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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shamez214
I know that, but saying 'mid to late 80's and early 90's' is annoying. So I generally just say 80's. But from ''84 - 90 the Mets were *the* team in New York. We were all over the place. If jersey's were worn back then, there would have been many more Straw and Gooden jerseys than Mattingley and Randolph jerseys being worn around New York.
Look, I'm not a moron. I know the Yankees are better than the Mets. I know the Sox, Cards, Braves, A's, blah blah are all better than the Mets. But it's when people say the Mets sucked always and the Yankees were great always that gets me upset. There was a time in history where it was way cooler to be a Mets fan in NY than it was to be a Yankees fan in NY. Correct? [/QUOTE
Yeah for sure.
Personally, I feel the same about the Mets as I do about the Cubs, Tigers, Reds, Rockies, etc. Apathetic.... neither love nor disdain.
Be careful with any Yankee fan when mentioning Mattingly.... ;)
I don't mind the Mets getting some buzz too with Pedro and Beltran. Just means the city really cares about baseball. I love the battling. Having the Mets as contenders makes it more fun to live here. |
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| SlackerBoy9 |
| My mom is a yankee fan,makes it interesting during the season,and i can never speak ill of Thurman Munson and Paul o'neill in front of her.Not that i could speak ill of O'Neill ...guy hustled and played hard and with lots of passion |
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| quote: | Originally posted by verndogs
The yanks sure got more negative attention than the mets in the 80s...that's for sure
Billy Martin getting fired and hired and fired and hired and fired
Dave Winfield and Steinbrenner calling him "Mr. May"
Pine Tar incident at Yankee Stadium
I know I'm missing more... |
Jay Buhner for Ken Phelps :D , one example of all the young talent the yanks let go of to get mediocore veterans |
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| quote: | Originally posted by SlackerBoy9
Steve Howe and his multiple drug suspensions,ricky henderson...just being Ricky and who could forget those crazy perez brothers |
Steinbrenner getting suspended from baseball for paying money to Howard Shapiro to dig dirt up on Dave Winfield.
The Yankees constant inability to get good pitchers and thinking buying all the free agents breeds success. (sound familiar?)
-George firing a lot of managers, not just Billy.
-Yes, not winning a world series from 1979-1995
-Mattingly never making the playoffs until his last year.
-Yanks worst record in baseball in 1990. Kevin Maas as your star.
-Dave Lapoint, Ed Whitson, Pasqual Perez, Melido Perez, Andy Hawkins, etc as your starters. Yikes! |
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| SlackerBoy9 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Member of X
-Dave Lapoint, Ed Whitson, Pasqual Perez, Melido Perez, Andy Hawkins, etc as your starters. Yikes! |
Don't forget Jimmy Key and Jim Abbott when they were the aces with Andy hawkins.
And when Matt Nokes was a huge promising farmhand with Maas |
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| Shamez214 |
| Ahhh. I love this thread. Fans who know about their teams history and will talk about the sucky times are the best ones. I don't even want to get started on the sucky times of the Mets franchise... |
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| SlackerBoy9 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shamez214
Ahhh. I love this thread. Fans who know about their teams history and will talk about the sucky times are the best ones. I don't even want to get started on the sucky times of the Mets franchise... |
Heh you must be talking about in recent times when the Mets had Vince coleman and Brett saberhagen and Bobby Bonilla |
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| Shamez214 |
| quote: | Originally posted by SlackerBoy9
Heh you must be talking about in recent times when the Mets had Vince coleman and Brett saberhagen and Bobby Bonilla |
And the Lenny Dykstra and Scott Kazmir trades... |
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| Eddie N MIAMI |
looks like the Marlins have offered Delgado a 3 year 30 million contract.
shamez heres some Early 80s Mets players I can remember on the top of my head
Dave Kingman (interesting ball player this guy, great homerun hitter but struck out way to much)
Joel Youngblood
Mookie Wilson
Lee Mazzilli
Rusty Staub
Mike Cubbage
Mike Scott
Jese Orosco
John Stearns
Claudell Washington
Pat Zachry
George Foster
Ed Lynch
I have way too much sports info in my head :nervous: |
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| Shamez214 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eddie N MIAMI
looks like the Marlins have offered Delgado a 3 year 30 million contract.
shamez heres some Early 80s Mets players I can remember on the top of my head
Dave Kingman (interesting ball player this guy, great homerun hitter but struck out way to much)
Joel Youngblood
Mookie Wilson
Lee Mazzilli
Rusty Staub
Mike Cubbage
Mike Scott
Jese Orosco
John Stearns
Claudell Washington
Pat Zachry
George Foster
Ed Lynch
I have way too much sports info in my head :nervous: |
:thepirate
Well, he did strike out a lot, but that doesn't really matter too much. Thome, A-rod, Dunn... all strike out a lot, yet I'd kill to have them on my team (statistically, cause I hate Rod's personality). |
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| Member of X |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shamez214
:thepirate
Well, he did strike out a lot, but that doesn't really matter too much. Thome, A-rod, Dunn... all strike out a lot, yet I'd kill to have them on my team (statistically, cause I hate Rod's personality). |
Here's a Yankee fan that doesn't like A-Fraud. He seems fake to me. Plus, he has never won anything except individual accomplishments. He's a damn good ball player though when he's focused. His little "move" in game 6 wasn't thrilling either.
I don't know, Dave Kingman's lifetime avg of .236 and Ob % of .302 is pretty damn awesome!! |
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| SlackerBoy9 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eddie N MIAMI
looks like the Marlins have offered Delgado a 3 year 30 million contract.
shamez heres some Early 80s Mets players I can remember on the top of my head
Dave Kingman (interesting ball player this guy, great homerun hitter but struck out way to much)
Joel Youngblood
Mookie Wilson
Lee Mazzilli
Rusty Staub
Mike Cubbage
Mike Scott
Jese Orosco
John Stearns
Claudell Washington
Pat Zachry
George Foster
Ed Lynch
I have way too much sports info in my head :nervous: |
Tim Teufel
Kevin Elster
Kevin(cat murderer)Mitchell
Howard Johnson
Keith Hernandez
David Cone
Wally backman
Now who was the hot shot rookie in 88 or so that came up with the mets and had a monster rookie year and then tanked it for the next 2 years after that...for some reason the only bust name that comes to mind is that yankee prospect Brian Taylor who blew his arm out in a bar fight |
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