Mets fans are just the worst....
Sorry, but this has nothing to do with fantasy baseball. I just think it needs to be said...
I've been to quite a number of baseball games in my day and I've seen and met fans from all over the country. I've been to big rivalry games, interleague games, playoff games, World Series games, you name it. I've sat in Fenway at a Yankees/Red Sox game, Wrigley to see the Cubs and the White Sox, inter league, inter-division, intra-division, keep going...
But just the absolute worst fans I have ever encountered are Mets fans. And here's why...
I'm sitting at Yankee Stadium tonight with my wife and behind us and next to us are some of the most obnoxious idiots you could ever see. Forget about the fact that they couldn't get enough beer into themselves during the 1 hour rain delay, but sitting there, from start to finish, I heard the most ridiculous statements said with such conviction that I just couldn't believe my ears. I wish I could repeat them to you , but after hearing that Paul LoDuca was the best hitting catcher in the majors, my brain just shut down.
But wait, there's more....and here's where it just shows the type of character that Mets fans have...I'm sitting there quietly taking my lumps as the Mets go up 4-0 in the second inning pushing Jaret Wright out of the game. These guys are just going crazy. And you know what? Totally cool. Root your team on. But then in the bottom of the inning, Jorge Posada leads it off with a solo shot and these guys begin to berate him, I think his mom, and the rest of the Yankees. I get poked in the back a few times, nothing major, just some razzing. I'm cool with a little razzing.
Bottom of the third, zero outs, first and second, and these clowns start yelling to walk Jason Giambi, to load the bases to get to A-Rod. Seriously...."Load the bases! Walk him! We want A-rod!" We want a guy who consistently hits 40 homers a year.....yeah, load the bases. Morons. But here it comes....A-rod walks to the plate and one of the clowns behind me says "2 to 1 that he strikes out!" I don't respond. "Yeah , cuz everyone knows he's so clutch; that's why they won't take it. 2 to 1 that he strikes out." So I turn around and I say, "I'll take that. 10 bucks?" Gotta keep it small and reasonable, for his sake. He says, "Done." And shakes on it.
Well wouldn't you know it, with 2 strikes on him and this guy yelling in my ear that I better get my money ready, A-rod clubs a grand slam to give the Yankees a lead they would never relinquish. So I turn around with a little smile and this dude is slumped in his chair and starts reaching for his money. He pulls out a small handful of bills and starts counting. Maybe one five dollar bill with like 7 singles. He fumbles around for a few seconds and politely I wave him off. "Don't worry about it," I say. "You can just grab me a beer." Nice, right? Go from $20 to an overpriced $7.75 beer. Very generous on my part considering he didn't even have the twenty bucks to pay up.
So what do they do? They sit for the rest of the inning. They linger for a bit, ask me what I was drinking and then go into the tunnel. Did I see them again? Yes, for a second when I looked back another full inning later when they were standing at the tunnel watching the game. We made eye contact and the dude grabbed his buddy and they ran off. I didn't see them for the rest of the game.
Cowards.
Welchers.
Uninformed idiots.
Typical Mets fans.
I've been to quite a number of baseball games in my day and I've seen and met fans from all over the country. I've been to big rivalry games, interleague games, playoff games, World Series games, you name it. I've sat in Fenway at a Yankees/Red Sox game, Wrigley to see the Cubs and the White Sox, inter league, inter-division, intra-division, keep going...
But just the absolute worst fans I have ever encountered are Mets fans. And here's why...
I'm sitting at Yankee Stadium tonight with my wife and behind us and next to us are some of the most obnoxious idiots you could ever see. Forget about the fact that they couldn't get enough beer into themselves during the 1 hour rain delay, but sitting there, from start to finish, I heard the most ridiculous statements said with such conviction that I just couldn't believe my ears. I wish I could repeat them to you , but after hearing that Paul LoDuca was the best hitting catcher in the majors, my brain just shut down.
But wait, there's more....and here's where it just shows the type of character that Mets fans have...I'm sitting there quietly taking my lumps as the Mets go up 4-0 in the second inning pushing Jaret Wright out of the game. These guys are just going crazy. And you know what? Totally cool. Root your team on. But then in the bottom of the inning, Jorge Posada leads it off with a solo shot and these guys begin to berate him, I think his mom, and the rest of the Yankees. I get poked in the back a few times, nothing major, just some razzing. I'm cool with a little razzing.
Bottom of the third, zero outs, first and second, and these clowns start yelling to walk Jason Giambi, to load the bases to get to A-Rod. Seriously...."Load the bases! Walk him! We want A-rod!" We want a guy who consistently hits 40 homers a year.....yeah, load the bases. Morons. But here it comes....A-rod walks to the plate and one of the clowns behind me says "2 to 1 that he strikes out!" I don't respond. "Yeah , cuz everyone knows he's so clutch; that's why they won't take it. 2 to 1 that he strikes out." So I turn around and I say, "I'll take that. 10 bucks?" Gotta keep it small and reasonable, for his sake. He says, "Done." And shakes on it.
Well wouldn't you know it, with 2 strikes on him and this guy yelling in my ear that I better get my money ready, A-rod clubs a grand slam to give the Yankees a lead they would never relinquish. So I turn around with a little smile and this dude is slumped in his chair and starts reaching for his money. He pulls out a small handful of bills and starts counting. Maybe one five dollar bill with like 7 singles. He fumbles around for a few seconds and politely I wave him off. "Don't worry about it," I say. "You can just grab me a beer." Nice, right? Go from $20 to an overpriced $7.75 beer. Very generous on my part considering he didn't even have the twenty bucks to pay up.
So what do they do? They sit for the rest of the inning. They linger for a bit, ask me what I was drinking and then go into the tunnel. Did I see them again? Yes, for a second when I looked back another full inning later when they were standing at the tunnel watching the game. We made eye contact and the dude grabbed his buddy and they ran off. I didn't see them for the rest of the game.
Cowards.
Welchers.
Uninformed idiots.
Typical Mets fans.
posted by Howard Bender at
1:24 AM
