baseball, I have even learned to have an appreciation for all team - even the Yankee's. Of course, I am several thousand miles away from there, so I don't deal with people who may wish for me to receive bodily harm for doing so. Oh and I like the Red Sox as well.

Of course, that is different than being a die-hard for both teams - in that case, those people are crazy - I am just a far-off admirer of ALL teams, and a die-hard Mariner's team.

You can like all the teams out there, but you do have to have a favorite!

[Mattingly]

I would never describe myself as a Mets fan, but I can say that I've known several Mets fans who were far more than the "root against the Yanks every October" type. Some do know the history of their team, are aware of several Dodgers and Giants players of yore (as in pre-1958), so for those, I will always have a strong degree of respect.

I could never find myself wearing a Yankee cap and a Mets jacket, since everyone I know of in the NY/NJ area would ask, "Well, which one are you?" So I'll take the team of Yogi, Munson and Reggie over that of Seaver, Agee and Carter.

I think it's OK for me to wish that the Mets do well every year. Now that Omar Minaya's going for broke with all the free agents, all while tearing up top billing in the back pages (sports headlines on the back of the NY Daily News & NY Post), it could be interesting.

It'll give Mets fans more reason to cheer if they do well, but I'll still favor my Yanks first and foremost. I'll just keep a pleasant eye on the cross-town rivals.

One more thing: as to the poll question, it's Mets "blue & orange", not just "blue". You see, they got the Blue from the Brooklyn Dodgers' royal blue and gray, and the orange from the NY Giants' "orange and black".

[steveox]

Well im an orioles & Baysox fan.Does that count? I can never root for the nats.I bleed baltimore orange,Black and purple n black

[efin98]

Originally Posted by KingJ

Any Yankees and Red Sox dual fanships out there?

Would a Red Sox and Mets fan suffice? There's three in my family

[stlcardsfan73]

Simple. You can't be a Mets and Yankees fan. You can't be a Giants and A's fan. You can't be an Angels and Dodgers fan. You can appreciate the other maybe, but not be a fan of both.