As March Madness gets into full swing this weekend with Conference tournaments, we have been organizing our own tournament. Chosen by the readers we have our topic of “The Greatest Moments In Mets Regular Season History” and also have narrowed our list of great moments down to the 8 in the bracket above.
In our first round, I see some fantastic match-ups. Highlighted in my opinion by the 1969 Clinch vs the 2006 Clinch and the Gary Carter HR vs Nohan. Who will win? We shall find out soon. But for now discuss the bracket!
18 comments
Stick
3/15/2013-9:49am at 9:49 am (UTC -4)
Interesting. and nice and short!
I predict an upset in the 7-2 game, and the 4/5 will be a battle of the kids vs. the old farts. At least we are well represented with OFs here, so there is a chance.
gategem
3/15/2013-11:34am at 11:34 am (UTC -4)
4/5 is the equivalent of comparing Babe Ruth to Michael Bourn.
TX
3/15/2013-11:37am at 11:37 am (UTC -4)
Michael Bourn has more speed and is much better defensively, so no debate there. Though Babe has him beat in the hotdog eating category.
gategem
3/15/2013-11:49am at 11:49 am (UTC -4)
But you forget that Ruth was also one of the best pitchers in baseball history. Ruth was inebriated most of the time which I consider to be his biggest asset.
darknova306
3/15/2013-11:53am at 11:53 am (UTC -4)
Good comparison. I wasn’t alive to see Ruth, just as I wasn’t alive to see them clinch in 69. The analogy is perfect!
TRS86
3/15/2013-11:58am at 11:58 am (UTC -4)
Although I am thinking that Bourn is way underselling the 2006 team. At least give them a Rickey Henderson.
darknova306
3/15/2013-12:01pm at 12:01 pm (UTC -4)
The 2006 team was Jeff Francoeur: Really awesome for a year, then failures every year afterward.
TRS86
3/15/2013-12:23pm at 12:23 pm (UTC -4)
So Jason Phillipsed?
darknova306
3/15/2013-12:31pm at 12:31 pm (UTC -4)
Hah! A name I had completely forgotten about.
srt
3/15/2013-10:13am at 10:13 am (UTC -4)
First, love the winning Banner Day pic you used.
My predictions:
1/8 – landslide – Piazza HR.
4/5 – will indeed be a battle of the old farts vs. the kids – as stick put it.
3/6 – should heavily favor the NoHan but might be an upset there.
2/7 – another landslide with this one favoring Game 163. I might be one of the few on this site who actually saw the Black Cat game but they have showed clips of it often enough.
gategem
3/15/2013-11:39am at 11:39 am (UTC -4)
I agree with your picks for 1/8, 2/7 and 3/6. 5 will beat out 4 since today’s youth is the dumbest generation in the history of mankind.
kingman 26
3/15/2013-10:55am at 10:55 am (UTC -4)
I have to go with 1, 4, 3, and 2.
And I think you did an ideal job with the seeding.
This was a great idea Chief.
TRS86
3/15/2013-11:06am at 11:06 am (UTC -4)
I did the seeding from the vote totals, so I didn’t have much work in that.
I think it will be interesting how the votes turn out next week.
greggofboken
3/15/2013-12:14pm at 12:14 pm (UTC -4)
Same voting here. I read about the black cat game, but have no recollection of it at the time. Probably hurts it more than it ought. The summer of ’69 was when I became a fan. Men walked on the moon and all things seemed possible. The jubilation in the stands was transformative.
kingman 26
3/15/2013-1:13pm at 1:13 pm (UTC -4)
I was too young to remember 1969 (I turned 3 that summer) but my Dad echoes what you are saying–he was at game 5 and maybe another one too.
darknova306
3/15/2013-11:16am at 11:16 am (UTC -4)
That looks great. Gonna be a fun diversion from the endless boredom of regular Spring Training doldrums. There are some very tough calls in those matchups for me.
TRS86
3/15/2013-11:27am at 11:27 am (UTC -4)
To me 1 and 2 look like locks for the first round but after that all hell could break loose.
TRS86
3/15/2013-12:43pm at 12:43 pm (UTC -4)
If Santana, Francisco, Wright, and Murphy all start the year on the DL, the #Mets Opening Day 25-man payroll will be roughly $29.8M.—
Chris (@tpgMets) March 15, 2013
LOL