Comments on: Commentary: Stop Crying Your Heart Out

By: NYC PimP DaDDy

NYC PimP DaDDy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:40:57 +0000

Your gonna get your butt kicked.

Your gonna get your but kicked.

By: Mr Met

Mr Met — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:12:08 +0000

The only reason is to draw attention to yourself???
How about supporting your team and bonding with other phils fans.

OK, replace my first sentance with “The reason to wear your jersey
to the game is to support your team”
then continue reading.

Not sure where this stat came from, but itâ€™s incredibly inaccurate.

OK, 90% of the people in the world are good….

By: Mike T

Mike T — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:07:51 +0000

Mr. Met,

“99.9% of the people in the world are nice, good folks…” Not sure where this stat came from, but it’s incredibly inaccurate.

By: Mike W.

Mike W. — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:51:19 +0000

I had no problem wearing my jersies to shea last year.

2 years ago however, I went with a date (who wasn’t wearing gear, and honestly didn’t care about the game) and we were both getting pelted with food/debris. It was a disgusting showing by Met fans. I can almost understand it, if I was with other male philly fans, but this was a chick. It was unreal.

And yes, I realize there are PLENTY of similar type stories where the Phils fans (more likely Eagles fans) were the a-holes.

The problem is when one person starts doing something ridiculous, he is usually egged on. The people that egg the person on would never do something like that on their own, but being in a group like that leads to ridiculous behavior. And obviously no one is gonna stop them.

By: Mike W.

Mike W. — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:46:41 +0000

The only reason is to draw attention to yourself???

How about supporting your team and bonding with other phils fans. If you don’t wear a jersey out of fear, you are giving the other team’s fans way too much “credit” (credit is not the right word, but you know what i mean.)

By: Mr Met

Mr Met — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:40:39 +0000

The only reason to wear that jersey is to draw attention to yourself
as a Phillies fan. 99.9% of the people in the world are nice, good
folks, it’s the .1% of the psycho’s you have to watch out for. Cities
like NY and Phil. have more of those losers just because the population
is higher than small towns. Is it normal to be worried because you want
to root for the visiting team at a ballpark? It shouldn’t be, but some
fan’s that post on blogs and even sportswriters build up this rivalry so
much that it brings these nuts out of the woodwork.
I’ll be seeing the Mets play Philly on April 19th, in Philly. I would like to
wear my jersey but I won’t.

By: Mike W.

Mike W. — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:07:04 +0000

I think I’m more nervous about an altercation happening on the subway ride home than in the stadium itself. I certainly won’t be looking to egg anyone on.

By: jblow

jblow — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:04:46 +0000

*don’t egg on *

By: jblow

jblow — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:02:33 +0000

Mike W.

Only if you act like a jerk should you be worried by drunk angry met fans. You guys can think all you want that you anger met fans the most, but I will never forget watching a met fan go up to a guy in a Arod jersey for no reason but to kick his face multiple times. No joke it was disturbing, his face was all blood.

I love friendly fan altercations. There is no reason to fight over a baseball game I’m sorry. I saw a phillies fan throwing beers at a guy just cause he had a piazza jersey on. The guy had 2 little kids with him that almost got hit, it’s ridiculous.

You’ll get heckled for wearing your team but no need to get nervous as long as you egg up a frustrated/angry drunk fan.

By: Mr Met

Mr Met — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:31:33 +0000

Jelly Roll Morton? Nah, he’s cool.

By: Mike W.

Mike W. — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:27:43 +0000

Serious question for you mets fans (besides Pimp Daddy, who cannot be taken seriously):

I am wearing my JRoll jersey to the game tomorrow night…should I really be worried?

By: Mike T

Mike T — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:15:15 +0000

NYC PimP DaDDy,

7/16″ – approximately how far you need to stretch your finger from the home row keys to turn off Caps Lock and not look like an idiot.

By: NYC PimP DaDDy

NYC PimP DaDDy — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:56:48 +0000

Great Game you guys wooped or butts.

BUT PLEASE BEWARE, ALL OF THE PHILLIES FANS I SAW GOT BEAT UP AND ABUSED. I AM NOT LYING.

JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THE PICTURES. I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW DUMB MY FELLOW METS FANS WERE FOR FIST FIGHTING AND JUMPING PHILLIES FANS INSIDE THE STADIUM. I AM JUST SAYING BEWARE.

SEE PICTURES BELOW.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=metufz7.3dexsl7n&Uy=-4pqhgk&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&UV=207256155694_400224060307&localeid=en_US

By: Mike T

Mike T — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:46:26 +0000

Gnomicide, haha, you’re exactly right about Eskin. I like him most of the time, but I can’t stand the way he treats the Phillies.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:44:12 +0000

Howard Eskin is by far the most paid-off, phony, flat-out worst guy on philly sports talk radio, maybe ever. Hes a paid lackey shill mouthpiece for the eagles and he personally has a vendetta against the phillies.

By: jblow

jblow — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:36:28 +0000

Mike W. I know it’s a baseball blog, I’m messing around. But it’s true, as a die hard mets fan I’ve learned to not get to invested in them anymore after last season. And I’ll always know no matter what that the Giants gave me something that was not expected at all, so even if the mets choke 800 more times that ride/experience was very rewarding. The mets best team/chance in my mind was 06 anyways.

I think it’s absurd to call the Giants the worst super bowl champions ever though, look who we beat. And we won 11 straight on the road give me a break. Say what you want about Eli, I was his biggest critic, but he played his best football when we needed him to. And without him we never would have won those games.

By: Gnomicide

Gnomicide — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:28:39 +0000

Howard Eskin acts like every time the Phillies win it was an accident. I’m not sure which media I’d rather take.

By: scot

scot — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:49:14 +0000

Great post, Tim.

One advantage of being a Phils fan in Connecticut is to be able to listen to WFAN after Mets losses. The anguish and overreaction of the fans is priceless. The Mets outplayed the Phils for 6 innings yesterday and we won the battle of the bullpens. Given the strength of our bullpen, it can go completely different today and tomorrow. The Mets can still win the series and look to be lining up Santana for next Friday at Citizens Bank Park. One game does not a season, or even season series make. But it does make for some high comedy from some Mets fans.

By: Duke

Duke — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:49:02 +0000

well heres my take on, i am a huge mets fan, a die hard, and i hate the phillies, but hey, im a realist here: we couldnt close last year, phills took advantage, thats that, but this year, as mets fans see it, we need to see A CHANGE, because it’s like this: willie can be complacent as he wants, make the same bullpen moves, and even hit the same lineup, but ya know what that means? that nothing was learned from last year, and THAT, that is why mets fans are already mad, because it seems as if nothing was learned from the collapse

By: Rob D.

Rob D. — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:47:48 +0000

Marathon, not a sprint.

Thank you for that.

Vamos Mets.