I try to keep the sports bantering to a minimum, but I want to express myself about the completely classless Mets radio announcers during yesterday's Mets Braves game. Once again, they started with the old bash on the Braves of "Fourteen straight division titles and only one World Series win". You would think, after twenty years, that they could do something more original, especially so early in the season.
Let's see, Mets, hmmm, while the Braves were winning those divisional titles, where were you? From 1991 to 1996, you were at or near last place. In 1998 and 1999, we directly ended your season, first by sweeping you three games in a row, to deny you the playoffs, when you only needed to win one, in 1998, and then beating you in Game Six of the 1999 NLCS.
Need more? In 2000, you make the World Series, likely because the Cardinals beat us in the first round, then, you succumb meekly in five games to an 88 win Yankee team. From 2001 to 2005, even for three of those years without Tom Glavine, and two without Greg Maddux, the Braves win five more division titles. You, on the other hand, win no more than 83 games in any of those seasons, not even approaching the playoffs. In two of those years, 2002 and 2003, you are in last place.
In 2006, the one year the Mets won anything, they had a good season, and I gave them credit for that, and ending our streak of divisional titles. If I recall, I made a classy post tipping my hat to the Mets in 2006, on the night they won the NL East. Am I supposed to say the Mets lost to an "inferior" Cardinal team in the 2006 NLCS because the Cards won only 83 games, and the Mets won 97 games?
Oh, yes, the topper of them all. Hmm. 7 game lead in the NL East for the Metropolitans, 17 games to play in 2007. Leads like that should be locked up. What do the Metropolitans do? They blow the lead, and dont even make the playoffs, completing the worst collapse in baseball history.
Bottom line, Mets, until you make the playoffs fourteen straight years, you have no right to say anything. The ONLY teams who have even comparable success to the Braves, and not even as much, are four teams. The Blue Jays, who won two world titles in 1992 and 1993, the Marlins, with World Titles in 1997 and 2003, the Red Sox, with their 2004 and 2007 championships, and the Yankees, who won four World Series from 1996 to 2000, and have made the playoffs every year since 1995. Besides that, no team even comes close.
Mets, you should tell your broadcasters to worry about broadcasting your games, and not ripping the opponents on the field, especially opponents with more success than you. I've always despised the Mets, but this makes me despise them more. They have a solid team, one that may go far this year, and I respect that. I would rather see baseball wins and losses take place on the field, than bantering in the papers or by members of the media. I've said this too when the Braves have shot their mouths off. End of post.
Mitch
One final point: The fourteen straight division titles won by the Braves from 1991 to 2005 is a streak that has never, and likely will never, be equaled in professional sports history. I hope the Braves win one or two more World Series, but, even if they dont, their place in baseball history was secure long ago.
Let's see, Mets, hmmm, while the Braves were winning those divisional titles, where were you? From 1991 to 1996, you were at or near last place. In 1998 and 1999, we directly ended your season, first by sweeping you three games in a row, to deny you the playoffs, when you only needed to win one, in 1998, and then beating you in Game Six of the 1999 NLCS.
Need more? In 2000, you make the World Series, likely because the Cardinals beat us in the first round, then, you succumb meekly in five games to an 88 win Yankee team. From 2001 to 2005, even for three of those years without Tom Glavine, and two without Greg Maddux, the Braves win five more division titles. You, on the other hand, win no more than 83 games in any of those seasons, not even approaching the playoffs. In two of those years, 2002 and 2003, you are in last place.
In 2006, the one year the Mets won anything, they had a good season, and I gave them credit for that, and ending our streak of divisional titles. If I recall, I made a classy post tipping my hat to the Mets in 2006, on the night they won the NL East. Am I supposed to say the Mets lost to an "inferior" Cardinal team in the 2006 NLCS because the Cards won only 83 games, and the Mets won 97 games?
Oh, yes, the topper of them all. Hmm. 7 game lead in the NL East for the Metropolitans, 17 games to play in 2007. Leads like that should be locked up. What do the Metropolitans do? They blow the lead, and dont even make the playoffs, completing the worst collapse in baseball history.
Bottom line, Mets, until you make the playoffs fourteen straight years, you have no right to say anything. The ONLY teams who have even comparable success to the Braves, and not even as much, are four teams. The Blue Jays, who won two world titles in 1992 and 1993, the Marlins, with World Titles in 1997 and 2003, the Red Sox, with their 2004 and 2007 championships, and the Yankees, who won four World Series from 1996 to 2000, and have made the playoffs every year since 1995. Besides that, no team even comes close.
Mets, you should tell your broadcasters to worry about broadcasting your games, and not ripping the opponents on the field, especially opponents with more success than you. I've always despised the Mets, but this makes me despise them more. They have a solid team, one that may go far this year, and I respect that. I would rather see baseball wins and losses take place on the field, than bantering in the papers or by members of the media. I've said this too when the Braves have shot their mouths off. End of post.
Mitch
One final point: The fourteen straight division titles won by the Braves from 1991 to 2005 is a streak that has never, and likely will never, be equaled in professional sports history. I hope the Braves win one or two more World Series, but, even if they dont, their place in baseball history was secure long ago.
