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…earlier this week, an e-mail was forwarded around the internets containing alternative lyrics for Meet the Mets, which mock the team’s failure to win the NL East…
TBS’s Braves announcer Skip Cary sang the song on air during Atlanta’s final game on Sunday, which you can listen to here:
…way to be professional, skip…unreal…this, by the way, coming from a team that has finished in third place the last two seasons…some one tell this guy it isn’t the mid-90’s, please…
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Are you trying to incite riots or what??!
I for one am coming to metsblog this week because it’s the one place I can avoid the mockery and media sopaboxing!
I don’t even care anymore……
We lost…I deal with whatever comes our way as a result……
Let the haters hate. We are probably the most hated/mocked team in baseball right now, even within our own fanbase. So be it. What are we all going to do, root for some other squad? Doubtful. Certainly not for me. When we see a pile, this will all just be a “and to think what this team has come from” type of memory.
I got another team we can all root for: LETS GO ISLANDERS!
skip caray should consider hara-kiri
So Lets be hated.. Lets be arrogant and deserve to be hated.. I would rather be hated for throwing at chippers head or burrels head than for dancing however.. Lets get that presence back. People forget doc, darling, sid, aguilara knocked people off of the plate all of the time.. How we never knocked rollins on his you know what this year is amazing.. its that same apathetic torre approach that yankee fans hate.. The cried for years to knock manny and Papi down from time to time..
teufelshuffle, you will not find someone more FOR the idea of dusting guys off than me. And i dont mean just the likely suspects, but anyone (belliard, kearns) theres none of that anymore, you dont even need to hit them but come on show some guts, the problem is we have no one to do that. Pedro doesnt throw hard enough anymore, el duque the same, most middle school baseball players wouldnt rub it if the spy hit them, and perez cant hit the strike zone sometimes let alone a person. John maine is a fastball pitcher, he needs to own that inside half and he needs to dust guys off and put them on their back unfortunately he dosnt seem like the type, i like maine but he doesnt have that fire.
Maybe Omar can get someone with that intensity and grit, like a hard throwing pitcher with guts who wont let a guy like belliard flip his bat or patt burrell lean over the plate.
I was sent the following E-Mail from a Yankee Fan friend of mine…. I think the Daily News writer was the first to fill it out;
NEW YORK METS TO NEW YORK YANKEES FAN CONVERSION APPLICATION
Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of the New York Yankees Fan
Club. Due to an unprecedented volume of requests, we are currently
processing only fan conversion applications for New York Mets fans.
Conversion requests from other teams will be processed after all Met
requests are processed. We expect this to take a number of weeks based on
the current backlog of requests.
Please take a few moments to fill out the conversion form below to help us
get to know you better, and to prescribe any required counseling to help you
recover from your previous Mets fan experience.
Name:
_______________________________________________________________________
Last (Please Print) First MI
Mailing Address:
_____________________________________________________________________
# Street
_____________________________________________________________________
City State Zip
Email Address:
____________________________________
1. Please indicate each time you watched the NY Mets win the
World Series (check all that apply):
[ ] 1969 (Please provide your AARP membership number to receive
senior citizen discount offers on Yankees tickets and
merchandise _________________________)
[ ] 1986
[ ] I have never witnessed this event
2. Please indicate your favorite moments in Mets history (Check all
that apply):
[ ] Nolan Ryan traded for Jim Fregosi
[ ] Timo Perez forgets to run in the World Series
[ ] Scott Kazimir traded for Victor Zambrano
[ ] Al Leiter allowed to throw 164 pitches in a World Series game
[ ] Joel Pinero (American League reject) shuts the Met’s out 3-0
[ ] Knocked out of 1st place with 17 games remaining & a 7 game lead
[ ] Bobby Valentine thrown out of the game, comes back with fake
mustache & glasses
[ ] Armando Benitez cracks under pressure
[ ] Paul LoDuca caught with 19 year old Huntington girl
3. Reasons you believe the Mets have not won a World Series since 1986
(Check all that apply):
[ ] Lack of Pitching
[ ] Lack of Hitting
[ ] Poor Management
[ ] Lack of Defense
[ ] Bad calls by Umpires
4. Have you experienced any of the following after another inevitable
Mets loss (Check all that apply):
[ ] Headache [ ] Uncontrolled Anger
[ ] Heartache [ ] Holes punched in doors or walls
[ ] Nausea [ ] Smashed TV screens
[ ] Depression [ ] Avoided Yankees fans for days or weeks
5. Is October your least favorite month of year?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
6. Are you tired of saying “Wait till next year?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
7. Are you ready to admit that:
a) Joe Torre is a better manager than Bobby V. or Willie.
[ ] Yes [ ] No
b) Derek Jeter is better than Jose Reyes.
[ ] Yes [ ] No
c) The Rocket never intentionally threw at Piazza.
[ ] Yes [ ] No
d) The American League is far superior to the National League.
[ ] Yes [ ] No
e) The DH Rule is a great thing.
[ ] Yes [ ] No
If your application is approved, you will receive:
* A recommended recuperation program which includes a recording of
Frank Sinatra singing “New York, New York” over and over again.
* An opportunity to obtain tickets to the 2007 World Series at
Yankee Stadium.
* Posters of Jeter & Rodriguez in Yankee uniforms wearing their
championship rings.
* A dart board sporting a picture of Omar.
* A copy of our popular handbook, “Harassing Met Fans for Fun
and Profit”.
* A coupon for a future poster of Johan Santana in a Yankee
uniform.
* A special DVD of Jose Reyes defensive highlights and a never-
before-seen video of his audition for the Tin Man in the Wizard
of Oz singing “If I Only had a Heart”.
* A one-year membership to a weekly support group for ex-Met
fans in your area.
If your application is rejected, you will receive:
* Our pity and condolences, plus a 26 second video capturing the
past 30 years of Mets highlights in head-to-head competition
against the Yankees, narrated by Tom Seaver.
I hereby renounce the NY Mets for all eternity on this the
_______day of_________________, 200__
_____________________________________
(Signed)
Mail this completed form to:
New York Yankees
Attn: Fan Conversion Dept.
Yankee Stadium
161st St and River Ave
Bronx, NY 10452
After reviewing your application, the Yankees Fan Club will contact you with
notification of approval or rejection. If accepted to the Yankees Fan Club,
destroy all your remaining Mets clothing, memorabilia, and associated
reminders (we recommend you destroy these items even if your application is
rejected).
If rejected, the Yankees Fan Club will once again accept conversion
applications after the All-Star break in 2008, so please mark you calendar.
________________________________________________________________________
(Office Use Only)
[ ] Approved
[ ] Rejected
_________________________________________
George M. Steinbrenner
_____________________
Date
ok this means war
How is this not removed for being “offensive”
Difference between Mets fans and Yankees fans is we wouldn’t WANT “converted” fans in our mix.
Fork the Skanks and their mindless frontrunning fans…
You forgot part 2 of the application …
8. Are you a frontrunner?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
9. Do you like your baseball players corporate and sullen?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
10. Are you ready to turn a blind eye to the Yankees $220 million payroll?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
11. Are you ready to ignore the fact that:
a) Joe Torre is a push button manager
[ ] Yes [ ] No
b) Joe Torre naps on the bench half the game
[ ] Yes [ ] No
c) American League baseball is more boring than National League ball
[ ] Yes [ ] No
d) Jeffrey Maier exists
[ ] Yes [ ] No
e) Carl Pavano and Kei Igawa exist
[ ] Yes [ ] No
f) The Yankee 2004 choke is worse than the Mets 2007 collapse
[ ] Yes [ ] No
g) The 2001 WS loss to the D-Backs was another bad choke.
[ ] Yes [ ] No
h) A-Rod scored more in one night in Toronto with his busty blond gal pal than in all his Yankee postseason games combined.
[ ] Yes [ ] No
If you answered yes to all of the above, congratulations, you are now a member of the largest group of bandwagon fans ever!
:grin:
letter h) has to be my fav!!!
Thank you for the much needed laugh!!!
This is the team that idolized the 1986 Mets so much it rebuilt its team around David Cone, Doc Gooden, Daryl Strawberry, Rafael Santana, Lee Mazzilli……….
Caray is one of the worst announcers this side of Joe Buck. He sounds like he is falling asleep as he calls the game.
Caray has been a Mets hater since I can remember. I think it really starte in the mid-80s when we’d beat them up. I remember how much he hated those Mets teams, talking about their arrogance (I grew up in Atlanta, so remember many of his broadcasts over the years).
Caray was actually not a bad announcer when the Braves were bad. He has a pretty ascerbic wit that, when directed at his own team, was pretty funny. Of course, when the Braves went on a roll, he just opted to become his father and be an unabashed rooter. With little left to root for, it does not surprise me that he delights in the Mets failure.
As Jef said above, better start getting a thick skin, as we’ll be hearing stuff like this until April…and likely beyond.
Payback’s a bitch
WTF. What major league announcer would do that. That is unbelieveably unprofessional. This is not red sox/yankee stuff.
What a friggin joke. We hate them but we don’t dress up like homer the brave or put up brave choking stuff on diamondvision. Holy cow. That is amazing.
Call Dave Kingman. We need to send Skip a dead rat..holding a foam tomahawk chop axe.
Better yet, send him Tom Glavine back. Batting Practice every 5th day!
On that note, does anyone else but me hope Tom Glavine decides not to return?
he can go where ever he wants but here, good riddance, i just hope if he goes to the braves he doesnt magically pitch amazing whenever he faces us although we all know thats probably what will happen.
What a joke for this joke of an announcers to sing this junk on air. They actually get delight at seeing the Mets collapse and it makes me sick. I hate the Braves more now then ever because of this garbage. Unbelievable that it has to come to this after being in first place all season long. O the pain
so you’re telling us you wouldn’t take delight if the exact same thing happened to the Braves?
Definitely unprofessional of Caray to sing it, but you can’t blame Braves fans for exhibiting schadenfreude.
I wonder how long it’s going to take them to realize the Phillies beat them too?
I look forward to the Mets broadcast team mimicking the tomahawk chop next year!
The time has come for everybody to clean up their own backyard before they start knocking on their neighbor’s door….
In other words, the arrogance of the team and the fan base has come back to haunt us. Mets fans have only one thing left to do….
DEAL.
It’s because of stuff like this that I don’t go over to other teams blogs and start crowing when things are going good.
your comments are right on point cyclone – i believe that our mets have very bad “karma”…all the dancing and in-your-face arrogance is such a turn-off
can you imagine tom seaver, tommie agee, jerry koosman, jerry grote, keith hernandez, etc…acting this way?
THIS TEAM IS A DISGRACE!
well, i never noticed wright, loduca or green dancing around like clowns….i wonder if all the posing even bothered them……and i certainly couldnt imagine jerry grote dancing, lol….hey omar, you changed the culture of the team, and THIS is what we ended up with…but just point out milledge’s faults…ONLY
I could see Keith doing a little dance and ending it by grooming his moustache, though….
Yet from hearing Randolph or Omar the last two days, it doesn’t seem like they are going to do anything signifiicant about it…this immaturity on the part of Reyes and other Mets will continue. Bank on it.
arrogance isnt why we lost the 86 team was about as arrogant as it gets, im pretty sure you got curtain calls for sac flies back then. whats the difference between 86 and 07, the guys in 86 went out and walked the walk. bottom line, it doesnt matter what you do off the field as long as you are winning games on it nothing gets questioned. just win.
EXACTLY. its so dumb to do. if you are going to be a jerk to other people, dont be shocked when it comes back and bites you in the BUTT.
i wish we learned humility from this.
That hurts. That being said, however, we have no one to blame except our team who did it to themselves.
This is the dude TBS is going to push as their Joe Buck.
Disgusting.
Never mind Carey.
The New York media is totally dumping on the Mets.
They were calling “the greatest collapse of all time” a week before it actually happened. (They couldn’t wait….a sure sign of bias)
All the talk show hosts (mostly Yankee fans) are using words like “disgrace” , “choke” and “embarassing”.
Media molds perception and perception becomes “reality”
If the Wilpons ever hope to gain equal footing in this town with Yankeees, the organization is going to have to develop a media strategy to present the Mets point of view and to support the fans?
Why not have a Mets call in talk show on SNY?
What happened to the days when Howie Rose hosted a talk show on WFAN? Howie is well respected and considered knowledgeable and balanced.
Bottom line is….the Yankees understand the importance of media much better than the Mets do.
The Wilpons have the media assets to correct this imbalance. I hope they wake up and use it before their “property” becomes further devalued.
You’re absolutely right. The Mets receive zero support from the media, and the only time we were getting the back pages this year was when something monumentally bad was going to happen to us. It’s a joke.
Yes…it is a joke.
For years now, the Mets organization has allowed Met haters in the media to dominate the “discussion”.
It’s the Met haters in the media who ask ALL the questions….and create the spin.
Because of this, Mets management , players and fans are always on the defensive.
A media strategy using SNY is necessary to gain equal footing in NY.
the media will always be biased against us, the local media will always be in bed with the yankees and the national media will always lump us in with the yankees as the reason there should be a salary cap while conveniently ignoring teams like the red sox and angels (whom they absolutely LOVE). We are entering into an “us against the world” situation here, im used to it as im a raiders fan, its really fun when youre good but when you suck its just awful bc everyone loves kicking you when youre down.
unfortunately, since we are a NY team, the only way for us to gain the amount of respect we crave is to win. and win alot.
This is true. I agree 100%. Winning is the bottom line.
But….i think i’m focusing a different issue here.
The media in NY hasa double standard when evaluating the performances of the Yankees and Mets.
The Yankees have been knocked out of the playoffs the last 5 years. Not 2 or 3 years. 5 years in a row !!!!!!
In 2004 they had an historical collapse against the Red Sox when they blew a 3 games to none lead.
It never happened in the history of baseball before.
Where were the headlines calling the Yankees “chokers”.
After getting knocked out of the playoffs 5 consecutive years…iu didn’t see any headlines calling the Yankees “Disgraceful”
Why? Why the free ride?
Because the media (sports writers and talk show hosts) are overwhelmingly Yankee fans.
Even when the Mets win ….the media spins it negatively. For example…the 1986 world series championship is presented as the Red Sox having blown it rather than a Mets come back. (there are MANY other examples…i’m sure you can all come up with some)
And …you’re right …..it’s not going to change…..but…at least the Mets should use SNY as platform for the Mets perspective.
Don’t ya think?
To All Met Fans:
The best way to deal with this collapse is just to accept it for what it was and take the ribbing like a man. Honestly, it’s deserved.
If you get too angry about it, that is when other teams fans like it more.
Every team goes through a monumental collapse and rebound from it. Infact, those fans taunting us have had monumental collapses of their own and have had to deal with the same crap. I am sure most of us were happy about it too so it’s just our turn to suck it up and bear it.
well said. it sucks, but what can you do.
If you don’t want to be mocked for choking, don’t choke!
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I hope the players are seeing some of this crap, maybe it’ll make them hungrier for next year.
Na, probably not. They’ll just roll over and play dead, just like every time other teams bitch-slapped them this season.
I can see next season, everyone expecting them to come out with fire in their eyes and taking back what should be theirs, and then them giving us the same inconsistent garbage effort.
it’s actually kinda funny
it’s even worse that it was during Craig Biggio’s FINAL GAME- my favorite player of all time….and I coudln’t even get over the METS fiasco by watching Craig’s emotional last game b/c I HAD TO LISTEN TO THIS )@&#$)*&#)* a) make fun of the mets all game and b) sing this.
I’m so happy TBS is OVER with baseball regular season!
TBS’s braves announcers are about as cool as an AIDSburger. f them.
I don’t have a problem with this. Skip Caray is entitled to gloat. The Mets made it possible. They talk a big game, but they don’t back it up.
Of course, the Braves were a dynamo this year……
No, but I wish we could have beaten the Phillies a couple of times down the stretch like they did. Skip was actually reading the lyrics from one of the New York newspapers.
We only needed to do it once.
Once.
Amen.
This will hopefully fuel the franchise. I know Im pissed, hope they are too.
Hey Skip, enjoy Tommy!
Keith Hernandez would never stoop to such a level. He might sleep with the wives of the Braves players… but that song was just unprofessional.
Of course the classless crew in atl.would be having fun at our
expense. They think success is 1st place finishes w/no rings
to show. Their broadcasts are impossible to listen to,bobby cox’s
act is old and smoltz,glavine & maddox are not around/in their
prime anymore—&—Not getting every call 6″ off the plate.
They’re going to start to have to worry about the state of their own
club/organization a little more for now on since their run of Almost Championships is Over! They mortgaged it in Texiera—
giving up their best 3 prospects as well as having to say goodbye to Andru to pay for him. I don’t think they have any idea how much they’ll miss him. Plus you got the ever-inceasingly-
fragile-and-aged Chippa-and –no more ted turner money.
How long before that ballpark is empty?-They’ve only got
10-20 thousand loyal fans at best!
Video response to this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiFJ4uvDLeg
Why did my post get deleted?
if you read this blog, matt has explained a million times when sometimes, randomly, posts are deleted.
What a bunch of losers. Hey, I don’t see the Braves in the post season either. Jerks!!
theres two things that will occur from this collapse, either we will come back next year with some fire and a BIG chip on our shoulders and steamroll (hopefully) or we will come back COMPLETELY shell shocked and will sleep walk our way to a 3rd possibly 4th place finish. Both in my mind are equally as possible and to me it really depends on omar to get rid of the bad influences and bring in some fresh hungry GOOD proven talent.
obviously theres the middle ground but, this is the mets we’re talking abou we dont have normal season.
It’s really no wonder that TBS has ditched Skip Carey and hired Ron Darling to broadcast the playoffs.
Apparantly Skip knows that the whole world realizes that he has no talent…
http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/09/27/skip-caray-feels-snubbed-by-tbs/
Who’s got the last laugh now Skip?
I have to say, I thought the song was funny. I kinda like Skip Carey, and in my blacker moods I’ve song my own version of “Beat the Mets.” I’m surprised, though, that Skip (and his nitwit son) are that obsessed with the Mets. It’s flattering, really.
I’ve “sung” my own version, that is.
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