madlee wrote:

lemur68 wrote:People in cities with two teams in the same sport are usually a fan of one and hate the other. I work with a New York Rangers (hockey) fan and he hates the New York Islanders.

Same state, different cities.

Technically, but the same metro area, like the Giants and A's.

And I think MSG and Nassau Coliseum might be closer to each other than Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park.

wow. yeah i am still steaming from this. i've been a mets fan since i first heard of baseball and for them to blow it would/will be excruciating. at least living in new england i can still be entertained by the sox in the playoffs, but still...

fuck.

yeah but what crazed manhattanite is going to root for the islanders, unless he grew up out in friggin' suffolk or nassau?

it's at least an hour out side the city to nassau.

east rutherford is closer...you know where the NJ Giants and NJ Jets play.

slowriot wrote:please, PLEASE pray for the safe passage of my Mets from regular season into postseason.

If I prayed, I guess I'd pray for the Mets to win a 16 inning one game playoff to determine the NL East winner. That would be cool.

madlee wrote:yeah but what crazed manhattanite is going to root for the islanders, unless he grew up out in friggin' suffolk or nassau?

Yeah, I forgot to mention the part of town comes into play as well. Correct me, Chicagoans, but I'm of the impression that Sox fans are mostly South Siders.

it's at least an hour out side the city to nassau.

east rutherford is closer...you know where the NJ Giants and NJ Jets play.

According to Mapquest:

MSG->Nassau Coliseum 27.54 miles

Wrigley Field->Comiskey Park 9.89 miles. Okay, I guessed wrong.

EDIT: Oh, it's U.S. Cellular Field now. That's how much I been paying attention to the based-ball lately.

vockins wrote:If I prayed, I guess I'd pray for the Mets to win a 16 inning one game playoff to determine the NL East winner. That would be cool.

Really?
If I were you I'd pray that some Yankee reliever doesn't crash another plane into a skyscraper after he blows a game.

vockins wrote:I want to preface this by declaring that I hold no animosity to the team in Flushing, despite their fans's unparalleled, blinding hate of all things Yankee.

I'm a Met fan. I root for the Yankees most of the time (when they're not playing the Mets, of course). I know plenty of other Met fans that feel the same. However, i know many Yankee fans that feel offended whenever somebody has a different favorite team.
The rest of our post, I agree with.
What the <b>fuck</b> is happening to my team? Seriously. In a lifetime of disappointment, this is up there. I knod of wish that they'd lose now. They fucking deserve it, blowing a lead like they had. *throws Mets hat in the corner* Fuck baseball, man.

I like the mets too. I'd much rather see this happening to boston, NYY, florida, any team with roger clemens...

My hope is that the phillies win the division and some how the mets win the wildcard.

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:Really?
If I were you I'd pray that some Yankee reliever doesn't crash another plane into a skyscraper after he blows a game.

Depends on the reliever.

If I were you, I'd pray that Peter Angelos gets terminal cancer and the O's get above .500 sometime in the next decade. Seems the former is more likely than the latter.

I was at the game last night. Boy, did that suck.