Wilpwned: Hate/Pity/Laugh at the Mets 2011-12

by **TenuredVulture** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 23:11:22

Whadya mean sad? Schadenfreude feels good.

by **wwry** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 23:41:01

i dunno the phillies were in the same sad state in the mid 90s and beyond i can't help but feel empathy for the rare met's fan.

by **Soren** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 23:56:37

no, it's sad. It's crazy. One game away from the WS...collapse in 07 and 08 and then everything has just gone into the toilet so hard.

by **WheelsFellOff** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 23:59:11

I feel pity for the average Mets fan, but fugees can still light their dicks on fire.

by **SK790** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 13:56:08

the mets' failure is karma for devilsteve's posts,

by **smitty** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 14:23:15

That was a refreshingly well written article and a nice change of pace from reading the Baumann.

Literally.

by **Napalm** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 13:28:01

http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB1 ... g=reno-wsj

It seems like eons ago, but three months ago, Citi Field was buzzing. The Mets were winning, Johan Santana had just thrown a no-hitter and R.A. Dickey was on a stupendous run.

But the Mets' second-half collapse has turned their ballpark into a baseball morgue. The combination of horrid play and vast swaths of empty seats has created one of the most depressing sporting scenes imaginable.

That got us wondering: Just how quiet is Citi Field these days?

To find out, The Wall Street Journal purchased a decibel meter and traveled to a region where few Mets fans venture anymore: the upper deck.

On Monday—a chilly night in Flushing—we reached the upper concourse just as the Mets were about to begin their game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The atmosphere was post-apocalyptic, with most concession stands long since shuttered for the year.

After a short walk toward left field, we settled on Section 525, which overlooks an area about halfway between third base and the foul pole. All of the more than 400 seats in the section were unoccupied. We chose Row 10, Seat 24, and turned on the meter.

by **swishnicholson** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 15:21:55

bleh wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/22/sports/baseball/mets-ending-season-that-has-questioned-fan-loyalty.html?_r=2ref=sports&pagewanted=all&

Thanks for posting that. I had meant to after reading over the weekend (which is the only time I read the Times, so I'm glad they arranged it so nicely for me).

I don't mind the Mets state of affairs that much. The real fans now get to go to whatever games and sit wherever they want, and management actually sees that there are consequences for screwing up.

The only depressing part for me was that if the Phillies were having the year we all wished for the stadium would have been louder, and covered in red.

by **bleh** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 00:08:59

20 wins for Dickey
Johan no hitter
David Wright MVP candidate
Ike Davis 31 HRs
23 games out of first place

by **pacino** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 07:53:49

it is sad. it's fun to see the wins pile up against them, but it's no fun to not even have them be able to punch back. it makes the rivalry completely and utterly meaningless. it's not like it's going to get any better, either. only one way to go, and that's down. the stupidity of their owner has completely handcuffed them for years to come.

by **WheelsFellOff** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 08:19:48

pacino wrote:it is sad. it's fun to see the wins pile up against them, but it's no fun to not even have them be able to punch back. it makes the rivalry completely and utterly meaningless. it's not like it's going to get any better, either. only one way to go, and that's down. the stupidity of their owner has completely handcuffed them for years to come.

Yeah, but at least it's not the Ryan Howard fiasco.

by **TenuredVulture** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 13:36:01

I guess I get what you guys are saying. But if this were the Dallas Cowboys, would you feel the same way? I know I wouldn't. The question then is why the Mets are an object of pity while it's impossible to imagine ever having any pity for the Cowboys.

by **momadance** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 13:45:52

TenuredVulture wrote:I guess I get what you guys are saying. But if this were the Dallas Cowboys, would you feel the same way? I know I wouldn't. The question then is why the Mets are an object of pity while it's impossible to imagine ever having any pity for the Cowboys.

I think it's a bit different though. It's one thing to be a fan of a team that plays 90 minutes away that you can see very often compared to a team 1500 miles away where most jackass Cowboys fans in Philly have never even been to Texas.

by **RichmondPhilsFan** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 14:22:10

TenuredVulture wrote:I guess I get what you guys are saying. But if this were the Dallas Cowboys, would you feel the same way? I know I wouldn't. The question then is why the Mets are an object of pity while it's impossible to imagine ever having any pity for the Cowboys.

The Mets didn't pretty much own the league for a decade. A better comparison would be the Braves and Cowboys (but even then, Braves fans aren't nearly as bad as Cowboys fans).

by **my cousin mose** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 14:25:23

i don't have any inclination to stop rooting for new yorkers being taken down a peg or 20

by **stevelxa476** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 14:55:03

bleh wrote:20 wins for Dickey
Johan no hitter
David Wright MVP candidate
Ike Davis 31 HRs
23 games out of first place

And Keith Hernandez shaved off his moustache.

by **td11** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 12:24:01

by **TenuredVulture** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 13:36:09

my cousin mose wrote:i don't have any inclination to stop rooting for new yorkers being taken down a peg or 20

Except that the typical Met fan is from Queens or whatever is left of non-hipster Brooklyn, and other parts of the New York area that tend to have inferiority complexes.

by **Swiggers** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 14:00:36

Brooklyn is huge, both population-wise and geography-wise. Plenty of it hasn't been overtaken by hipsters yet.

by **Barry Jive** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 14:49:28

last I was in Brooklyn I was shocked at how unhipstery it was. but Williamsburg was still pretty concentrated

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