Wilpon must he thanking god everyday that Frank McCourt exists otherwise he'd already been tossed out of baseball.

http://mets.auction.mlb.com/ (new window)

I said this in another thread: I am so happy the Mets are a disgusting mess. I already lose too many days off of my life courtesy of the New Jersey Devils that I need a favorite team that I generally have given up on.

So, keep sucking Mets and Let's Go Mets!

If I was a Mets/Jets fan, I'd kill myself.

FreakinB: Yanks_RSJ: If I was a Mets/Jets fan, I'd kill myself.

You have no idea how happy I am that I was raised in an unusual Mets/Giants household.

You know it's odd, in my group of friends we don't have any Mets/Jets fans. We have a few Mets/Giants and a Yankees/Jets. Then there's me, the lucky one who was raised properly as a Yankees/Giants fan.

FreakinB: Can we just get Mark Cuban to make a big offer to the Wilpons? Please?

Mark Cuban will never be allowed to buy a MLB team, the league and current owners will not allow it.

I wanna post my 2012 predictions, but I'm still waiting on Prince Fielder. Regardless of where he ends up though, I've already penciled in the Mets for last in the NL East.

FreakinB: Yanks_RSJ: FreakinB: Yanks_RSJ: If I was a Mets/Jets fan, I'd kill myself.

You have no idea how happy I am that I was raised in an unusual Mets/Giants household.

You know it's odd, in my group of friends we don't have any Mets/Jets fans. We have a few Mets/Giants and a Yankees/Jets. Then there's me, the lucky one who was raised properly as a Yankees/Giants fan.

Out of my friends I'm Mets/Giants and there's one who's Yankees/Jets. The rest are normal, with more Yankees/Giants than Mets/Jets.

I propose renaming the Islanders the "Wets", so that NYC will have a nice and tidy superfecta of secondary teams sharing a common theme.

The Bestest: I propose renaming the Islanders the "Wets", so that NYC will have a nice and tidy superfecta of secondary teams sharing a common theme.

Considering the grime, mold and leaky pipes in Nassau Coliseum, it's also an accurate term.

FreakinB: Yanks_RSJ: If I was a Mets/Jets fan, I'd kill myself.

You have no idea how happy I am that I was raised in an unusual Mets/Giants household.

One of my good friends from college is an equally unusual Mets/Eagles fan. He grew up in Trenton and made some godawful choices there.

I have many fond memories of my team playing there, then again I'm a Phillies Fan

Yanks_RSJ: If I was a Mets/Jets fan, I'd kill myself.

My father has survived cancer, two strokes, three heart attacks, the Mets, and the Jets. I am convinced he may live forever.

I was raised Mets/Jets, but football loyalties were a bit looser, and I was swayed to a slight preference for the Giants by my best friend, who lived in a Yankees/Giants household. As an adult, I enjoy watching football, but I don't worry too much about teams, because getting my heart broken by the Mets is enough drama and then I need a break.

However, my beloved aunt, who was a huge Jets fan, passed away at the beginning of the season, so I decided that I should try to follow the Jets more closely. Which I did for about three weeks, and then realized they were just like the Mets. Which I already knew, thus why I hadn't been following them. I just couldn't take it, so that experiment ended quickly.

Stolen from the storage company advertisements around Manhattan, seeking to convince you to stay and use storage rather than move to a larger home in the suburbs:

"Why leave a city that has 6 professional sports teams, and the Mets?"

Maybe they can save many by not wearing 100 different uniform/cap combinations.

damageddude: It's all trivial compared to the news yesterday about Gary Carter.

Finally, some perspective here.

Prayers and thoughts to Carter and his family.

The Mets could move one of their field walls in so close to the infield as to make them Babe Ruth League dimensions, just like the NY Yankees did with their right field wall.
Since the edge of wall moves back from home plate to MLB minimum distance as it nears the foul pole, it's still technically a legal wall. But still people were wondering why homers, or "dingers", were so much higher in the new stadium than the old one.

I guess the fans want to see homers no matter if they'd be an easy catch in any other ballpark.

Flash_NYC: The Mets could move one of their field walls in so close to the infield as to make them Babe Ruth League dimensions, just like the NY Yankees did with their right field wall.
Since the edge of wall moves back from home plate to MLB minimum distance as it nears the foul pole, it's still technically a legal wall. But still people were wondering why homers, or "dingers", were so much higher in the new stadium than the old one.

I guess the fans want to see homers no matter if they'd be an easy catch in any other ballpark.

Oh look.. this again!
The only difference, distance-wise between the old park and the new, is that the new wall doesn't curve like the old one did, shaving off about 3' feet from where the apex would've been. All other relevant distances are the same the team has been using for decades.

..and the Mets did move their left and center field in significantly this off-season.

Flash_NYC: The Mets could move one of their field walls in so close to the infield as to make them Babe Ruth League dimensions, just like the NY Yankees did with their right field wall.
Since the edge of wall moves back from home plate to MLB minimum distance as it nears the foul pole, it's still technically a legal wall. But still people were wondering why homers, or "dingers", were so much higher in the new stadium than the old one.

I guess the fans want to see homers no matter if they'd be an easy catch in any other ballpark.

Yeah, that's relevant to the Mets ownership mess. Congratulations on being a moron.

I know I'm on a professional newspaper's website when "strapped" is spelled with a dollar sign.

/yeah, yeah, I know it's the NY Post.

Yanks_RSJ: FreakinB: Yanks_RSJ: If I was a Mets/Jets fan, I'd kill myself.

You have no idea how happy I am that I was raised in an unusual Mets/Giants household.

You know it's odd, in my group of friends we don't have any Mets/Jets fans. We have a few Mets/Giants and a Yankees/Jets. Then there's me, the lucky one who was raised properly as a Yankees/Giants fan.

This conversation answered something I had been wondering about NY sports for a while. Thank You. Is there any specific reason that it is split Mets/Jets and Yankees/Giants? Also how do hockey teams factor in?

Gilliam317: Yanks_RSJ: FreakinB: Yanks_RSJ: If I was a Mets/Jets fan, I'd kill myself.

You have no idea how happy I am that I was raised in an unusual Mets/Giants household.

You know it's odd, in my group of friends we don't have any Mets/Jets fans. We have a few Mets/Giants and a Yankees/Jets. Then there's me, the lucky one who was raised properly as a Yankees/Giants fan.

This conversation answered something I had been wondering about NY sports for a while. Thank You. Is there any specific reason that it is split Mets/Jets and Yankees/Giants? Also how do hockey teams factor in?

Long Island,Queens, and parts of BK are Mets/Jets areas. Manhattan, Bronx, SI, and parts of BK are Yankee/Giants areas. There is a Farker who breaks it down much better than that but that is how I have noticed it breaking down.

Most people are Rangers fan unless you are from LI.

Gilliam317: This conversation answered something I had been wondering about NY sports for a while. Thank You. Is there any specific reason that it is split Mets/Jets and Yankees/Giants? Also how do hockey teams factor in?

If your family has been in New York for a few generations, chances are your grandfather was a Giants/Yankees fan. Those were THE teams in New York during the 50s. On the other side of that, Dodgers/Giants baseball fans may have eventually sided with the Mets due to National League affiliation. I suspect that has something to do with the Giants/Mets "exception" to the rule.

The Jets/Mets fan was more than likely growing up during the late 60s when the Yankees and Giants were horrible while the Jets and Mets won titles within a few months in 1969. They were the challengers to the stodgy "old guard" teams so I assume anti-establishment types probably migrated in the direction of the "Miracle" Mets and Joe Namath.

There are geographic considerations too, the Mets and Jets shared Shea Stadium until 1984, so Queens and Long Island residents would be more likely to go to those games. The Giants and Yankees shared Yankee Stadium from 1956-1973 before the Giants eventually landed in the Meadowlands in '76. It's very easy for people from Manhattan, the Bronx and Westchester/Rockland Counties to get to Yankee Stadium, which is why the Giants are more popular there.

Hockey is pretty simple. The Rangers dominate in a major way. People currently in their late 30s-early 40s who grew up with the Islanders dynasty remain loyal, and the Devils have a decent base in Jersey, but neither comes close to challenging the Rangers for fan supremacy.

Yanks_RSJ: Dodgers/Giants baseball fans may have eventually sided with the Mets due to National League affiliation

In addition to hatred of the Yanks.

Gunny Highway: Yanks_RSJ: Dodgers/Giants baseball fans may have eventually sided with the Mets due to National League affiliation

In addition to hatred of the Yanks.

That too.

FreakinB: That's how it went for my grandma (mom's side). She was a lifelong Brooklyn resident and a Dodgers fan. She couldn't bring herself to become a Yankees fan when the Dodgers left, so she picked up with the Mets when they came along.

My grand mother was the same way. My grand father (other side) was a Giants fan. They both hated the Yanks from what I head (never met them).

FreakinB: my parents never gave a crap.

My mother got my father season tickets to the Garden for his 22 birthday. They had Knicks and Rangers seats for over 10 years. My mother was not rolling in the dough and it just reminds me that they grew up in a different dimension. The have great stories. This story can be ignored.

FreakinB: Yanks_RSJ: FreakinB: Yanks_RSJ: If I was a Mets/Jets fan, I'd kill myself.

You have no idea how happy I am that I was raised in an unusual Mets/Giants household.

You know it's odd, in my group of friends we don't have any Mets/Jets fans. We have a few Mets/Giants and a Yankees/Jets. Then there's me, the lucky one who was raised properly as a Yankees/Giants fan.

Out of my friends I'm Mets/Giants and there's one who's Yankees/Jets. The rest are normal, with more Yankees/Giants than Mets/Jets.

How does that work...is it generally determined by where you were raised or is it more often a family thing?

/Yankee/Giants fan
//Albertan

FreakinB: It's hard to say exactly. In my experience most people end up fans of the same teams as their parents. As discussed there are some geographical factors in that, but I think family is the stronger influence.

Agreed. I come from a big family and have noticed my cousins rooting for different football teams than their parents. Baseball stay in the family however.

I grew up in New England so I am a Celtics/Sox fan. Dont have a team in football since Bledsoe left the Pats.

If you see a stadium named after a company, sell their stock. For example, PSINet, Enron, Citibank...

HiFiGuy: If you see a stadium named after a company, sell their stock. For example, PSINet, Enron, Citibank...

I'm glad you're not my broker.