# The best thing about a "Subway Series". **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2000, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-thing-about-a-subway-series/38172 "2000-10-24T21:24:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-thing-about-a-subway-series/38172/1 "2000-10-24T21:24:01Z")
No matter who wins or loses all the damage should be localized to the state of New York. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-thing-about-a-subway-series/38172/2 "2000-10-24T21:25:28Z")
Thank God for small favors? 😃 Seriously, if it wern’t for the fact that it’s blasted over the TV every 20 minutes, I’d never know what is happening in the series. ---
**Author:** ![TampaFlyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@TampaFlyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TampaFlyer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-thing-about-a-subway-series/38172/3 "2000-10-24T21:38:54Z")
I turned it off when I learned it’s not being played in the subway at all. Talk about false advertising! ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-thing-about-a-subway-series/38172/4 "2000-10-24T21:43:34Z")
Damage? Are you implying some mass unrest is due in NYC? We’ve done this rant before, but New Yorkers just don’t riot upon the victory or loss of one of our sport franchises. Chicago does, L.A. does, Vancouver does, Detroit does, Denver does. But New York just doesn’t. And it certainly ain’t due to a lack of championship games. It’s just so _tacky_. And do you have a general question here or are you just venting your frustration with your city’s inadequacy? ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-thing-about-a-subway-series/38172/5 "2000-10-24T21:49:32Z")
To come to L.A.‘s defense, the only time there ever has been violence after a team won a championship was with the Lakers’ win earlier this year. As Keith Olbermann pointed out on a broadcast, LA teams have usually won their decisive games on the road or, in the the case of the Lakers prior to this year, on a Sunday afternoon at the Forum in Inglewood, where this no place for a crowd to gather. L.A. saves up its anger most of the time for larger problems as was the case in 1965 and 1992. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-thing-about-a-subway-series/38172/6 "2000-10-24T21:53:18Z")
Hey, I like to see New York damaged as much as the next fellow, but let’s keep discussions like this to MPSIMS, OK? ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-thing-about-a-subway-series/38172/7 "2000-10-24T22:37:33Z")
Don’t worry about NY getting it. As soon as I design the right bomb I’m taking out one of the two huge water mains running under NY city. The third tube won’t be done for another ten years or so. I’ve been working on this plan for quite a while. I figure I can take out _at least_ %30 of the population of Manhattan if I target the right spot. I’m thinking about simultaneosly taking out Lincoln and Holland Tunnels. That oughta really put their balls in a vice. \ The best thing about _any_ sporting event is that they eventually must end. And thank god for that… ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-thing-about-a-subway-series/38172/8 "2000-10-24T22:42:22Z")
Feh. Our water tunnels go out _all the time_. It just screws up the subways for a day or so. You’ll have to do better than that! ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-thing-about-a-subway-series/38172/9 "2000-10-24T23:10:26Z")
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, fuck youse all \*, ya jealous bastids 😛 \*[sup]excepting Alphagene and manhattan[/sup] ---
**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 24, 2000, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-thing-about-a-subway-series/38172/10 "2000-10-24T23:10:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Democritus \* > \*\*Don’t worry about NY getting it. As soon as I design the right bomb I’m taking out one of the two huge water mains running under NY city. The third tube won’t be done for another ten years or so. I’ve been working on this plan for quite a while. I figure I can take out _at least_ %30 of the population of Manhattan if I target the right spot. I’m thinking about simultaneosly taking out Lincoln and Holland Tunnels. That oughta really put their balls in a vice. > > \ > > The best thing about _any_ sporting event is that they eventually must end. > > And thank god for that… \*\* Forwarded to NIS,FBI and CIA… ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-thing-about-a-subway-series/38172/11 "2000-10-25T00:10:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Democritus \* > \*\* I’m thinking about simultaneosly taking out Lincoln and Holland Tunnels. > \*\* Which would cut off most access from Jersey. And this is a bad thing HOW??? ---
**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-thing-about-a-subway-series/38172/12 "2000-10-25T00:23:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alphagene \* > \*\* > Chicago does, L.A. does, Vancouver does, Detroit does, Denver does. But New York just doesn’t. And it certainly ain’t due to a lack of championship games. > \*\* Vancouver does? When did that happen? I always figured the biggest riot was when they moved the filming of X-Files! ---
**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 25, 2000, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-thing-about-a-subway-series/38172/13 "2000-10-25T02:35:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alphagene \* > **New Yorkers just don’t riot upon the victory or loss of one of our sport franchises.** That’s because there is opera here! _Gotterdammerung_ tamorra night! See you at the Met! Don’t forget the popcorn! ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-thing-about-a-subway-series/38172/14 "2000-10-25T03:08:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Suo Na \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Alphagene \* > > \*\* > > Chicago does, L.A. does, Vancouver does, Detroit does, Denver does. But New York just doesn’t. And it certainly ain’t due to a lack of championship games. > > \*\* > > Vancouver does? When did that happen? I always figured the biggest riot was when they moved the filming of X-Files! \*\* After '94 Stanley Cup Finals. Rangers beat Canucks. Vancouver rioted, NY just buried 33rd St in beer cups and assorted litter. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-thing-about-a-subway-series/38172/15 "2000-10-26T10:23:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BobT \* > \*\*To come to L.A.‘s defense, the only time there ever has been violence after a team won a championship was with the Lakers’ win earlier this year. > \*\* Well, when UCLA won the NCAA basketball championship in 1995, a KISS (radio station, not the musical group) van was overturned in Westwood. Of course, some music fans would see nothing whatsoever wrong with that.