Gothamist: Beloved Mets Return for Shea Stadium Farewell

gotyankees

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:29:27 -0500

OK RoDogg...to think that the Mess were better than Yankees this year is moronic. Yes, while the Yankees and Mess finished with identical 89-73 records...the Yankees play in THE TOUGHEST DIVISION IN BASEBALL!!! The three bottom feeder teams in the NL East finished 60 games out of 1st, while the AL East bottom 3 (including the Yankees..as we finished in 3rd) finished 47.5 games behind the 1st place Rays. You know what's gangsta...losing to the marlins two years in a row to choke themselves home...that's gangsta...because gangsta's are losers

RoDogg

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:21:57 -0500

The Mets will always be the little sister to the big brother Yankees! But I'll say the Mets were much better then the Yanks, more exciting at that. I think Darryl Strawberry is the only player who celebrated at both Yankee and Shea closing, but he is more of a Met then Yankee.

Egglantine

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:52:43 -0500

I'm not sure if any of the Mets players are "gangsta" except for that ex minor-league pitcher who killed his girlfriend's cat. Seriously, Jerry Manuel has been a huge improvement over Willie Randolph and if "gangstas on the field, ladies on the bus" works for him, it works for me.

blablanyc

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:35:44 -0500

I called the Mets this year. They were the same bunch of losers as last year. And they will be losers next year.

ides_of_march

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:37:36 -0500

"Gangsterism is not a euphemism for good or strong or winning." Amen. The hip-hop/thug culture that permeates pro sports these last few years certainly has turned me off. I used to go to at least 5 games a year, now I don't bother at all.

Rfive

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:42:38 -0500

wake up art. sports is gangsta culture. who is playing and where are they from. most professional athletes, are from a culture where being gangsta is glorified. the mets dumped milledge because he was too ghetto (oops! sorry!) and thought he might dull the stars of wrong and reyes. felix milan and cleon jones. my favorite mets. in case anyone was wondering.

Art Stewel

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:28:50 -0500

I used to love you, Mets. It isn't even that you blew it, again. But the franchise's current manager drops 'Gangsta' when describing awesome and amazing performances by players. Gangsterism is not a euphemism for good or strong or winning. Or, it should not be. Gangsterism is for weak losers. That their manager claims to drop the term in order to relate to modern players is a smokescreen. He is a stupid thug, and can't PR spin it away. It is fitting that with the funeral of Shea, the Mets - baseball?, 'professional sports'? - have died a slow death, not to be reborn (even with new stadium) unless illegal drugs, bad behavior, and ill minded, metaphor deprived managers are rid.

ides_of_march

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:50:20 -0500

Ed Kranepool, now there's a name that brings back some great memories.