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There was a crowd on hand last night as the Mets faced their NL East nemises Atlanta Braves. It was possibly the biggest Mets crowd Gothamist has seen in April except for opening day. A cool 36,867 were on hand to witness Pedro Martinez's 200th career victory, becoming the 103rd pitcher to reach that mark. After the 4-3 victory, there was a little video on "Diamond Vision" that showed some clips of Pedro's performances. There wasn't any mention of the 2003 ALCS though.
The win by the Mets is a very small step towards ending the Braves domination of the division, but the true test will obviously come in Atlanta - the Mets were 6-13 against the Braves last year. Martinez wasn't dominating in his appearance last night, allowing six hits and three runs over 6 2/3 innings, but he got the job done with eight strikeouts. It didn't hurt that the Mets had some timely hitting including home runs by Xavier Nady and Carlos Delgado. Duaner Sanchez (affectionately called Dirty by some in the crowd) and Billy Wagner closed out the game.
It seems like the Mets have a new theme song titled, "Our Team. Our Time." The song made its debut before last night's game and was penned (unsolicited by the Mets) by Thomas Scandaliato and Steven Brown and has a hip-hop beat. It should be noted for theme song purists that "Our Team. Our Time." does not replace "Meet the Mets." Amen to that because "Meet the Mets" is classic and if that was replaced, Gothamist might have to renounce our Mets fandom. And it seems like April is the month for sports theme songs as the Nets recently announced their own song.
Lyrics for the song are in the extended entry and you can listen to the song here. Be warned, while it's pretty bad, the lyrical repetition can get it stuck in your head.
New York Mets, Our Team. Our Time.
New York Mets, Our Team. Our Time.
Our Team, Our Time.
We get the hits (hits)
We get the runs (runs)
We shut you down (down)
We're number 1 (one, one, one)
New York Mets, Our Team. Our Time.
New York Mets, Our Team. Our Time.
New York Mets, Our Team. Our Time.
New York Mets, Our Team. Our Time.
Our Team. Our Time.
Pedro Martinez will strike you out.
Billy Wagner coming through, he's throwing heat no doubt
David Wright, Jose Reyes making sure you're not safe
Just in case Carlos Delgado, he's at first base
Cliff Floyd, Carlos Beltran playing the outfield come to Shea Stadium
Our team's the real deal
New York Mets, Our Team. Our Time.
New York Mets, Our Team. Our Time.
Our Team. Our Time.
Gothamist will have to stick with "Meet the Mets."
Photo by Tien Mao
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Hip hop, schmip hop. "Meet The Mets" is, always has been and always shall be the theme song of the Amazing Mets.
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What about "Catch a Rising Star" from 85, when I first became a Mets fan.
Don't forget "Let's Go Mets!" from 1986.
"but the true test will obviously come in Atlanta"
Just this very weekend, the true test was playing the Braves last night.
Two weeks ago, it was playing the Brewers (who were one of the hottest teams in the league).
Why is it that with every win, someone at Gothamist finds the need to point out that none of them are "true tests" even after proclaiming such before the win?
If the Mets had lost, we'd be hearing right now about how they failed their first "true test."
Enough with the true test BS. The Mets are at least 3 games better than the next best team in Baseball. Not in the National League. Not in their division. IN BASEBALL.
Stop moving the goalposts and enjoy the season.
That song is possibly worse than the nets new anthem. The techno/electronic/synth background beat is horrible and unappealing and the pronounciation of "our" makes me sick to my stomach.
you don't think the mets real problem is how they play on the road? i do. they were bad on the road last year. and beating atlanta on the road really is a test for the team.
and i'm not trying to hate on the mets as i'm a fan as well. just trying not to get my hopes too high.
Fine. You'll get no argument from me, Tien.
It just seems like every series there's a new "true test" for the Mets, and I'm really REALLY sick of hearing it already (it isn't just you, btw, it's an epidemic).
What's the "true test" for their cross town rivals who have a salary that's beyond the stratosphere and a .500 record?
My motto is enjoy the season. When news happens, talk about it. When bad stuff happens, talk about it. When good stuff happens, talk about it.
But enough of this "this is a real test... this is the real test... this is the true test..."
So far, they've lost two games this season. I'd say any artificial benchmarks are worthless because the closest teams to them have 4 losses after 12 games.
I'd say beating the hell out of two divisional rivals and one of the best teams (at the time) in the National League is more than enough in the testing category.
i understand what you're saying, vinny.
Why don't the Mets just steal the Yankees's song?
Seriously, though, as a non-Met fan, I also have to agree with Vinnie to a certain degree. Yeah, the bubble could all burst tomorrow, but what the hell, they're playing good ball, see where it goes and enjoy the ride.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=songs/mets
anyone have a copy of "Who Let The Mets Out" ?
I have plenty of copies of "Who let the mets out".
I wrote it for the Baha Men in 2000. I have all 6 versions, Glad you like it enough to remember it!
David
Z100 New York
Can you foward me a copy of the song and lyrics of "Who Let The Mets Out"....?