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As I said earlier, the best part of yesterday’s win over the Yankees was seeing their stadium be dominated by Mets fans, after most Yankee fans fled the scene down 11 to 2.
Ryan Church, talking to reporters about hearing ‘Lets Go Mets’ cheers, while playing in Yankee Stadium:
“It is nice…We gave them something to cheer about, and that’s important. We’ve always said we appreciate the support.”
Yankees OF Johnny Damon, said:
“They had a reason to be out there cheering. They ended up kicking our butts. It was pretty embarrassing.”
This counts. First Sweep at Yankee Stadium!!
i’m not counting unless we win the 3rd when its played
It’s not our fault it rained.
A sweep is a sweep.
Especially since the yankees refused to make the game up over the weekend because they wanted to make sure that A-rod was going to be able to play in it.
I believe it was the Mets who refused to make it up over the weekend…
we kinda have another double dip Tuesday :)
I’m surprised more Mets fans didn’t stay till the end. Also love that Ollie got a semi ovation.
he deserved it the way he played. Good job ollie on out acing the yanks ace.
Yeah, I really thought Wang was going to give the Mets fits, especially since he generally pitches so well at home, but they lit him up.
RH sinkerballer vs. lefty-heavy lineup.
That was a good matchup for the Mets.
Gotta say I agree with you. I thought that Wang’s stuff would make it go to the bullpen, at the very least.
LET’S GO METS!
I think you mean LET’S GO SNY!
Awesome job by Met fans, heard them loud and clear on Sat as well and that was a closer game where you would expect them to be drowned out by yankee fans.
Unfortunately, as a Jet fan I know all too well how it feels to be drowned out by opposing fans in your own stadium. It sucks, and makes these wins even sweeter.
well it’s not really your stadium. last time i checked it said giants stadium.
put whatever name you want on it, it wouldn’t have made a difference.
Wasn’t the score 11-2?
Actually they was down 11 to 2.. Just knitpicking :D
Let’s go Mets!
Johnny Damon should be less embarrassed about the outcome of the game and more embarrassed about his 9 year-old girl-scout-caliber arm.
Remember when he was a good outfielder? I understand having trouble adjusting to hard hit balls to left when you haven’t played there, but he seems completely uncomfortable even on pop flys. He makes alou look like andrew jones.
He looks like he is done. I never want to write the Yankee obituary, especially when they have a couple of the best players in baseball, but they have serious issues.
The only reason anyone can give for that team bouncing back is that their name is the Yankees. From a pure baseball standpoint, that is simply not a good team.
I disagree. I hate the Yankees as much as anyone, but you have to respect their ability to hit, even with some of their hitters not performing so well up to this point (Cano, Giambi, etc.). The Yankees problems are mainly with pitching, which honestly they should have expected. It was unreasonable to expect Kennedy and Hughes to step into that rotation and live up to their potential right away. And considering that Mussina was supposed to be over the hill (and still may prove to be) and that Pettite is long past his prime, they really should have added more depth to that rotation in the off-season. They have problems, no doubt, but they can still hit, and when all is said and done, they probably will hit a ton.
And they were . . .uh. . . missing someone from the lineup.
The pitching is hurting them, but in the long run, I respect their decision to stay with their young guns. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t, but if we had a Phil Hughes, I’d sure as heck be patient with him.
All the same, lots of fun to see them crash and burn. . . .
Agreed that the lineup is formidable when healthy, but the starting rotation will likely prevent the kind of second half run they are acustomed to, especially if they fall to far behind. If they move Joba to the rotation that significantly weakens one of their strengths.
I agree with you, toomany…
Were I the Yankees GM, I would have held on to Hughes too. I’m not sure about Kennedy - I’m not quite sure what’s special about him, because whatever it is, I don’t see it.
Not to be a Yankee apologist, but insert A-Rod and Posada into that lineup and they are a much much better team.
As the Mets are when Pedro is in the rotation instead of Claudio Vargas/Nelson Figeroa/Brian Lawrence/Philip Humber/Chan Ho Park…(do I need to keep going?
Your point is a valid one, and I agree with it totaly, particularly with a player of A-Rod’s caliber. However, injuries happen in baseball.
better yet he makes Bobby “OMG its the wall!!!” Abreu look good.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure my grandma’s got a better arm than Damon at this point.
You could pretty much tag up from 1st on a shallow fly to Damon. I’m pretty sure you can run faster than he throws.
There should also have been MVP chants for Church.
Hey, I admit, I was not a Church fan. But if he is not the leading candidate for first quarter MVP, I dont know who is.
His offense, while not the best in the league, is incredible, and his defense is top notch (and game changing quality).
Lance Berkman (unless you meant the Mets MVP), but in any case Church has been phenomenal.
i don’t know if you meant of the mets or of the NL…
but if its the NL…
Chase Utley, Lance Berkman, Soriano? , Brandon Webb!
Theres a lot man
Chase Utley has come back down to Earth, whereas Berkman hasn’t. Utley is hitting .209 in May.