Plate Count

[batmagadanleadoff]

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Yankees License Plates Outnumber Mets Plates in New York State
March 18th, 2015 at 12:00 PM
By Michael Moraitis

It turns out the Department of Motor Vehicles in New York has a count of how many Yankees and New York Mets license plates are out there in the state and it's the Bronx Bombers who took home the higher total. According to Katie Hinds of WNYC radio, the Yankees fans show their support more than Mets ones by 4:1: No surprise there, as the Yankees have a longer tradition dating over a century, while the Mets came into existence in the 1960's. Not to mention, it also helps that the Yankees are one of the most successful sports franchises on the planet. The real surprising thing is that with close to 20 million people in the state, only about 5,400 people care to show their pride in Yankees or Mets baseball on their license plate. I must admit, I am one of the people that don't have such a form of fandom. Hats off to those who do show their baseball pride on the back and front of their car. Some say the Mets could takeover in New York with the potential of having a better team, but even if that dream does become reality, it never lasts long. The Yankees are by far more consistent year-to-year and spend the money to stay competitive, thus keeping their fans interested. If things turn around for the Mets, don't be shocked to see more Mets plates, though. On any given year, investing in a Mets license plate could turn out to be a huge, embarrassing mistake. More often than not, you're doing OK without taking many risks if you purchase a Yankees license plate.

http://www.sportsmedia101.com/newyorkyankees/2015/03/18/yankees-license-plates-outnumber-mets-plates-in-new-york/

[Guest d'Kong76]

I have a Con Ed vanity plate! I wanted a Verizon one but
they're not due out until 2017.

[G-Fafif]

If Michael Moraitis is the competition, Bill Price sweeps the Pulitzers.

[batmagadanleadoff]

No surprise there, as the Yankees have a longer tradition dating over a century, while the Mets came into existence in the 1960's. Not to mention, it also helps that the Yankees are one of the most successful sports franchises on the planet.... Some say the Mets could takeover in New York with the potential of having a better team, but even if that dream does become reality, it never lasts long. The Yankees are by far more consistent year-to-year and spend the money to stay competitive, thus keeping their fans interested.

For the first 30-35 years of their existence, the Mets were always more popular than the Yankees, save for the years roughly covering when the Mets wore their two-button jersey tops (The Youngblood Era).

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Edited March 18, 2015 by Guest

[batmagadanleadoff]

G-Fafif wrote: If Michael Moraitis is the competition, Bill Price sweeps the Pulitzers.

It was either this piece or more stuff about whether the Mets are or aren't to blame for Wheeler's season ending injury.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Good choice!

[Edgy MD]

If you're at loose ends, but really want to bring something to the table, get us some new posters before the season starts. God knows I'm not bringing them in.

Btw, is irish not posting recently?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: If you're at loose ends, but really want to bring something to the table, get us some new posters before the season starts. God knows I'm not bringing them in.

Okay. Here's a poster. I'd normally post it in the Butterball thread but I'm not entirely sure whether the photo was shot in front of the Butterball Batting Eye or at the Payson Complex. Still, those are some mean dudes. Hide the women and children. The dude in the middle is so fast, he don't need no ride.

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[G-Fafif]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Edgy MD wrote: If you're at loose ends, but really want to bring something to the table, get us some new posters before the season starts. God knows I'm not bringing them in. Okay. Here's a poster. I'd normally post it in the Butterball thread but I'm not entirely sure whether the photo was shot in front of the Butterball Batting Eye or at the Payson Complex. Still, those are some mean dudes. Hide the women and children. [fimg=666]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7588/16856706792_302e94f998_o.jpg[/fimg]

I looked for this poster at Gerry Cosby's. They didn't have it.

[batmagadanleadoff]

What a coincidence. I was there yesterday and also asked about that poster. The clerk said they're on re-order and that I should check back in a week.

[G-Fafif]

Now that two of us have asked about it in the past 30 years, they will realize the pent-up demand and get them on the shelf pronto!

[batmagadanleadoff]

I had no intention of buying it. I just wanted to take a better resolution photo of it to determine whether it was shot at Butterball.

[G-Fafif]

Are Darling and Ojeda barefoot? And does that make the bike go faster?

This, I believe, was the same spring the Mets starters decided to wear numbers in the 10s, until Sid backed out.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Barefoot bikers... yikes

[Guest d'Kong76]

Edgy MD wrote: get us some new posters before the season starts

Message boards are a dying breed... too much competition.

[ashie62]

Edgy MD wrote: If you're at loose ends, but really want to bring something to the table, get us some new posters before the season starts. God knows I'm not bringing them in. Btw, is irish not posting recently?

Irish is active on facebook.

This forum can be an intimidating place at times, as in too much argument by too few people.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Do you really think that people don't remember your past?
Now you're a good boy scout?

[Guest d'Kong76]

And if you, and your 'friends' want to tear down the place,
you're are winning the battles and on your way to winning the
war. Go ahead, spread your shit. I'm sick of it.

[ashie62]

I am sick of you as well.

You are mean to me on a consistent basis.

Im sure you disagree.

Oh, can some other than you have a crack at the igts this season..

It was nice when you disappeared for a year or more.

It doesn't have to be that way kase.

Look at all the crap batmags starts.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Ashie62 wrote: I am sick of you as well. You are mean to me on a consistent basis. Im sure you disagree. Oh, can some other than you have a crack at the igts this season.. It was nice when you disappeared for a year or more. It doesn't have to be that way kase. Look at all the crap batmags starts.

Ok, you win!

[ashie62]

Lets just all live in peace, ok?

[batmagadanleadoff]

d'Kong76 wrote: Ashie62 wrote: I am sick of you as well. You are mean to me on a consistent basis. Im sure you disagree. Oh, can some other than you have a crack at the igts this season.. It was nice when you disappeared for a year or more. It doesn't have to be that way kase. Look at all the crap batmags starts. Ok, you win!

I'm sure that by the time you two are done sorting this out, there'll be a Red Light Forum thread that one of youse will have started and the thread title will have my name in it.

So what kind of crap are you talking about that I start? What? You don't wanna read some news article that mentions Madoff and the Mets in the same sentence? What am I? Your scapegoat?

[Guest d'Kong76]

Both of you chuckleberries are behind in your Forecasts
for Fifteen posts.

[MFS62]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Yankees License Plates Outnumber Mets Plates in New York State

And mug shots of criminals wearing MFY hats generally outnumber mug shots of perps wearing Mets hats.
Same gene pool.

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