# Mets win! Mets win! Mets win! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226 "2000-10-17T03:45:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/1 "2000-10-17T03:45:15Z")
WOOHOO! Did y’all see that bench-clearing brawl? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/2 "2000-10-17T03:46:19Z")
D’oh! Sorry 'bout the simulpost! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/3 "2000-10-17T03:50:19Z")
Yes, were all very excited here. The two of us, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/4 "2000-10-17T14:34:13Z")
The one thing that will make my happiness complete is seeing the Yankees fuck it up in Seattle. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/5 "2000-10-17T14:35:12Z")
AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!! ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/6 "2000-10-17T15:38:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*WOOHOO! > > Did y’all see that bench-clearing brawl? \*\* I was on doing something else when it was on. I saw Jay Payton get plunked and a bunch of shoving ensued. I didn’t see any brawl, though. Did I miss something else? ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/7 "2000-10-17T15:41:07Z")
There was no brawl. Payton got plunked and charged the mound, but Eli Marrero got between him and Veres before anything started, the benches did clear, but everything calmed down before any punches were thrown. Give credit where it’s due and commend the cooler heads on the Mets team who calmed Payton down and kept some dignity in the game. ---
**Author:** ![jessicala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jessicala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessicala)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/8 "2000-10-17T17:28:29Z")
Now, a question for you Mets fans: who are you rooting for in the Mariners-Yankees series? Seattle, because they might knock the Yankees out of the World Series? Or the Yankees, because they are fellow New Yorkers? And who would the Yankees’ fans root for in the World Series if the Mariners do beat the Yankees (oh please oh please) in the next two games of the ALCS? Mets because they’re fellow New Yorkers, or Mariners because they’re up against the Mets? We M’s fans could use any and all available moral support from any Mets fans who don’t want to see the Yankees in the World Series. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/9 "2000-10-17T18:12:12Z")
Jay, ``` What about Mets fans who may root for the Ms because they think they are the lesser threat in the WS? ``` ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_G7subs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rich\_G7subs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_G7subs)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/10 "2000-10-17T20:28:01Z")
BRING ON THE YANKEES! ``` My predictions ``` 1. Mets win in 7 games.At least two Met wins will come in extra innings. 2. Clemens will NOT pitch at Shea.(he’s too much of a coward to face a national league pitcher.) 3)The Braves and Cardinals will go golfing together this weekend. 4)The Braves and Cardinals will return from the golf course in time to WATCH the Series on Television. 5)Joe Morgan will annoy millions. ---
**Author:** ![jessicala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jessicala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessicala)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/11 "2000-10-17T20:58:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lurkernomore \* > \*\*What about Mets fans who may root for the Ms because they think they are the lesser threat in the WS? \*\* Good point. I forgot that one, even though that’s the exact reason we were rooting for the Yankees over Oakland a few weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![SoxFan59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@SoxFan59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoxFan59)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/12 "2000-10-17T22:54:26Z")
Congratulations to the Mets. I was pulling for them in the NL playoffs. Robin Ventura is one of my favorite players of all time, and is a class act. Further, if my White Sox can’t be there, the next best thing is the Mets. Cubs fans are cringing all over America. Does the heart good. As for the who wins the AL, I think a subway series is excellent for baseball. Most of America has this thing about hating teams with “NY” on thier caps, but having the villians to knock off the pedestal drives those of us who live in baseball purgatory (that’s Chicago, and has been Chicago since about 1964, 1946 if your baseball universe doesn’t go south of Congress Parkway). I hope the Yanks win and the circus can commence! ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/13 "2000-10-17T22:57:36Z")
Mets fan here. I’m rooting for the Yankees to win the ALCS because it’s so exciting around here when ONE team is in the World Series. I want to see the pandemonium reach fever pitch during a subway series (the first since 1956). This will be a completely new experience for me, having been born during the great Baseball Drought of Greater New York. 1958 was one of the few years when there was but one Major League team in the Big Apple. Also, a Yankees-Mets World Series guarantees that the Championship Trophy stays in New York, the place of baseball’s origin, where everyone knows it truly belongs. Mets vs. Yankees. Mets in 6 or 7. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/14 "2000-10-18T01:47:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > \*\*There was no brawl. > > Payton got plunked and charged the mound, but Eli Marrero got between him and Veres before anything started, the benches did clear, but everything calmed down before any punches were thrown. > > Give credit where it’s due and commend the cooler heads on the Mets team who calmed Payton down and kept some dignity in the game. \*\* Yeah, you’re right, it wasn’t a brawl. I was just posting in a tearing hurry to be the first to comment, and I wasn’t even that, and I automatically put “brawl” after “bench-clearing”. I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/15 "2000-10-18T02:03:25Z")
As a long-time Mets fan, I am torn with who to cheer for in the ALCS. Part of me wants Seattle to win because of my hated for the Yankees and I also think the Mets match up better against the Mariners, but part of me wants the subway series so we can say we beat the champions. Either way - I’m happy. It’ll be a great world series. Go Mets! ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/16 "2000-10-18T02:08:23Z")
I see the danger of a sports-time singularity, where the presence of so many observers in one place forces Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle to crawl under the rug. Fans will use the force of will to decapitate Roger Clemens, Bob Costas will start referring to players as “motherfuckers,” and the re-animated corpse of The Babe will march onto the field with the Red Sox and beat both New York teams at the same time. If it is a close Series, we risk the earth itself condensing into a single wide-screen HDTV, from which nothing can escape. Fortunately, there’s still Mike Vick, who will no doubt save humanity by rushing for two hundred yards with two-fifty passing against UVa. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/17 "2000-10-18T13:42:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rich G7subs \* > \*\* > 3)The Braves and Cardinals will go golfing together this weekend. > 4)The Braves and Cardinals will return from the golf course in time to WATCH the Series on Television. > \*\* The Cardinals will not do these things with the Braves. The Cardinals do not like the Braves. I understand, however, that the Cards and the Giants have a pool party planned where they’ll be showing the World Series on a big screen TV. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/18 "2000-10-18T22:25:55Z")
As the Teeming Millions must all know now, the Mets and Yankees have won the pennants in their leagues, setting the stage for the first intercity World Series in 49 years. I was reading the message board on [http://www.abc.go.com](http://www.abc.go.com) (for _Who Wants to Be a Millionaire)_ and the posters there said that CBS and ABC will be chortling if the New York teams win the pennants, because then only New Yorkers will watch the Series. I for one hope it’s a ratings disaster for the network carrying it; that’ll serve them right… ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_G7subs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rich\_G7subs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_G7subs)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/19 "2000-10-19T01:42:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* > \*\*As the Teeming Millions must all know now, the Mets and Yankees have won the pennants in their leagues, setting the stage for the first intercity World Series in 49 years. I was reading the message board on [http://www.abc.go.com](http://www.abc.go.com) (for _Who Wants to Be a Millionaire)_ and the posters there said that CBS and ABC will be chortling if the New York teams win the pennants, because then only New Yorkers will watch the Series. I for one hope it’s a ratings disaster for the network carrying it; that’ll serve them right… \*\* I disagree…You mean to tell me there are no transplanted New yorkers anywhere else in the US? The Series is the Series no matter what team is in it.Did rating suffer when Oakland and San Fran played in '89? ((well,maybe because of the 'quake)). ---
**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226/20 "2000-10-19T03:09:59Z")
I was looking forward to a roadtrip Seattle to see the World Series. Now no such luck! … curse the Mets and their tainted fans!! Curse them! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-win-mets-win-mets-win/37226.md?page=2)