Anti-World Series Thread

[Dukie95]

Ok, Mets fans and others...ok...not sure who else out there falls in this category.

This is our place to talk about anything but the World Series.

I'm not rooting for anyone this year, but I'm going to have to root against the Phillies...here's why.

I survived a Yankees dynasty in the 90s, I can do it again. If the Yankees win again, there's really no new ammo their fans can use to bug me.

I won't be able to stomach another rival maintaining a dynastic-type run. (Oh sure, the Braves had a good streak, but they always fell short when it mattered).

So, I say Go Y...ou other team playing the Phillies!!

Other Mets fans, who are you rooting against?

[89Hen]

This is our place to talk about anything but the World Series.

I'm not rooting for anyone this year, but I'm going to have to root against the Phillies...here's why.

I survived a Yankees dynasty in the 90s, I can do it again. If the Yankees win again, there's really no new ammo their fans can use to bug me.

I won't be able to stomach another rival maintaining a dynastic-type run. (Oh sure, the Braves had a good streak, but they always fell short when it mattered).

So, I say Go Y...ou other team playing the Phillies!!
xconfusedx :p

[SideLine Shooter]

Ok, Mets fans and others...ok...not sure who else out there falls in this category.

This is our place to talk about anything but the World Series.

I'm not rooting for anyone this year, but I'm going to have to root against the Phillies...here's why.

I survived a Yankees dynasty in the 90s, I can do it again. If the Yankees win again, there's really no new ammo their fans can use to bug me.

I won't be able to stomach another rival maintaining a dynastic-type run. (Oh sure, the Braves had a good streak, but they always fell short when it mattered).

So, I say Go Y...ou other team playing the Phillies!!

Mets fans, who are you rooting against?



At least it is an EAST COAST Series.xthumbsupx

Go Phillies!

[Dukie95]

When do pitches and catchers report?

[TheDancinMonarch]

I cursed the Yankees many years ago. The curse did not work. I didn't get a warranty. My bad.

[andy7171]

GO PHILLIES!!!!

[UMass922]

When do pitches and catchers report?

I'm not a Mets fan, but I am a Johan Santana fan. Hopefully he returns n full health next year. xthumbsupx

[tribe_pride]

Ok, Mets fans and others...ok...not sure who else out there falls in this category.

This is our place to talk about anything but the World Series.

I'm not rooting for anyone this year, but I'm going to have to root against the Phillies...here's why.

I survived a Yankees dynasty in the 90s, I can do it again. If the Yankees win again, there's really no new ammo their fans can use to bug me.

I won't be able to stomach another rival maintaining a dynastic-type run. (Oh sure, the Braves had a good streak, but they always fell short when it mattered).

So, I say Go Y...ou other team playing the Phillies!!

Other Mets fans, who are you rooting against?

As a Mets fan, I think I am agreeing with you. At least I can support the 1/2 of the family that are Y...ou other team's fans. (kind of weird that as a Jets fan I had to root against the Giants though in that Super Bowl)

[biggie]

Anyone figure out how to get 2 teams in a 2 team game to both lose?

[JoltinJoe]

When do pitches and catchers report?

A couple of months after THE WORLD SERIES.

[appmaj]

Anyone figure out how to get 2 teams in a 2 team game to both lose?


See 1994 World Series

[UNCBears2010]

Is it wrong that I'm rooting for a massive Swine Flu outbreak in both clubhouses?

[UMass922]

See 1994 World Series

Or the 2002 All Star Game. xlolx

[Dukie95]

This must be what Yankees fans went through in 1986. Though I suspect they had no problem rooting for the Mets in that one.

[tribe_pride]

I think it's different. We Mets/Jets fans are traditional underdog guys who aren't big fans of the favorite teams (Yanks/Giants) and will always hate them. Philly and Pennsylvania just have had too many happy moments recently so that the Mets fans will probably root against the Phils more now. If the Phillies hadn't won last year, I think it would be different. It really is painful though.

The Yanks/Giants fans seem to more look down on the Mets/Jets as a "you are not worthy" group but if push came to shove against a Yanks/Giants rival or against another team that they didn't really care for, they would jump right with the Mets/Jets to destroy that team.

Call it the little brother jealousy for the Mets/Jets fans if you want, it's just how it is.

[Dukie95]

Yes, even I conceded it wouldn't have been difficult, but I can't think of another case where one entire fan base has no one to root for or against.

It would be like the White Sox playing the Cardinals, or the Angels playing the Giants...

And yes, if the Phillies hadn't won last year, it would be different....this really is a unique circumstance.

[blukeys]

Ok, Mets fans and others...ok...not sure who else out there falls in this category.

This is our place to talk about anything but the World Series.

I'm not rooting for anyone this year, but I'm going to have to root against the Phillies...here's why.

I survived a Yankees dynasty in the 90s, I can do it again. If the Yankees win again, there's really no new ammo their fans can use to bug me.

I won't be able to stomach another rival maintaining a dynastic-type run. (Oh sure, the Braves had a good streak, but they always fell short when it mattered).

So, I say Go Y...ou other team playing the Phillies!!

Other Mets fans, who are you rooting against?

Typical Stockholm syndrome where a powerless weinie is tortured. tormented, and controlled by the more powerful neighbor. The weinie always winds up identifying with the bully and supporting him even more. So it is with Mets' fans and the Yankees.

One can find this in any playground or school yard. Met's fans should just give up and admit that "Resistance is futile". They should also admit reality and change the name of the team to the New York Wussies.

[PhoenixSupreme]

I have never rooted for my team in the World Series...cuz the Cubs haven't played in it since I was alive (or my parents, or my grandparents, or my great-grandparents, or my...)

[4th and What?]

Top 4 baseball teams I hate......

Dodgers
Yankees
Braves
Angels

I was a little worried going into the two championship series, but now I have a bit more hope.

Go Phils!

[gmoney55]

It's easy for this Mets fan...root against the Yanks. That rivalry has been going on forever and won't go away soon. Phils have only been a rival for a few years and it will go away once both teams aren't good again, even started too this year with the Mets sucking. Plus I always find it comical how obsessed the Phils players are with the Mets....they are about to win 2 straight World Series and they'll still make comments like a little brother.

[blukeys]

It's easy for this Mets fan...root against the Yanks. That rivalry has been going on forever and won't go away soon. Phils have only been a rival for a few years and it will go away once both teams aren't good again, even started too this year with the Mets sucking. Plus I always find it comical how obsessed the Phils players are with the Mets....they are about to win 2 straight World Series and they'll still make comments like a little brother.

After this year I think you will see more comments about the Braves and Marlins.

[GannonFan]

After this year I think you will see more comments about the Braves and Marlins.

Nah - it's still fun poking fun at the Mets. They took such umbrage at Rollins for declaring the Phils the team to beat 3 years ago and yet all the Phils have done is win 3 straight division titles, with a World Series (could be two) in the meantime. And each year the Mets are sure they have fixed the problems that have "let" the Phils dominate the division since Rollins' pronouncement. Maybe if the Braves and Marlins had fans in any numbers we'd talk about them, but until then, we're going to have a little fun with the Mutts. xlolx

[bulldog10jw]

Nah - it's still fun poking fun at the Mets. They took such umbrage at Rollins for declaring the Phils the team to beat 3 years ago and yet all the Phils have done is win 3 straight division titles, with a World Series (could be two) in the meantime. And each year the Mets are sure they have fixed the problems that have "let" the Phils dominate the division since Rollins' pronouncement. Maybe if the Braves and Marlins had fans in any numbers we'd talk about them, but until then, we're going to have a little fun with the Mutts. xlolx

But the Mets WERE the team to beat.

The led almost the whole way in 2007 & 2008.

Then they got beat. ;)

[tribe_pride]

It's funny how the Phillies fans have a couple of good years and they are now all out there. Almost nothing from the fans for most of 20-25 years (I know there were a few good years out there when you must have talked too) and then now they start talking that they've had 3 good years in a row. At least keep talking when your team isn't doing well too.

[mrklean]

Iam a die heart Braves fan so to hell with all of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tribe_pride]

Iam a die heart Braves fan so to hell with all of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You already had your 10+ years of dominence.

[TTUEagles]

Iam a die heart Braves fan so to hell with all of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amen! Amen! I'm begging for a players and/or owners strike and they don't resolve it until February...


You already had your 10+ years of dominence.


That's 14 years to be exact...

Braves in '10

[93henfan]

It's funny how the Phillies fans have a couple of good years and they are now all out there. Almost nothing from the fans for most of 20-25 years (I know there were a few good years out there when you must have talked too) and then now they start talking that they've had 3 good years in a row. At least keep talking when your team isn't doing well too.

Brother, when the team you root for is the first in the world to lose 10,000 games, you're allowed to get giddy when they win.

[WestCoastAggie]

Will we ever see a West Coast Freeway Series?

[GannonFan]

It's funny how the Phillies fans have a couple of good years and they are now all out there. Almost nothing from the fans for most of 20-25 years (I know there were a few good years out there when you must have talked too) and then now they start talking that they've had 3 good years in a row. At least keep talking when your team isn't doing well too.


Brother, when the team you root for is the first in the world to lose 10,000 games, you're allowed to get giddy when they win.

Seriously man, we had a big party for the 10,000th loss - we've always been here, now we're supposed to tone it down after a century plus of losing? What's the point of taking it on the chin for most of our lives if we can't whoop it up when we've got a winner? xnodx

[mrklean]

TO HELL WITH NY AND PHILLY!!!!!!!!!

GO BRAVES!! I was at the Astros game in 1991 when we first started doing the CHOP!!!

The Only baseball home field that felt like a football game.

[93henfan]

TO HELL WITH NY AND PHILLY!!!!!!!!!

GO BRAVES!! I was at the Astros game in 1991 when we first started doing the CHOP!!!

The Only baseball home field that felt like a football game.


I was at the game in 1993 when the Phils eliminated the Braves in the NLCS! :D

[Dukie95]

Actually, for many Mets fans, Rollin's mouth is in the past (hey, he backed it up)...Victorino's now enemy #1.

Did you guys see the front page of the NY Post yesterday? :D

http://thesportshernia.typepad.com/blog/2009/10/new-york-post-predictably-eases-into-world-series-coverage.html

[93henfan]

Actually, for many Mets fans, Rollin's mouth is in the past (hey, he backed it up)...Victorino's now enemy #1.

Did you guys see the front page of the NY Post yesterday? :D

http://thesportshernia.typepad.com/blog/2009/10/new-york-post-predictably-eases-into-world-series-coverage.html

Yeah, the NY papers have to photoshop a picture of a Philly to put him in drag, whereas the Yanks and their #1 fan make the work much easier:

Jeter
http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2007/writers/richard_deitsch/03/23/media.circus/p1_jeter.jpg

Giuliani
http://www.tardtastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/giuliani_in_drag2.jpg

[whitey]

LOL @ the POST.

Let the Phillies (and their fans) have their fun. 10,000 losses...I think they've earned it. Us Mets fans will have our fun at some point too but probably not till Minaya is gone.

[tribe_pride]

Now that the Indians chose Acta over Valentine, maybe the Mets can pick him up.

[GannonFan]

I was at the game in 1993 when the Phils eliminated the Braves in the NLCS! :D


Same here man - Game 6 still ranks as the single greatest game I've ever been at. Loved it when the Phanatic came out in a leotard and started a Jane Fonda tape, only to have it cut halfway through to a rousing "Whoomp There it Is" by Tag Team. And then we did our own Philly version of the tomahawk chop, with everyone just flailing both arms in mockery. Good times.

My second favorite live game was probably the Eagles/Dallas game where Barry Switzer went for it twice on 4th and 1 from his own 20-something, only up by a point with 2 minutes to go in the game. And the Eagles stopped them twice. Just a thing of beauty. The whole walk out of the Vet after that game was just one non-stop smack the cowboys session. Beautiful.

[93henfan]

Same here man - Game 6 still ranks as the single greatest game I've ever been at. Loved it when the Phanatic came out in a leotard and started a Jane Fonda tape, only to have it cut halfway through to a rousing "Whoomp There it Is" by Tag Team. And then we did our own Philly version of the tomahawk chop, with everyone just flailing both arms in mockery. Good times.

My second favorite live game was probably the Eagles/Dallas game where Barry Switzer went for it twice on 4th and 1 from his own 20-something, only up by a point with 2 minutes to go in the game. And the Eagles stopped them twice. Just a thing of beauty. The whole walk out of the Vet after that game was just one non-stop smack the cowboys session. Beautiful.

I missed that Dallas game, but I did see the game (I'm guessing 92'ish) where Hershel Walker ran all over the Cowboys on MNF. Some MF'er set off an M-80 on the concourse about 10 rows behind my ears. Friggin' loud as hell echoing through that concrete tub. xmadx

[89Hen]

Same here man - Game 6 still ranks as the single greatest game...

My second favorite live game was probably the Eagles/Dallas game...
My favorite Philly pro sports live moment was a Flyers/Rangers playoff game in 1987. Went with my boss (part time job) who was from NYC. Tons of penalties and the Flyers went crazy in the third period and blew them out 8-3. Spectrum was insane.

[93henfan]

Spectrum was insane.

Sad to see it go. Final event is the Pearl Jam concert on Halloween and then it gets demo'ed. That place was great. Even the cheap seats were close to the action.

[Woof]

Somebody please tell me it was all a bad dream...that the Cardinals really did not fold like a cheap suit, that Holliday really did not drop an easy fly ball that him right in the... er, uh well you know. Say it ain't so, please....

Cards v. Yanks would be a much better Series.... but I suppose it could always be worse....Angels and Phillies would draw about as many viewers as Anderson Cooper is these days xboringxxboringxxboringx

[Dukie95]

Cards v. Yanks would be a much better Series....

I don't agree....I want to jam a stick in my eye..., but it really is the best possible matchup.

[DG Cowboy]

I don't agree....I want to jam a stick in my eye..., but it really is the best possible matchup.

Noooo! Can't be a World Series going on! They don't play a World Series in the snow, do they? Yanks-Phillies? Ho-hum.

[Go...gate]

This must be what Yankees fans went through in 1986. Though I suspect they had no problem rooting for the Mets in that one.

Not to mention 1969, and yes, the Yankee fans I knew were pulling for the Mets in those years. Bottom line is that NY is a great baseball town, as is Philly.

[LacesOut]

I'm watching CNN right now.

[Dukie95]

So, things are going pretty well for me. Neither team is dominating the other and Pedro's loss and A-Rod's 6Ks are very satisfying.

Actually, as a baseball fan, I find the officiating to be atrocious...instant replay needs to happen now.

[65 Pard]

The only real World Series where teams from all over the world compete is the Little League World Series...

There could well be a Japanese team that could come in here and kick Yankeeass

[NHwildEcat]

The only real World Series where teams from all over the world compete is the Little League World Series...

There could well be a Japanese team that could come in here and kick Yankeeass

Maybe...but I think unlikely.