" Cue up the waterworks!!!"
As I have said a lot of late, there is not much Mets news, nor has there been any Mets rumors since the season mercifully ended 2 weeks ago. Yes we still are holding our breath to see if Jose Reyes is retained and we are hoping that Sandy Alderson can make some kind of move that would be reminiscent of the deal that Frank Cashen made which imported Keith Hernandez from the Cards.
But until the hot stove heats up, we will only be pining for whatever nuggets of news and speculation that we can unearth.
Since I have been quiet in regards to both the Yankees and Phillies early exits from the playoffs I hereby give you
The Top 10 Songs To Taunt Yankee And Phillies Fans With !
10. “Funeral for a Friend” – Elton John
09. ” Tear in my beer” – Hank Williams
08 ” Trying to get the feeling” Barry Manilow ( You have to have Barry on the list !)
07. ” Tears of a clown” – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
06. “Tracks of my tears” – Smokey Robinson
05. “ 19th Nervous breakdown” Rollings Stones ( Take that Victorino !)
04. ” Screaming in the night” – Krokus ( great song, great video – YouTube it !!!)
03. ” Here’s to the losers” - Warrior Soul
02. ” Don’t cry out loud” - Melissa Manchester
AND THE NUMBER ONE SONG TO TAUNT BOTH YANKEE AND PHILLIE FANS WITH IS :
” Shot down in flames “- AC/DC ( ‘NUFF SAID !!)
So do you agree/disagree ? What songs would you have added ? please write them in the comments section below.
And with that said ….. HERE COMES THE INFAMY !!!!
Mets alumni celebrating a birthday today includes:
One of the most beloved Mets from the ’80′s, pitcher Sid Fernandez is one year away from turning the big 5-0 (1962) !!!
One of the catalysts from the ’06 season, second baseman José Valentin is 42 (1969) .
Sadly on this date in 1989, third baseman from the ’70 season, Joe Foy passed away. Foy was involved in one of the worst trades in Mets history when he was obtained from the Kansas City Royals for outfielder Amos Otis and relief pitcher, Bob Johnson. Otis went on to become a perennial ALL-Star while Foy struggled with the Mets. There were whispers that Foy was abusing controlled substances, and a year later he was sold to the Washington Senators.
The New York Mets released middle reliver, Mike Marshall on October 12, 1981. Marshall pitched well in his lone season with the Mets. He posted a record of 3-2 with an E.R.A of 2.61 in 20 appearances with the Mets, but he opted to retire after the season had ended.
The New York Mets claimed utility man, Desi Relaford on waivers from the San Diego Padres on October 12, 2000.
Desi played with the Mets for one season, playing mostly the infield. He did pitch one inning in a Mets blowout.
Mo Vaughn likes Boo Berry Cereal !!!
16 comments
Darknova306
10/12/2011-10:44am at 10:44 am (UTC -4)
I won’t be taunting any fans for their teams exiting the playoffs early when my team has been a sad, pathetic, 4th place joke for years. If your team is garbage, you have no right to talk smack. Just my opinion.
Anonymous
10/12/2011-2:19pm at 2:19 pm (UTC -4)
I am with you.
We suck. And will again for at least one more year.
Dolphins 0-4; no NBA.
Wow, sports suck.
Anonymous
10/12/2011-12:18pm at 12:18 pm (UTC -4)
just because the Mets are on a bad 3 year run (and this year IMO was just average, not pathetic or a joke), does not mean you shouldn’t make fun of the insufferable, obnoxious, holier than thou fan bases of those 2 teams, especially since they outspent the rest of MLB by a wide margin.
Hell, the phillies and their fans were talking about setting up the WS rotation in April! If any group deserved some bad karma humiliation, it is them.
Obviously better to win a lot of regular season games and make the playoffs, but when you set yourself up as that big of a target, you get the grief when you fall way short of your goal. Saying “a WS crown or else it is a failed year” means we can call them failures!
MetsFan4Decades
10/12/2011-2:14pm at 2:14 pm (UTC -4)
My sentiments exactly.
Something I rarely do but tuned into the Francesa show the day after the Yankees were eliminated. First time I heard him go on and on, referring to the Yankees as ‘we’. ‘Stunned disbelief’, ‘incredulous’, ‘unbelievable’ and a host of other phrases he used to go on about that series just made me laugh out loud.
He went on to say that there wasn’t a person he talked to at the Stadium before that game who didn’t automatically take it for granted they were going to win that night. Hey Mike, that’s why they call it baseball. hahahaha
Only thing a tad better was Howard making the last out to eliminate the Phillies, for the 2nd year in a row. I won’t go as far as some of my fellow Met fans who thought it was poetic justice that he went down in a heap trying to make it to first. It was just sad enough for me not to really want to see that for any player. But going forward, you have to wonder how it affects that team. Heard Amaro’s press conference yesterday on going forward and they just now seem to be coming to many of the same conclusions the Met organization started addressing a few years ago and especially last winter. Between the age of the team and a depleted upper farm system, here’s hoping this puts them behind the curve a bit.
Anonymous
10/13/2011-1:24am at 1:24 am (UTC -4)
That phillies team has some holes going into 2012. Third base is wide open I would think as Polanco is past his prime as a premium player, there will have to be a premium 1B available to fill in for Howard and Ibanez is not getting any younger though arguably his production has been steady, in addition Oswalt is most likely leaving the rotation ( possible pickup by or trade to the yankees?) opening another spot on the roster. Hamels is coming into much more money in the next few years as well and who knows how much the phillies have in terms of finance and flexibility with so much money tied up in Halladay, Lee, Howard and Utley.
Anonymous
10/12/2011-2:21pm at 2:21 pm (UTC -4)
Mets aren’t on a bad 3-year run Stick, they just plain stink.
77 wins was overachieving most likely, payroll is shrinking, we probably lost our two best offensive players, and we have nada, zip, zilch on the way to help until 2013.
Anonymous
10/12/2011-1:48pm at 1:48 pm (UTC -4)
Heartbreaker- Pat Benatar
Anonymous
10/12/2011-2:17pm at 2:17 pm (UTC -4)
I can’t remember who sang it, but how about the song “My team has spent a billion dollars and made the postseason once in the last 11 years!”
Gotta go with Dark here. We are definitely among the biggest jokes in the game right now. And it probably will get worse in 2012 before it gets better.
Let us pray that Wheeler and the NEXT generation of young pitchers begins to change that in 2013.
MetsFan4Decades
10/12/2011-5:34pm at 5:34 pm (UTC -4)
No, I think we’re currently older news right now.
Boston and Atlanta definitely have centered stage right now in looking like fools. From what I’m reading the vultures are now picking apart the Yankees and Phils as well. T
Anonymous
10/12/2011-6:54pm at 6:54 pm (UTC -4)
I think we are not news at all…we’re an afterthought and a joke at this point. At least a few years ago we were a contending team that choked. Now we are nothing.
Since 2000—we have one postseason appearance.
Yanks-10
Sox-6
Braves-6
Phils-5
Their fans will get over it; all of those teams are primed to contend again in 2012. We are most definitely not.
I think I am still reacting to being such an optimist until August of 2010. As Pete Townshend once wrote, I won’t get fooled again!
MetsFan4Decades
10/12/2011-7:28pm at 7:28 pm (UTC -4)
Ha! As the saying goes, ‘things, they are a changing’…..
Did you see Theo going to the Cubs? I think it’s going to be very interesting over the next few years with several clubs.
Anonymous
10/12/2011-11:03pm at 11:03 pm (UTC -4)
I’m still really enjoying these post season games. Great, great post season so far imo. Relative to our team, watching the double play turned in the first by the Rangers all I could think was if it was the Mets I’d first be worried about Wright throwing it away on the throw to second and then whoever playing second if they would have enough arm strength to get the guy at first on the relay. It was at this point I realized how large the gap is between the teams still playing and our squad. Then my second thought was “we abused both these teams in the middle of the season???” Baseball is a fickle temptress…
Anonymous
10/13/2011-8:59am at 8:59 am (UTC -4)
Back in 1969 when the Cubs were still in 1st place and in the eyes of their fans and players coasting to their inevitable WS berth their fans were as arrogant and obnoxious as any of the Phillies and Yankees fans are today. In the middle to late 1980′s and in 2006 Met fans were as arrogant and obnoxious as any of the Phillies and Yankees fans are today. Fans seem to behave the same regardless of their location and the team they root for. So we have the proverbial “pot calling the kettle black.” Met fans taunting fans of teams that have been eliminated from the playoffs is akin to a homeless, barefoot man laughing at a passerby because he thinks that person’s shoelaces are funny. But I’m not being sanctimonious here since it was enjoyable seeing the arrogant, obnoxious, pompous rear end Francesa simultaneously wallow in self pity, anger and anguish. All that was missing from the studio was the Marx brothers. So I’m just as guilty as the rest of you.
The song:
Bonnie Tyler – “It’s A Heartache”
BTW Back when Earl Weaver managed the Orioles every time he argued with the umpires the PA system would play “It’s A Heartache.”
Anonymous
10/13/2011-10:27am at 10:27 am (UTC -4)
I still hate the Phillies and their fans.
And of course, I don’t recall being at all arrogant back in 1986.
Anonymous
10/14/2011-3:10pm at 3:10 pm (UTC -4)
Every single one of Brock’s posting are spot on here.
Not much else to say…..We have become pretty irrelevent and the rebuilding
process is only mid-stream (at best).
The biggest headlines involving our Mets this off-season will be when Jose
Reyes signs somewhere else. So…..We have nothing to gloat about.
Nothing…..
Anonymous
10/17/2011-5:55pm at 5:55 pm (UTC -4)
You know Yankee fans do still taunt us Mets fans, even now because they’ll say nonsense like, “at least we made the playoffs”. True, but their team didn’t accomplish their goal, to buy, err mean win another title. I believe us Mets fans should belittle the Yankee & Phillies universe for being so smug & arrogant.
Who would’ve thought that St. Louis would be back in the WS? Milwaukee made too many errors in the series & came up small. As much as I can’t stand anything from the state of Texas, I’m going with the Rangers. Can’t forget what the Cardinals did to us in 2006. In fact had the Mets taken that series from them late in September, The Cards would be home watching the playoffs like the rest of us.