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ANGRYWARD
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RENO, NV—Yankee Joe’s comments yesterday just begged for some sort of response. For those of you who missed it, he said that the Mets would fold earlier this year than last and that the Yankees would get healthy and grab the wild card. On top of this, the Phanatic continues to talk his unique brand of trash here on a daily basis. You don’t need me to point out specific instances; it’s posted all over this site for everyone’s consumption and subsequent indigestion. YJ and PP truly think that their respective clubs are so much better than the Mets.
Well, good enough for me, I’m all in. Rather than wait to see if this Mets winning streak against the likes of the Rockies, Giants and Phillies is merely a mid-season mirage, I feel it’s time to throw down the gauntlet to both Yankee Joe and Philadelphia’s favorite green mess. Even though I have been down on the Mets for most of the season, I am even less impressed with that bumbling bunch the Phanatic pulls for or Yankee Joe’s impotent “O.”
What I am proposing is a winner-take-all humiliation bet between Yankee Joe, the Philly Phanatic, and myself. The parameters of this wager are so simple that even you two knuckle-draggers can grasp them. In a nutshell, whichever of our respective three teams (Mets, Yanks, Phils) advances farthest into the playoffs (if they even make the playoffs) the fans of the other two also-rans have to write a full-on, legitimate love letter to the winning team which will be posted here on Meet the Matts once the bet is decided.
Furthermore, these posts will have to contain no fewer than 300 words and not contain the slightest bit of sarcasm. So, for instance, if the Phillies manage to make it to the playoffs (stifling laughter here) and the Mets and Yanks don’t, both Joe and I would have to write separate essays celebrating that awful franchise. I want to stress that this has nothing to do with regular season records but rather who’s the last team standing. If the Mets and Yanks both get knocked out in the same playoff round, the team that takes their respective series to the most games is the ultimate winner of the bet. If no one makes the playoffs, the bet is off.
So what do you guys say? Joe, I know you would prefer a monetary wager but that would mean we would possibly have to meet, and I’m sure neither of us wants that. Besides, this will give you yet another chance to showcase your well-publicized Intelligence Quotient. Phanatic, you’ve smothered us in stats, duped us with your B. Cox ruse, and retired and unretired… twice! What more left is there for you to conquer than your fear of your beloved Phillies letting you down once again? This would be the perfect way for you say, “I love you Charlie Manuel” and embrace your shaky pitching staff (aka Cole Hamels and the Rag-Armed Mammals).
I hope we can make this happen. Matts is this OK with you?
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david
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| wow! i smell welching in the future if the mets proceed further in the playoffs. don't you? i can't see either of those miscreants owning up. |
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Yankees Suck
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| Yeah I second that. I've made bets against Yankee Joe and he always ducks out of them. As for the PP, his constant retirements and unretirements remind me of a famous athlete, who has done the same. No, not MJ, but Roger Clemens. Each time he comes back it's a little more annoying. |
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Phil's brother
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| Ward - that's something that you have the courage to put that much behind your confidence that the Mets will go further than the Stanks of the Sillies. I need a few quality weeks int he 2nd half to help my own confidence grow. I never count those Stanks out of anything, although their recent playoff history is abysmal. |
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TheMatts
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Angry Ward, we do approve of your proposition and wager. Might we suggest that over the coming weeks that you, Yankee Joe and The Phanatic draw up mock love letters to each opposing team for early review and scrutiny. Our crack staff can sniff out any cynicism and sarcasm before it hits the press. To date there have no replies from either Joe or PP. We await their responses to your gauntlet.  |
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Corporal Agorn
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| Hey a big thank you to Philadelphia Phillie cloer Brad Lidge and former Philadelphia Phillie closer Billy Wagner. You've f'd the national League once again. |
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MATT FACTS:
Chad Pennington is NOT a Brett Favre fan... Hillary Clinton and Don Nelson have never been seen in the same place... Jerry Manuel is not related to Charlie ManuelJerry Manuel is not related to Charlie Manuel... Somebody namd Michel coaches the Pittsburgh Penguins... Tiki Barber quit the Giants. The Giants then won the Super Bowl... The New England Patriots only lost ONE game out of 19!!! Aaron Heilman was actually funny in re to Eli and Plaxico Burress helping the Mets as a pitcher and outfielder, respectively. Repeat, Heilman was funny... Jessica Simpson would rather date Tom Brady - trust us... Eli Manning is better than Archie - now... Alyssa Milano is a Met fan. RRRRR... Rickey Henderson speaks in the 3rd Person... Shawn Green has big ears... Howard Johnson likes to stay at the Holiday Inn, ironically... Sandy Alomar, Sr. is the youngest of 9 kids. That's why he was quick around the dish. Jiminy Cricket was the Philly Phanatic in a previous life…Fred Wilpon is pals with Sandy Koufax... Mike Ditka is a really tough guy.. Buffalo has a Triple A baseball team. They are NOT called The Snowballs... Chan Ho Park has people thinking of naming a ballfield after him - it would be called Chan Ho Park Park... John Maine has never been, oddly enough, to Maine... Curt Gowdy, Jr. has never been to Yellow Knife, Canada... Kevin Mitchell played 6 positions for the Mets in '86 and, according to Doc Gooden's book, didn't like cats... John Olerud & Wayne Gretzky have never been seen in the same place... Kevin McReynolds now makes his living doing laugh tracks for sit-coms... Tony Gwynn is nearing 300 lbs... Carlos Beltran has Mercedes Benz dealerships named for him in Barcelona, Spain... Willie Montanez was called Guillermo by Lenny Randle... Rusty Staub beat Jeff Kent in a race – TODAY... Jay Horwitz is a dynamite Cricket players – somebody said... Jeff Wilpon was a decent minor league catcher... Ziggy Palfy lives in Slovakia and is a big Met fan... Superman Returns, yet still can’t hit Billy Wagner... David Wright will win the Triple Crown – on a horse... Omar Minaya is Tobey McGuire’s stunt-double in Spider Man 3... Hilary Clinton has Mr. Met pajamas – we think... Albert Einstein was a HUGE Met fan... The Metropolitan Opera House was named for the Mets after their 2nd season in ’63... Wally Backman, ’86 sparkplug, considered changing his name to Wally Back-Matt... Neil Allen and Mike Stanton, former Mets, have Allen & Stanton Streets on Lower East Side named for them.
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