Losing ain’t fun. The weekend series vs. the Angels certainly did nothing to cheer us up. So, I’m going to ease the pain with a Midwestropolitan favorite, Making Fun Of Other Teams To Distract Us From Thinking About the Mets Problems.
Tonight’s victim is the Florida Marlins, as if they need one more blogger on the bitchin’ internet reminding them about their 1-18 June record. Did I mention that Florida is 1-18 in June? I think that passed futile roughly a week ago. Now it’s just damn impressive.
As a result, Marlins (former) manager Edwin Rodriguez said screw it, and quit before having finished half a season on the job. Nothing against Edwin because I’m sure he’s a great guy who just couldn’t piece it together. But when your manager quits before the All-Star break in his first season (interim doesn’t count), it’s pretty shocking.
But why continue to pick on the Marlins? Because they piss off just about every Mets fan I know. That’s why. More specifically…
- Teal. Nice color, not intimidating or classy. As my colleague said to me earlier tonight, “the teal really pisses me off.” Naturally I asked “why?” to which he replied, “Nothing says we’re named after a lame-ass fish better than the color teal.”
- Their own city knows how lame they are. If that were not the case maybe more than 10k would show up on a Friday night in a city that has fantastic weather.
- The Football stadium. Who does that anymore? I know the Marlins are moving to a new ballpark and all, but only Oakland can get away with having played for such a long time in a football stadium. They’re effing Oakland – it’s an image, baby.
- Nothing sucks more than being a die-hard fan and suffering through a division rival winning two world series as an expansion franchise. The insult is that remarkably, still nobody cares.
On to the future.
I was speaking with Jason about the Marlins vacant managerial position and he mentioned Jack McKeon as a likely candidate. I thought he was messing with me. So I did some extensive research (google) and low and behold, he wasn’t.
For those of you who don’t know, trader Jack won the 2003 World Series with the Marlins. Even more impressively, he won the 2009 World Series of Bridge. No one wants to give up the glory of Bridge master so I can understand any hesitation the old man may have.
But seriously, it’s not Trader Jack (a young man by local standards). It’s just the franchise itself. A place like Oklahoma City for instance would support a baseball team better than Miami ever could. So can we please stop giving Florida teams that no one cares about?
June 20, 2011 at 8:14 am |
I despise the Marlins because
(1)Were they not the ones, along with Washington, that screwed us on more than one occasion at the end of the season ( for a few years ) a few years ago and figuratively speaking danced and snickered on the grave of our season hopes? Correct me if I’m wrong…
Granted, we should NOT have lost some of those games, our fault, BUT the ‘ dancing and singing’ really ticked me off. Really unsportsmanlike.
(2) We have our own problems, so I couldn’t care less about them except to say ‘ Every time we play them we should put our foot on their neck and NEVER let up’ until the series is over. That goes for Washington as well.
Yes, I have a bit of a mean streak when it comes to certain teams…Play fair is what I’m saying, but NEVER LET UP AND NEVER GIVE IN! You can drink beer with them when the series is over : )
June 20, 2011 at 9:21 am |
(1) You are dead on. The Marlins did take pleasure playing the spoilers during the collapses of ’07 and ’08. I am with you in the fact that I don’t feel bad for them. Did Tom mention they were 1-18 in June?
Another reason I don’t feel bad for them: They’re broadcast team is obnoxious. Not in the Yankee “We have 27 championships and want to remind you of that every second” way. More so, in that they strike me as smug and the sound of their play by play guy’s voice is irritating.
(2) Yes, we have our own problems. This post is our way of childishly avoiding them. One thing we both believe in is having fun (and being childish if I am being completely honest here). Sometimes it has to come at the other team’s expense. Especially, when things aren’t going our way. You know what they say….laughter is the best form of medicine
We do have to be concerned with the Nats. They are 8-2 in their last 10 and have tied us for third in the division. Vomit.
June 20, 2011 at 2:02 pm |
to be fair, have you ever been to Miami? teal is freaking EVERYWHERE. not sure they really had a choice on that one, and a Marlin would eff you up if you happened to cross paths with in it a few kilometers out.
with that out of the way, i’ll now join in your disdain for the fish.
June 20, 2011 at 2:26 pm |
Yeah, the Dolphins certainly influenced the teal. Noted on the Marlin effing me up. But the logo makes it look kinda cuddly… just sayin’
June 20, 2011 at 3:28 pm |
“and a Marlin would eff you up if you happened to cross paths with in it a few kilometers out. ”
Nice work 13huntingbears! Quite possibly one of the funnies images I’ve had in a while. The Marlins mascot effing up an unsuspecting Tom.
Did you know Tom has always thought of Mr. Met as a mentor? Not sure if you ever read this one….http://midwestropolitan.com/2011/04/12/what-do-the-mets-do-with-an-unexpected-day-off/
June 20, 2011 at 3:34 pm
Glad you put down the wheelbarrow for a second to come back to us.
June 21, 2011 at 10:57 am
that is a good read. i’m going to start printing up some new t-shirts for Mr. Met. i’m thinking the image of a fiery faced TC, below in bold type:
BOO-YA!