The Boogie Down Bombers - v- The Kings of Queens

[soupcan]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Hopefully some day soon we'll see a transaction where the Mets will get a player that both they and the Yankees desperately wanted. That is hasn't happened yet is a sign that the Yankees are still the power to be reckoned with in this town.

I'm not so sure that this is the case any more. And if it is still the case, really shouldn't be for much longer at all.

It may be 8 years now since the Mets last WS appearance but that's the same year the Yankees won their last one. The last Yankee WS appearance was already 5 years ago.

Yankees are riding some streak of postseason appearances but the Mets are now considered legitimate and perennial contenders every year.

The Mets are arguably as loaded as the Yankees with solid, capable possible HOF caliber vets and dynamic young players. New Stadiums coming at the same time, team-owned TV networks, flush with money and showng a willingness to spend.

Undoubtedly the Yankees have the history and the winning tradition, but in the present it looks to me like things are evening up pretty quickly. What argument could a Type A free agent have in choosing the Yankees ovcer the Mets? That he isn't bilingual?

[Benjamin Grimm]

All I'm saying is that it hasn't happened yet.

And it will be nice when it finally does.

[soupcan]

I'm just thinking that there's no real reason it hasn't happened yet.

[metirish]

I agree, I think the Mets would be just as attractive to a player as the other team in town, the core of the Mets team is as good as any team out there. Do players care about the NL.AL thing, I doubt it.

[Guest AG/DC]

I say it has.

As disappointing an off-season as this had seemingly been for the Mets, it's been worse for the Yankees.

They'd called a press-conference with internal leaks reporting that it was to announce the re-signing of their Hall-of-Fame-bound manager, and he walked out on them.

Suckers.

They lost the best player in baseball for three weeks, and ended up spending tens of millions of dollars extra to re-sign him that they wouldn't have had to spend if they closed that same contract three weeks earlier.

Saps.

They had the blustery son of their blustery owner declare that he had given the Twins a deadline in dealing with the Mighty Yankees on Santana --- acting like actaul compettition was beneath him and his brand --- only to come crawling back into the bidding again and again after the deadline passed, and still lost out.

Clowns. Pretenders.

They had their last championship run tarnished by the revelation that their two best pitchers were using PEDs.

FAKES! CHEATS!

Derek Jeter, given a chance to come to his teammate's defense, was just a bit mealy-mouthed.

Mealy-mouths!

The highlight of their offseason was either signing Wilson Betemit or Johnny Damon winning the Joan Payson award. Betemit is a good player, but he may end up out of position at first base, and I'd personally rather have a Joan Payson award.

[smg58]

Assuming Teixeira hits the open market and Delgado doesn't give the Mets enough of a reason to pick up his option, the showdown Grimm wants will be happening next offseason.

[Fman99]

="AG/DC"]I say it has. As disappointing an off-season as this had seemingly been for the Mets, it's been worse for the Yankees. They'd called a press-conference with internal leaks reporting that it was to announce the re-signing of their Hall-of-Fame-bound manager, and he walked out on them. Suckers. They lost the best player in baseball for three weeks, and ended up spending tens of millions of dollars extra to re-sign him that they wouldn't have had to spend if they closed that same contract three weeks earlier. Saps. They had the blustery son of their blustery owner declare that he had given the Twins a deadline in dealing with the Mighty Yankees on Santana --- acting like actaul compettition was beneath him and his brand --- only to come crawling back into the bidding again and again after the deadline passed, and still lost out. Clowns. Pretenders. They had their last championship run tarnished by the revelation that their two best pitchers were using PEDs. FAKES! CHEATS! Derek Jeter, given a chance to come to his teammate's defense, was just a bit mealy-mouthed. Mealy-mouths! The highlight of their offseason was either signing Wilson Betemit or Johnny Damon winning the Joan Payson award. Betemit is a good player, but he may end up out of position at first base, and I'd personally rather have a Joan Payson award.

I'd say that one of the 5 worst things you could have in your mouth, is mealy.