MattFancy Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 The Mets are dead to me. How dare they eliminate the Cubs on Back to the Future Day. I now dispise all NY baseball teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor703 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Well good for the Mets. I'm happy for Tyler Clippard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 How can Nat fans be salty about the Mets? Ok sorry - there was never much of an Expos-Mets rivalry... I grew up rooting for the Mets (Jersey roots in my family). I would place the Yankees, Phillies, and Braves as bigger rivals from this side of the fence. I did move out of DC area 2000... local baseball was and will always be the Orioles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskin4ever Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 So what will be the Cubs fan's excuse this year. They always have something t blame besides their team's performance. No Bartman, no goat, just pure suck. So who will they blame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I did move out of DC area 2000... local baseball was and will always be the Orioles. You moved in 2000, 5 years before the Nats came to town, so I totally understand how you feel you can speak authoritatively about DC baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 The Mets run shows you that you go for it when you have the chance. Â I don't care about the future and setting up the team for a run for 10 years. Â I don't want to be the eagles. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PF Chang Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 The Mets run shows you that you go for it when you have the chance.  I don't care about the future and setting up the team for a run for 10 years.  I don't want to be the eagles.   Unfortunately the Nats were the Dream Team and now we're about to watch the 9-7 Giants, I mean Mets, win a championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rictus58 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 You moved in 2000, 5 years before the Nats came to town, so I totally understand how you feel you can speak authoritatively about DC baseball. I'm not a nats fan, but you're spot on. If Fergasun can't understand why Nationals Fans are salty about the mets and their position in the playoffs, he needs some serious education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 So what will be the Cubs fan's excuse this year. They always have something t blame besides their team's performance. No Bartman, no goat, just pure suck. So who will they blame? Â The Cubs certainly overachieved a bit this year. Most thought they would be an improved team this year and contend for a WC spot. I don't think anyone thought they would have had the 3rd best record in baseball and made the NLCS. Cubs are going to be around for a long time with all the young talent they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I think if this Cubs team had made it to th World Series then the heartbreak would have been much worse because I didn't see them winning it all. They will be better next year and can make another run. So what will be the Cubs fan's excuse this year. They always have something t blame besides their team's performance. No Bartman, no goat, just pure suck. So who will they blame? This is being thrown around as the "Back to the Future" curse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 As long as Toronto is out, I won't care who wins it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 My hope now is for the Mets to suffer a crushingly heartbreaking loss in the World Series that devastates their fans, ruins their locker room chemistry, and breaks up the roster. But that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo#44 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 How can Nat fans be salty about the Mets?  You mean other than playing in the same division? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rictus58 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 As long as Toronto is out, I won't care who wins it. I just hope they (toronto) can make it a 7 game series so the Royals are that much more used up when they play the mets. sorry nats fans. But cheering for The Royals is equal to cheering for the Seahawks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 The Cubs fans should blame no one but their ownership for the "curse". Too many years has their ownership relied on the park rather than the team to put butts in the seats. They knew as long as Wrigley stood, the team could lose 100 games and still people would flock to the park. That's on them.  Now, that said, I'm not sure the Cubs have the pitching to be a dominant playoff team for multiple years. You have Arrieta, who had never won more than 10 games before and now he wins 22, and then you have...Lester or Wood?  Unless they go after and get Price or Greinke or even a lower level name like Mike Leake, I really don''t see them repeating this year's success. Especially when the league adjusts to Schwarber and Bryant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 The Cubs fans should blame no one but their ownership for the "curse". Too many years has their ownership relied on the park rather than the team to put butts in the seats. They knew as long as Wrigley stood, the team could lose 100 games and still people would flock to the park. That's on them.  Now, that said, I'm not sure the Cubs have the pitching to be a dominant playoff team for multiple years. You have Arrieta, who had never won more than 10 games before and now he wins 22, and then you have...Lester or Wood?  Unless they go after and get Price or Greinke or even a lower level name like Mike Leake, I really don''t see them repeating this year's success. Especially when the league adjusts to Schwarber and Bryant.  Is this a long way of saying next year is an even year and we all know the Giants will win the WS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldysknzfn1 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 YAY METS! I don't watch baseball on TV much..would rather go to a game in person. Been a METS fan for years and I'm so glad they are going to the WS! Â LET'S GO METS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Is this a long way of saying next year is an even year and we all know the Giants will win the WS?  I wish.  But no, I just think the Cubs will regress from this year. Unless they pick up some more pitching. And as good as Arrieta was this year, he has done nothing (in his first 4 years before this year) to show that this wasn't an abberation.  Also..MATTINGLY is out in LA. Yay. And boo. Hate seeing the Dodgers act competent.  http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/AP-source-Don-Mattingly-out-as-LA-Dodgers-manager-6583992.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I wouldn't underestimate Theo and Maddon to field another good team next year. If Bryant is a good player, he's a good player. I like when fans of another team state the rest of the league will "catch up to him." I guess the league is still trying to catch up to Trout, Harper and Manny. They better hurry up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I wouldn't underestimate Theo and Maddon to field another good team next year. If Bryant is a good player, he's a good player. I like when fans of another team state the rest of the league will "catch up to him." I guess the league is still trying to catch up to Trout, Harper and Manny. They better hurry up.  Sure, they are the exclusion to the rule. I tend to believe that breakout stars as Rookies usually don't last. Geovany Soto. Chris Coghlan. That's 2 NL ROY winners in the last 7 years that really did little after their NL ROY years. Of course, Posey, Harper, Braun, Howard, and Pujols are still raking. Although time has set on Howard, probably. But how many of the position players who were breakout stars at Rookies (including those who didn't win ROY)  were capable of lasting at that level for an extended period of time?  Maybe Bryant and Schwarber last. Maybe they don't. But counting on that level of production in their sophomore year is always dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 what this year allows is Rizzo to say to management to spend money at the deadline like the mets. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Stupid Cubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoyler23 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Maybe Bryant and Schwarber last. Maybe they don't. But counting on that level of production in their sophomore year is always dangerous.  At least they are relatively cheap right now and the Cubs could sign another 'good' but not bank-breaking starter or two to fill in the middle of the rotation. No offense to Jason Hammel, but he's not exactly the guy you want saving your season. We all saw how it ended up last night. Woof.  The Cubs like snagging former O's and Wei-Yin Chen is available this offseason. He can join Arrieta, Strop, Hammel, Hunter and Wada over there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Mattingly done in LA. Had to see that one coming though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Can't imagine the meltdown here if the Dodgers and Nats end up trading managers.  That..would be evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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