There are several ways to evaluate the crosstown rivalry between the Mets and the Yankees: for example, the Mets certainly have the best mascot and the best freakishly big apple in the city, but the Yankees have 27 platinum rings. Which leaves only one question: who has the best theme song?
According to the anti-WSJ, the Mets theme, "Meet the Mets," takes the cake! The Times recaps the history of both that tune and the Yankees fight song, "Here Comes the Yankees," and finds marked differences in the legacy and use of each ditty. "Meet the Mets," which was written by Ruth Roberts and adopted by the team in their second season of existence, "manages to express the team’s unaggressive image."
On the other hand, Lou Stallman's Yankees theme is much more agressive, something "George Steinbrenner could have composed." And while "Meet the Mets" has endured for the Mets, played at Citifield, in promotional ads on SNY and as the opening song for broadcasts on WFAN, the Yankees song only gets played in a reduced instrumental form before and after WCBS Radio broadcasts.
So which song—audio of both are after the jump—do you think is the best?
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I couldn"t even listen to the whole Yankees' theme song. The Amazins hands down!!!
verbal
who cares, there's only one baseball team in NY, and they actually win rings.
just came back from 2 week work/vacation trip to 5 cities out west. Only saw yankee gear, everywhere. on my last day in LA caught a girl jogging in a mets hat, and said "really, mets?" - she just shrugged and smiled.
AJMnyc
Meet the Mets is the superior song. What's interesting is that it's also four years older, because it sounds so much fresher. I remember the Yankees' song on the WPIX broadcasts back in the 70's; it always sounded really old, and I assumed it was written in the 40's or 50's, so it's surprising to see that it was composed in 1967....ironically, when the Yanks had just hit rock bottom with a last place finish in '66 after decades of success.
gwong
Mets, no question.
Wza
Mets.
Splicer
"Meet the Mets" is the superior song. Extremely catchy and without the imperial taint. You'll probably find that Yankee Stadium has a larger number of Teabaggers and big money GOP donors than Citi Field (and Shea before it). It must be the triumphalist attitude.
FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'
hey Derek Jeter looks crushed. I doubt these old men can pull it off another year. Let Go Mets!!!!
jaycjay
The Mets aren't as young as you think.
Average age of the Yankee major league roster: 30.2
Average age of the Mets major league roster: 29.8
The teams are respectively the 6th and 7th ranked of the 30 teams in that category.
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