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Rex O'Rourke
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NEW YORK, NY – Having witnessed two blowouts and a pitchers duel in the latest installment of the Subway Series, it inspired me to compare the two franchises in the most unscientific way possible.
Mascots – Yankees, none. Mets, Mr. Met. Advantage Yankees. Never needed one and never will.
Stadia – Yankees, The house that Ruth built. Mets, The world’s largest urinal. Advantage Yankees. We'll revisit this catagory next year.
Radio/TV announcers - Yankees, Allen, Rizzuto, White, Kay, Sterling etc. Mets, Nelson, Kiner, Murphy, Cohen, Darling, Hernandez etc. Rizzuto was beautiful but any category including John Sterling is an automatic loss, as he is a complete zero. Bob Murphy was one of the best ever. Loved Kiner’s Korner and Lindsay Nelson’s jackets. Advantage Mets.
Championships – Yankees, twenty six. Mets, two. Advantage Yankees.
Fan loyalty – You Mutt fans are diehards, I’ll give you that. Yankee fans can tend to drift away during lean times. Don Mattingly hit a ton of homers into empty seats. Advantage Mets.
Uniforms – Advantage Yankees for the simple reason that they’ve kept them classic/old school and avoided changing them every year or going to gang black. I will give props, however to the original Met home and away duds. Definitely one of the better uniforms.
Manager personality – Both teams had Casey Stengel and Yogi Berra. Bobby Valentine cancels out Lou Piniella. Dallas Green cancels out Billy Martin. Advantage Mets because Stengel had those early Met squads that were hilariously bad.
Head to head play – Interleague has been tight over the years but the 2000 Series puts the Yanks over the top. Advantage Yankees. Anyone know the record in those Mayor’s trophy games?...Buelher…Buelher…Buelher…
Wacky unofficial cheerleaders – Yankees, Freddie sez, Bellevue Betty. Mets, that guy with the signs back in the day, The Matts. Advantage Mets. Never hurts to suck up to the boss.
Hall Of Famers – I won’t bore you with the details. Advantage Yankees.
Sorry to break it to you Mutt fans, but the Yankees (six catagories to four) are cooler than the Mets.
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Cookie
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Good on ya Rex. You kept very impartial on this... giving it to the Mets where they out-cooled the Yanks.
However, I would disagree on Fan Loyalty. By virtue of being one of the best known sports franchises in the world-- the Yanks have a larger amount of fair-weathered (or just logo sporting) 'fans.' But, if you look at the die-hards... they're pinstripes through and through. They show up to the games and keep the Yanks close to them always. Although I put inking yourself with a mainstream symbol/icon or team as one of the truly bonehead moves-- it does show gutless (yet brainless) loyalty. I've seen more Yankee tattoos in my day than I'd care to admit to. I've never seen any Met ink.
And Rex.. you forgot to mention Yankee announcer Cone. Love him. Although nothing can negate the ick and dumb factor of Sterling... Cone is a plus and deserves a mention. He's a booth bright spot.
How about Ponson's pitching on Friday!??! I gotta say... i was prepared for the worst from him. A guy just up from Triple A, who (on a good day) tips the scales at nearly 260lbs.? Yeech. But.. he done right... better than Pedro. Advantage to the Yanks for Friday's games. Though the run differential for both games was nine-- Yanks blanked the Mets in game two. Zero.
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Sam's-a-fan
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Rex you were fair and impartial, but I think as Cookie alludes to, the die hard fans of both teams are die hard fans through and through, and we all have to put up with the On-the-band-wagon-types when our fortunes are on the rise.
I'd also like to point out that the Mets treated Yogi with more class and respect than the Yankees did, although amends have been made in recent years.
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Rex O'Rourke
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| Cookie, I don't care if David Cone ends up as the next Vin Scully, any catagory with Sterling is an automatic loss. He's the worst in the HISTORY of baseball and I can't wrap my head around the fact that THE flagship franchise in the entire sports world would allow this clown to be its voice. |
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Cookie
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Yeah Rex. I agree with you... I was just saying that Cone was a bright spot in the booth worth a mention. When Sterling gives himself a heart attack screaming 'Thhhhhhheeee Yankees win,' or 'Heeeeeeeeee struck him out!' -- we'll be a little better sorted in the booth.
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West Coast Craig
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| I know you wanted to at least appear impartial, but I can't believe you actually cancel Billy Martin out with anybody, much less Dallas Green! Stengel of course had great quotes from both clubs...but my earliest memory of him was in a Met uniform ranting about "the placards," and missing plays on the field. |
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