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Poll: Who is Mets Biggest Rival
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  1. rM teM says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:19 pm

    There are still tickets available for April 19th.
    Come on people!

    • Metropoliben says:
      February 25, 2008 at 3:27 pm

      Is this present or historically?

      I don’t think I can hate the Phillies for a decade, they’re just never that good. My hatred for the Braves will be eternbal though.

  2. Slob says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:21 pm

    Who the hell voted for the Marlins?

  3. brgnsoccer says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    The rivalry we have with the marlins is so odd… they just hate us because we are good and they think we are also arrogant.
    I think they started it….

    Braves look like a better team than the Phillies this year… so maybe our rivalry with them will be sparked up again…

    No one really cares about the Yankees… at least i dont…

    The rivalry with the Cards is a thing of the past… it was one series… never escalated…

    I see the Mets having respect for the Dodgers but I don’t see any hard feelings between them…

    Cubs?

    Top pick: Phillies

    • x-nady says:
      February 25, 2008 at 3:26 pm

      Phillies is really a budding rivalry. Aside from last year, there was never anything b/w mets & phillies.

      Mets & Braves is still the #1 NL Rivalry and I want it to remain that way when we shake off the phils like the annoying fleas that they are.

      • Xavier22 says:
        February 25, 2008 at 3:31 pm

        I don’t think the Braves are limited to the Mets though. From 1995-2005, pretty much any team in the NL east had a rivalry with the Braves.

        Frankly, I’d rather have a rivalry with the Phillies as it’s more regional. Atlanta is like 800 miles from New York and there’s no real city rivalry there (as there is with Phlly vs. NY or Boston vs. NY).

        • JDuelz (Athens, GA) says:
          February 25, 2008 at 3:58 pm

          I disagree. Every Braves fan I know hates the Mets more than any other team (along with the Yankees), with a passion, too.

        • x-nady says:
          February 25, 2008 at 4:04 pm

          I hear what you are saying, but I don’t think the Phillies will spend enough on a consistent basis for there to be an extended rivalry of the likes of a Mets/Braves.

          Sure everyone had a rivalry with the Braves b/c they were the Best team in the NL for a long long time. But if you asked anyone on Mets who they loved to beat it was always the Braves and vice versa. That was the rivalry.

          Phililes aren’t even close to that in my book…although I am starting to despise them. The difference b/w them and the Braves is that I have respect for the Braves. Philles get zero respect.

        • bkdrew says:
          February 25, 2008 at 4:10 pm

          That’s what I’m thinking too. They won’t spend what it takes to keep Howard, Utley, and Hamels in Philly… and they’ll be right back where they started. I think we’ll definitely enjoy a nice rivalry with the Phils for a few years, but I don’t see it sustaining itself long-term… which is a shame because it makes perfect geographical sense.

      • ravi3 says:
        February 25, 2008 at 3:58 pm

        Heres the thing here–I strongly believe that the rivalry with the Braves is a thing of the past…The only reason it is still at the level its at is because of Chipper, and he doesn’t even play everyday anymore.

        The Phils rivalry may be budding, but with the events of the past two seasons, as well as the war of words we have seen, they are now the top rivalry–maybe not at the level yet of the Braves of the late 90’s, but certainly more than any other team right now

        • toomanyuniforms says:
          February 25, 2008 at 4:26 pm

          As long as they have Larry, and Tom takes the mound at Shea to a Gregorian Chant of boos, the Braves will always be a rival. But, something just isn’t the same. No Maddux, No Smirk, no Don Sutton. It’s just a hair below where it used to be. . . though a pennant race could change that very quickly.

          And a lot of that has to do with how quickly the Phillies got in our faces. With the Phillies, we have the Perfect Cliche of rivalries — geographic proximity, bad blood (be it real or the players’ tongue-in-cheek attempt to enter the world of pro wrestling), competitive balance, and a compelling storyline left over from last season. They swept us thrice last year, people. Thrice — and Jimmy Rollins took away an (in my view undeserved, though not a travesty) MVP simply for meeting the lofty expectations floated for him by his own big mouth.

          You read a lot of grudging respect for Larry. Smoltz is just too much of a Ned Flanders to really despise. Teixiera?? Escobar? McCann? Does anyone really feel the same way about these players as we do about Cole Hamels, “J-Roll”, or Shane “Fake Hustle” Victorino?

    • Metropoliben says:
      February 25, 2008 at 3:29 pm

      “The rivalry with the Cards is a thing of the past… it was one series… never escalated… ”

      ummm…. there was that whole thing called the 80’s.

      • brgnsoccer says:
        February 25, 2008 at 3:32 pm

        Oh i guess thats my fault for not being old enough then….

        anyway i still don’t see how we are big rivals if its not a thing of today… just like the yankee fans saying their team is the best because they have the most rings…

        • toomanyuniforms says:
          February 25, 2008 at 4:29 pm

          Because rvialries go through ups and downs — sometimes, the teams just aren’t good at the same time for a long period. That said, with the Cards out of our division, I really can’t see it rekindling unless we have several playoff matchups or serious fights for the wild card (and we can hope it doesn’t come to that, because that would mean one of our other rivals got the best of us in the division.)

  4. theperfectgame says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:23 pm

    NY Sports Talk Radio

  5. unbelcaffe says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:25 pm

    whoever wrote yankees just made me throw up a little in my mouth.

    • bkdrew says:
      February 25, 2008 at 3:55 pm

      150 votes for an American League team….. unreal

    • toomanyuniforms says:
      February 25, 2008 at 4:30 pm

      “made me throw up a little in my mouth.” It’s OLD.

    • les paul says:
      February 25, 2008 at 5:50 pm

      The Yankees are what make me throw up in my mouth. I can honestly say I despise the Yankees more than any other team [in baseball]. However because as pointed out previously they are not even in the same league the game to game rivalry is not the same with the Braves which is THE rivalry. This Philly “thing” has been going on for what, 2 years? The Braves are our enemy forever and always. But on a personal level, I hate the Yankees the most. But the point still is if the Yankees are playing the Braves and you have to pick someone to win you gotta say the Yankees because it doesn’t honestly matter. Oh and by the way, the sports team I hate the most is the Patriots. Thank you Eli you made my year.

    • metsomniac says:
      February 25, 2008 at 8:43 pm

      welcome to the interleague era of baseball. An AL team can very well be a rival, especially if you play them 6 times a year. i know it means nothing in terms of the record at the end of the year, but it still makes it a legit rivalry.

      now if this was 1989 i would have thrown up a bit too, but the fact is those games sell out every year for a reason… and they will continue to sell out every year regardless of how good or bad those teams are… it’s a rivalry, maybe not THE rivalry, but it is a rivalry

  6. gem779 says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    The Philly Phanatic is taking some votes from the Phillies!

    I voted Braves just because I’ve grown up trying to overtake the Braves who won the division EVERY year and they always had our number. The Phillies thing is way to new…maybe down the road but not now.

  7. SheaVendor says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    The Mets seem to have a different rivalry depending on the decade. 60’s and 70’s I would say the Cubs (although the Mets were so bad other than ‘69 and ‘73). In the 80’s it was the Cardinals. The ‘85 season was really a lot of fun, because we got to see just how good that team was going to be. The 90’s it became the Braves (after reallignment..before that they were insignificant). It continued with the Braves during this decade, but the focus has started to shift to the Phillies. So, there really is no clear cut answer to this question.

    btw…I voted for the Braves

  8. jcervone7 says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    This Mets-Yankees rivalry has me a bit confused. I live in Boston now, so maybe I’m out of the loop, but growing up in Queens I don’t remember their ever being animosity between the Mets and Yankees. Sure, we always wanted our side to be better, but there was no “Yankees Suck” mentality. We always kind of liked the Yankees too, as long as we weren’t on the same field. Is there really an anti-Yankee feeling taking hold? I sure hope not because sure as hell don’t want us to start acting like Red Sox fans.

    • Paulieballz says:
      February 25, 2008 at 3:41 pm

      We only see the Braves as a rival because they were the team that had our number. We never beat them so I highly doubt they would consider us a rival at all. At least the Mets-Yankees rivalry fills the house every night, and the city is in an uproar for the entire weekend. No other team brings that excitement to the city.

      • JDuelz (Athens, GA) says:
        February 25, 2008 at 4:00 pm

        Again, I beg to differ. Bravos fans hate Mets fans the most.

        • jamie says:
          February 25, 2008 at 4:14 pm

          my step dad lives in GA, and I’ve also found this to be true. I got booed outside of the Fox theater because of my hat once (this is notable becasue Atlantans are pretty polite).

    • QnsNative718 says:
      February 25, 2008 at 3:52 pm

      Go to a Met game and you’ll hear a “Yankees Suck” chant every once in a while…

      • les paul says:
        February 25, 2008 at 5:53 pm

        True enough. How often do you hear random “Braves and/or Phillies suck” chants? But still it’s got to be the Braves because until playoffs and the 6 or so games they play during the season against the Mets the Yankees are irrelevant.

  9. adropofvenom says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    Our rivalry is, has been, and always will be the Braves. One year does not make a rivalry (And one year where we GAVE them the division, that is), our history with the Braves has gone back 15 years. The damn music of the tomahawk chop makes me want to punch someone in the face. The Phillies will never reach that level. Stop being so short-sighted, the Braves are the ONLY choice here.

    • Paulieballz says:
      February 25, 2008 at 3:47 pm

      I understand your point, but do you not think the Braves look at us in the same light? When they were on top of their game, we won the division exact 0 times. I mean how much of a rivalry is that?

      • bkdrew says:
        February 25, 2008 at 4:02 pm

        In my experience, Braves fans aren’t filled with quite as much bile as Phillies fans, but they definitely view the Mets as rivals.

      • JDuelz (Athens, GA) says:
        February 25, 2008 at 4:05 pm

        That really doesn’t have any relevance to me.

        For example, in the NCAA, since Spurrier became the head coach of UF in 1990, UGA has only defeated the Gators three times in the past 18 years, yet it’s still considered (and really is) one of the biggest rivalries in college football, AKA “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.”

    • gipper913 says:
      February 25, 2008 at 4:47 pm

      Adropofvenom,

      I dunno….yes the Braves are bigger rival historically than the Phils….but the Cards were the biggest rival all through the 80s (back when they were in the NLE) and the Cubbies were big rivals before that. The Braves were non-factors during all that time…..so, they haven’t always been our biggest rivals…just in the late nineties to 2006 era.

      As a longtime fan…ity is odd to see so few votes for the Cardinals and Cubs. I recal a hatred for Whitey’s Cardinals in the 80s that far exceeded my hatred of Cox’s Braves. The Cards called us “pond scum” for crying out loud!

  10. DaWrightStuff says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    now or of all times?? now I would go with Phillies, but of all time… I think you have to go with Braves for that 14 years of dominance

  11. rogasm says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    It’s funny, I am in STL and the Mets are hated here. A lot of people really have a distaste in my mouth when the Mets come to town. I’m sure Danny1986 can speak to this as well. I go to every Mets game here with my garb on and every insult under the sun comes my way.

    • bkdrew says:
      February 25, 2008 at 3:51 pm

      My wife is from STL and I can absolutely vouch for this…

      • x-nady says:
        February 25, 2008 at 4:28 pm

        Thats interesting, because last year me any a buddy went down to STL for the Season Opener 1) for a little revenge after that vision of beltran walking away from strike 3 & 2) we did a “fan cam” piece for SNY (first episode last year)

        Anyway, there was the normal taunting going on, but nothing on the level of Phillies, Braves, Yankees etc. Most fans were very knowledgeable, accommodating & most surprisingly they respected the mets team.

        Anyway, it was so sweet to watch them leave with their tales b/w their legs when we blasted them. The stadium is awesome and made me really look forward to city field, and the city while real small, had a very fun night life (all the bars/clubs are in a 3 block radius of each other. STL is def. a good road trip destination for all you die hards out there.

        • bkdrew says:
          February 25, 2008 at 4:39 pm

          Don’t get me wrong – I haven’t had bad experiences with Cards fans (or Braves fans for that matter) that I’ve had with Phillies and Yankees fans, but Cards fans definitely still have a distaste for the Mets.

  12. bxsci insight says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    With lastings milladge’s new comments in the post, the nationals aren’t going to receive standing o’s. The Phillies are the 2nd bets team now so its the phill’s. 2 years ago it was the braves

  13. dap260 says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:51 pm

    This was a great question, because I think we are seeing the sunset of the Braves and the sunrise of the Phillies rivalry. I voted for the Braves based on the length and depth of my hatred for that team (and out of respect for Chipper Jones who has done more single handidly to make it great), but I truly think there is no way that the Phillies don’t overtake them soon.

    We are one high and tight pitch at the wrong/roght time – to make this a much more heated rivalry.

  14. Metsnumba57 says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:52 pm

    I voted for the phillies. I think the rivalry between the mets and the braves are a thing of the past

  15. guierllNO MOta says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    the phils and mets have never had a rivalry this year would be the first, the mets and braves had a legit rivalry as the braves hated the mets as much as we hated them…i mean chipper named his kid Shea for heavens sake

    I only hate Pat Burrell on the Phils, until this year

    and unfortunately the mets DO NOT have a rivalry with the yanks as we hate them but they hate the red sox and honestly dont care about us

    Cards and Cubs were rivals of the past but there is no bad blood anymore, and just cause STL fans hate the mets doesnt make it a rivalry because every city hates NY teams…

    • bkdrew says:
      February 25, 2008 at 3:59 pm

      2006 rekindled the Cards/Mets rivalry for a short while, but it was one of baseball’s biggest rivalries in the mid to late 80s when they were in the NL East.

  16. K-Hern says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    Mike and the Maddog

  17. Ferd C says:
    February 25, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    I voted based on who I hated the most. Yankees are an easy win here. On the field of course they shouldn’t even be counted, but since a rivalry can include so much, no other team comes close in the overall scheme of things.

    As for the on-field rivals, I don’t care much for the Phillies, but they haven’t caught up to the Braves as far as rivalries go. I do have to hand it to their fans though, they do try.

  18. sylvan says:
    February 25, 2008 at 4:01 pm

    A year ago, we all would have answered “The Braves” with no hesitation. The budding Phillies rivalry can’t match it for pedigree just yet. I think the Braves may well be better than the Phillies this year. Until the Braves hit an era of real futility, they’re going to be in the back of our minds as public enemy #1.

  19. Dennis A says:
    February 25, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    I voted for Atlanta but there are no series I want to win more than the ones against the Yankees.

    • metsomniac says:
      February 25, 2008 at 8:06 pm

      ageed. I go nuts over those game… obviously they mean nothing in terms of the overall season, but god i hate losing to them.

  20. jamie says:
    February 25, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    Atlanta, unless/until the next four or five years change my mind.

  21. JDuelz (Athens, GA) says:
    February 25, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    I know there are other Mets fans on here that live in Georgia, can anyone vouch for me on this one?

    The Phillies being our supposed biggest rivalry is a reaction to something that’s fresh and what’s happening now, kind of like how most Mets fans are…

  22. FBones24 says:
    February 25, 2008 at 4:31 pm

    While historically, (at least recent history) our rival has always been the Braves, the Phillies are bound to be our new rival for at least the next 10 years. They have a good group of young players like the Mets (Utley, Howard, Rollins, etc.) and I think that is the reason it will develop into something. I am assuming that the Phillies will ante up and pay their guys, but for all I know, Howard and Utley might be on the Mets in 5 years and then I would put this little rivalry to bed and be happy. :)

  23. mrosey says:
    February 25, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    people, its gotta be the Phanatic. I know we hate the Phillies just because, but the Philly Phanatic not only represents everything the Phillies stand for, hes also ridiculously annoying and ugly. It’s like a double dose of terror.

  24. jpcw1999 says:
    February 25, 2008 at 4:49 pm

    Who are all these people voting for the Phillies? Did they just start following the Mets last year?

  25. guierllNO MOta says:
    February 25, 2008 at 4:51 pm

    the question is who is our rival, not who will be for the next few years

    In 2027 I really think our rival will be the new team the Hoboken Grimers. Can I vote for them too?

  26. guierllNO MOta says:
    February 25, 2008 at 4:52 pm

    yeah anyone who voted for the Phils as a team the mets HAVE a rivalry with became mets fans in October 2006 and were Yankee fans prior to that and were Chicago Bulls fans most likely in the 1990’s

  27. DerekBellsMustache says:
    February 25, 2008 at 4:58 pm

    The Braves could be better with a full season of Tex at 1B

  28. anditsouttahere says:
    February 25, 2008 at 5:39 pm

    what about the D’backs. Haren and webb could be dangerous.

  29. les paul says:
    February 25, 2008 at 6:00 pm

    I don’t really know why I keep reiterating this but here goes anyway: So I’m at Shea one day and I walk into the bathroom not really wondering why there’s such a crowd, seems fairly commonplace at this point. Then I see a Mets fan and a Yankees fan slugging it out next to the urinals. And as they are pulled away from each other [Yankee fan got rocked] the Mets fan yells “I’ll see you in the playoffs” and adds a few choice swear words of course. Now, I have never seen anything quite to that degree against other fans. There was also that one game last year where there were a good 5 fights between a Mets and Yankee fan. But it is a much rarer event to see a Mets fan fighting a Braves or Philly fan. I dunno, that may just be location but I figured I would point it out. Again, Braves are still the ultimate rivals but I think we all hate the Yankees more than anyone else, at least in a general consensus.

  30. metsomniac says:
    February 25, 2008 at 8:03 pm

    I feel the Braves thing is winding down a bit. I think there is still a rivalry but I don’t think it’s THE rivalry anymore. I bet in five years it won’t even be a question that the Phils are our rivals especialy if they can retain utley, howard, and rollins.

    with that being said, and i know it’s not lgical, but i get hyped, angry, an all out nuts over the met/yankee games. Like it or not, that is a rivalry (for bothe sets of fans). I know they are in the AL and such but the guaranteed six meeting every year is enough to make it legit.

    Braves will come and go. Phils will come and go (although i hope not) but rain or shine I will always want to beat the yanks.

  31. jintman says:
    February 25, 2008 at 9:23 pm

    The Braves are our biggest rival,1 season can’t make a rivalry,just a start. As far as i am concerned we still haven’t beaten the Braves when both of our teams have been good. Until that happens, they will have the upper hand.

  32. BSMITTYFDNY says:
    February 25, 2008 at 11:31 pm

    How can the Phillies be in the lead right now in the voting? I dont get the majority thinking the Phillies are the bigger rivals than the Braves. Short term memory for many of you huh? Just because of last season with the collaspe and Phiily being the champs, along with the banter between players this spring? That doesnt erase the decade of Atlants winning the division, the John Rocker incidents, Chipper and Andruw Jones with the “Larry” chants, the terrific playoff games we had with them, etc. For over 10 years we all shared such hatred for the Braves and their players until we finally won the division 2 years ago. I was at the clincher and remember how big that celebration was and the biggest reason was that we finally didnt let the Braves win AGAIN. Until us and the Phils battle for first and second place for at least 5 to 10 years with some memorable playoff games included the rivalry cannot be compared to that with the one we have with Atlanta. Sorry not even close. Lets not be so shortsided. If Philly becomes the bigger rivalry it will take some years to develop and until then it has to remain the Braves.

  33. pyrexia says:
    February 26, 2008 at 1:09 am

    My write-in vote goes to the dreaded announcing team of Joe Buck and Tim McCarver.

  34. Necciai27 says:
    February 26, 2008 at 2:06 am

    Definitely the Braves. IMO, you have to have grudging respect for a rival. I have grudging respect for the Braves, Larry, etc. However, I have NO respect AT ALL for the Philadelphia Phillies. The Braves are pros. The Phillies are not. In a few years, my guess is they’ll fade.

    Their front office is WAY overrated. You think we have it bad with the “Omar sucks” crowd? Go to Beerleaguer and try finding ANYTHING good to say about Pat Gillick or Ruben Amaro, Jr. ANYTHING AT ALL. Odds are you won’t. You NEVER had that sense with Schuerholz. You could call him a lot of things, but “incredibly stupid” and “Stand Pat” were not among them. And to tell you the truth, I have a feeling Frank Wren will continue that type of management, albeit not quite as competently as Schuerholz. And while the Braves have a shoe-in for the Hall of Fame as their manager, the Phillies have a guy widely acknowledged as being somewhere inbetween so-so and totally incompetent.

    A fish rots from the head down. The Braves aren’t rotting. The Phillies with Gillick at the helm are.

    • BSMITTYFDNY says:
      February 26, 2008 at 2:41 am

      What is the exact web address for the philly blog? Beerleaguer.com brings me to a search site for that awful Artie Lang movie. How do I type the address to get to the Philly blog you guys keep mentioning? Dying to visit it and get into it with Philly fans. Thanks.

      • metsomniac says:
        February 26, 2008 at 3:53 am

        scroll up and look to the right side of the screen under Other MLB blogs for the link. it’s fun to read both sides of the “rivalry”. Just don’t embarrass your fellow Met fans by being a d**k. I hate it when Philly fans come on here and act like idiots.

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