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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

N.Y. Sun: Keri: Phillies Versus Mets: The Tale of the Tape

They’ve battled back and forth throughout the second half, flipping between winning and losing streaks, watching key players heat up and cool down, and switching spots in the standings more than once. Now, with the Phillies just two games behind the Mets for first place in the NL East before last night’s games, and the two teams gearing up for a huge three-game series at Shea this weekend, it’s time to weigh in.

HATRED OF BRAVES

The Braves are 20 games under .500 at this writing, their sort-of-but-not-really dynasty of 1991-2005 now squarely in the rearview mirror. Even that winning era is a source of controversy for fans of other NL East teams, as the Braves like to tout their 14 straight NL East titles, ignoring the fact that the Montreal Expos were cleaning their clocks in 1994 at the time of the players’ strike. When the Braves lose, everyone else wins.

Advantage: Everyone

Damn those Preston Hanna Barbarians!!

Repoz Posted: September 03, 2008 at 03:21 PM | 3 comment(s)
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   1. Crispix Attacks is in the best shape of his life.  Posted: September 03, 2008 at 02:38 PM (#2927811)
I don't have time to read the article, but I definitely still hate the Braves more than I hate the Mets. Part of this is because I know more people who are Mets fans than fans of any other team...whereas I have never met or even seen any good evidence of a Braves fan. "Why must this team whom nobody likes continually win?" I would bemoan. That statement applies far more so to the Marlins win they win, of course.
   2. cardsfanboy  Posted: September 03, 2008 at 05:46 PM (#2928158)
agreed with post 1, then factor in the stupid chop and you just want to strangle them.

I hate the Mets of course, and I consider them to be rivals(due to the 80's) but I also respect their fans (even the ones that wanted to dump Delgado and claim he was done in June) and think "at least they aren't the Yankees" (and I like the Yankees more than the Red Sox, 2 years ago that wasn't the case)
   3. devo  Posted: September 03, 2008 at 09:07 PM (#2928381)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5iFQaDqMuc

As far as embarrassments for a Mets fan go, this, for me, ranks above Vince Coleman.
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