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Is there only one rivalry left in baseball? George Vecsey thinks so (for the record, Gothamist thinks there are at least two rivalries in baseball). Vecsey contends that the only rivalry that is worth watching is the Yankees/Red Sox rivalry and to an extent, parts of his article are true. There is tremendous buzz around the two teams this year, with each team making off-season moves. Then there are the Mets, who Vecsey says are serving "leftovers" and have "no buzz" (has he been reading Whatevs?). Gothamist wonders if the addition of Kazuo Matsui and the play of Jose Reyes can cause excitement in Vecsey. Even we weren't so down on the Mets in our baseball preview.
In other Yankee flattery, The Morning News looks at Yankee "fans" in Albany, where it seems that three of seven fans seem to be frontrunners. Hmm...half of Yankee fans...frontrunners...no, that's not possible. Note to that half of the fans, check out Bill Simmons's rules for being a true fan.
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I would think that the Giants/Dodgers and the Cardinals/Cubs rivalries are also fairly significant...
Youre right Frankenstein, but that doesnt make for a good melodramatic editorial now does it.
i mean, i did write:
"for the record, Gothamist thinks there are at least two rivalries in baseball"
so i guess we're all agreed, there is more than one rivalry in baseball.
Even if the Mets suck [cringe], the rivalry between them and the Braves still lives. You'll never see the two teams play harder.
Those Mets vs Braves games from 1997 to 2000 were some of the best games I'd ever seen. Nothing tops the "grand single" in '99 though.
I don't think Simmons' editors know what "tossed salads" are.
hey, the mets will rise again!
Frontrunner? I would love to hear exactly what your definition of frontrunner is. Your use of "" when calling the Albany Yankee fans "fans" is ridiculous. As usual, someone who doesn't like the Yankees is scratching and clawing for anything to rip on them about. Jealousy is an ugly emotion, and it doesn't translate well to print either. As far as Simmons' "rules" go, funny as they are, are meant for just that, to be funny. I wish that there were rules for being a good writer. The first rule would probably be to know what the hell you're talking about, but as usual that isn't the case in heavily opinionated "journalism" (see Bill can use quotes too, as well as speak in the third person, plus I'll try to throw in 37 web links later on as well). Just because someone has said that they've been a fan for only seven years or fifty years does not translate to whether or not they are a frontrunner. We all know what (well....the non-jealous "we") a front runner is, it's obvious that you don't even understand that (but I'm sure there's a website out there that can explain it to you). Instead of spouting off at the keyboard about frontrunners and your deep knowledge of what a "fan" is, try understanding what it means to be a fan how possibly someone has come to like the team they do, then maybe the Gothamist can stop wondering. http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2004/04/06/yankees_the_only_game_in_town.php
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