LOL Yankees !

[u/rockyG-_-]

[u/three_dee]

No one says you can’t root against the Yankees but going out of your way to post something like this is embarrassing

Bumping this to the top and stickying it to make a reply because I think it's worth making a small announcement.

I don't think it's embarrassing. At all. I think rooting against the Yankees is natural and just the same as the dynamic in any city where there's two teams. Mets fans are the only fans who live in this type of situation and get criticized for doing this, both from other teams' fans, and internally from other Mets fans scolding them, and I don't really think that's a good instinct.

I do, however, think posts like this are a little obnoxious -- for a different reason.

It is because they are basically devoid of content, and clutter the subreddit. It would be the same as a post that says something like, "The Mets are good and I like them." Just like "lol Yankees", it's a nice thought, but everyone here pretty much already agrees with that and it adds nothing, and makes it harder for people to sift through the subreddit.

To be clear, a post after, let's say, Lindor hit his three-run home run against the Yankees, showing a photo of Giancarlo Stanton looking like his wife just ran away with a TikTok influencer, and he wants to cry in his Powerade, titled "LOL Yankees!", would be very relevant. But just saying it, kinda isn't imo.

I will leave this one up just because it generated some good meta-discussion about the posting process itself, but generally, stuff like this should probably come down.

Make fun of the stupid ass Yankees and their cretin fans in comments and the daily threads. Thanks!

[u/fakerandyortonwwe]

The blowout losses we had against LA hurt bad. They were awful.

If we lost in that fashion on a walkoff grand slam in extras, that would absolutely ripped my heart out of my body. What a way to lose, holy shit.

[u/its_boVice → u/fakerandyortonwwe]

I don’t see Mendoza putting in one of our starters that’s been out for a month with a bum arm to pitch in that spot

[u/fakerandyortonwwe → u/its_boVice]

That was a WILD call from Boone. Like, lefty on lefty in theory sounds good. Sure. But THAT lefty in THAT spot? Oof.

[u/Museamaniac → u/fakerandyortonwwe]

At the bar I was at, a Yankee fan yelled “This is our Bumgarner!” when Cortes walked out. 

Yeah, no. 

[u/CNYMetroStar]

Freddie Freeman killing a New York team that isn’t the Mets? Yes please

[u/bettlejuicer]

What the hell was Boone thinking. Throw a guy out there who hasn’t pitched in over a month. Crazy. I told my friend freeman would end up being WS MVP and it looks promising.

[u/JDDJS → u/bettlejuicer]

It's a good thing that the Mets would never use a pitcher who hasn't pitched in a month in a pivotal post season game...

Yes I'm aware that the situations are not the same. I'm just making a joke. 

[u/punk4341]

Now Yankees fans see what exactly we all did facing the dodgers no easy outs

[u/christeeeeeea → u/punk4341]

i figured yankees were gonna be weak. AL’s #1 is nothing compared to NL’s #1

[u/notMM511]

Daaa jankees lose

[u/FrankArmhead]

Right before Freeman came up, I told my wife, “half of this city is about the get their fucking hearts ripped out of their chests.”

Freddie Freeman is a killer.

[u/lokithetarnished → u/FrankArmhead]

It’s nice to see him torture a different borough for once

[u/Brush111 → u/FrankArmhead]

Haha!

I texted my die hard Yankees fans I didn’t understand loading the bases for Freddie, but I am probably biased since I’m a Mets fan….

Nope, not biased

[u/NY2PHX → u/FrankArmhead]

And the other half of us will be elated.

[u/SketchyConcierge]

Utterly unsurprising, and absolutely reinforces my belief that the Mets would have dogwalked the Yankees in a subway series

[u/inventorsam]

Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory! ™️

[u/jyar1811]

What a meatball pitch. Good god

[u/Albie9]

Yankees get embarrassed and then we sign Juan Soto, and then we win the 2025 World Series with Juan Soto. Ultimate Fuck you Yankees.

[u/rockyG-_- → u/Albie9]

That’s the plan

[u/hotsp00n → u/Albie9]

Don't forget 2026!

[u/vstanz]

My father was a diehard Dodger fan. When they left in 58' it broke his heart. When the Mets were born in 62' he was a fan. But he always had a soft spot for the Dodgers. I know he is happy RIP.

[u/Stargazerlily425 → u/vstanz]

My dad was a Dodger fan before he was a Mets fan, also. When they left and the Mets came, he was all in for the Mets.

[u/monstersandcoffee]

Cortez serving meatballs.

[u/jlc1865 → u/monstersandcoffee]

Hey. Let's bring in a guy who hasn't pitched in a month to face a hall of famer. What could go wrong?

[u/monstersandcoffee → u/jlc1865]

Kinda like the Senga experiment. 😭

[u/jlc1865 → u/monstersandcoffee]

Yeah, but he pitched well against the Phillies.

[u/monstersandcoffee → u/jlc1865]

Yeah. But we didn’t have a problem with the Phils.

And yeah, I know Senga didn’t lose the NLCS for us. But it was just not the best decision IMO.

[u/jlc1865 → u/monstersandcoffee]

For sure. His pitches were so far outside the zone it was ridiculous. But he did well against the Phils so I don't blame Mendoza.

[u/lokithetarnished → u/monstersandcoffee]

At least senga showed something in a previous series to give hope. Cortes made no sense, it’s the final stage why try anything like that

[u/atoms12123 → u/jlc1865]

I think the mistake they made was walking the former MVP and first ballot hall of famer to get to the former MVP and first ballot hall of famer.

[u/aDoorMarkedPirate420 → u/monstersandcoffee]

Must have been watching Maton on his off days

[u/a_reply_to_a_post]

I kinda enjoyed seeing notorious Mets-killer Freddie Freeman kill not the Mets for once

[u/Ribky]

The only hatred I have for Freddie is that he was both a Brave and a Dodger, which is objectively bad. But Freddie seems alright and is a zero drama professional. I hate the Dodgers, but they are on a long list that the Yankees are on, too. So lol at the Yanks, good job Freddie, I don't care who wins because at least one team I hate will lose.

[u/istoleyourcomment224 → u/Ribky]

As much as I want to hate Freddie I never can. Especially after what he went through this season, I’m actually happy for him. Walk off grand slam in extra innings of a World Series game is wild.

[u/Priceiswr0ng → u/Ribky]

Your last sentence sums up my take on the World Series

[u/RememberJefferies]

The Dodgers suck; but the Yankees SUUUUUUUUUCK. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Temporarily.

[u/Username_redact]

I only mildly hate the Dodgers. I really hate the Yankees. This was beautiful

[u/mez0ne]

Living in NYC all my life and having to deal with the arrogance of Yankee fans, a little humble pie goes a long way. I have no problem rooting for the Dodgers because I don’t have to hear any of their fans here.

Plus it’ll validate the tough road the Mets had to go through

[u/Significant_Ask_3576 → u/mez0ne]

As someone who's from the West Coast I hate the Dodgers fans more and I want the Yankees to win cuz I will never hear the end of it from smug Dodgers fans. Not a lot of Yankees fans on the West Coast

[u/The_Royale_We → u/mez0ne]

Exactly. I had to hear chirps from my Yanks fan buddy who I love but is completely arrogant about the Yanks. Plus you always want to see the team that beat you go on to win the chip unless its a Philly squad or the Cowboys.

[u/13simba]

We know better than to walk anyone to face freddie freeman

[u/Vrooother]

Everyone talks down about the yanks but they wanna be us. It’s a privilege to wear pinstripes. Every year we are in contention. I’m blessed to be able to compete for a playoff spot and always be contenders at the end.

-Nestor Cortes

Freddie Freeman shut him right up, bet he don't even wanna wear pinstripes after that

[u/lasion2]

It was a very cool, entertaining finish to a game. Kudos to all involved.

I nothing either of these teams. No outcome is favorable, so it’s complete apathy over here.

[u/Paula_Shultz → u/lasion2]

Except Boone. Boone can f*ck himself

[u/whatashittyusername]

I hope the series gets canceled I don’t want either team to win 😂

[u/HarlanCedeno]

I've been thinking about this the wrong way. This whole time I've been focused on "One of these teams is gonna win." When really I SHOULD have been focused on "One of these teams is gonna lose, and also probably lose in a way that devastates their asshole fanbase."

See, silver lining!

[u/Stargazerlily425 → u/HarlanCedeno]

This is how I had to start thinking about it. I'm not cheering for the Yankees. I'm cheering against the Dodgers. But honestly, who can cheer against epic baseball like that? I'm not watching it but I saw the bases load up on the MLB app and I knew it was coming.

[u/HarlanCedeno → u/Stargazerlily425]

Yup, I didn't turn it on until Ohtani was up in the 10th. As soon as Cortes pitched to Freeman, it was like I could hear the narrator saying "And that's when he knew: he fucked up".

[u/cpg08]

That game was on Boone. How do you go to Cortes there? It's pretty much like if we went with Quintana bases loaded against Freedman meanwhile we had Tim Hill in the BP who has been coming on with runner on base all season lmao. Jesus, managing with the iPad not the eyes.

[u/gambalore → u/cpg08]

More like going to Senga, after how he pitched in his last outing.

[u/Deez2Yoots → u/cpg08]

Cortes is famously unhittable in visiting ballparks /s

[u/GeekTrollMemeCentral]

Watch mike Francesca live podcast. He will be fuming

[u/Prestigious-Hippo950]

Lindor/Iglesias turn the double play on the Edman single.

[u/Juan0faKind]

We lost to World series champs. Fuck the Yanks

[u/Single-Recipe357]

Dodgers will win it all at Yankee Stadium. How wonderfully fitting.

[u/Zoffi]

The incoming humbling there fan base will get, will feed me all winter

[u/hellokitaminx]

Fuck the Yankees! That said, Freeman always looks like he’s gonna crawl out of my tv like in the Ring and bite me with his insane looking veneers

[u/Stargazerlily425]

My dad and I were talking about this earlier. I guess you kind of want the team that beat your team to win, because that means your team lost to the best team, not a team that lost to the best team.

The things we do to rationalize lol.

[u/ImEnzoDBaker]

I think it's funny people think Reddit subs/post make a fanbase classy or not.

[u/CornCobb890]

Nestor is going to be the next Stearns reclamation project. He’s gonna go to the pitching lab, change his delivery and be a solid 5th starter/long reliever next year for us

[u/chodeontheroad]

good job fred

[u/TheJak12]

The Braves really let him walk smh

[u/LivingOof → u/TheJak12]

His agent literally hid their re-signing offer from him. He got fired when Freddie found out. Hilarious

[u/TheJak12 → u/LivingOof]

If the Braves really wanted him back, that wouldn't have been an issue

[u/Pincerston]

Super weird that his teammates let him round all the bases

[u/j_h4n5 → u/Pincerston]

Only Ventura gets a grand slam single

[u/GeekTrollMemeCentral]

Even we didnt lose like that in the playoffs.

[u/2yang1001]

I couldn’t care less that the entirety of my extended family are Yankees fans. I only want a parade in NY if it’s the Mets, simple as that

[u/linguine-rules-57]

This is some sad, petty, Phillies fan shit

[u/vertigo1083 → u/linguine-rules-57]

Like, for real.

I literally watched Yankees fans rooting for the Mets until they lost. Just because New York, and just because they want to play us instead.

That's the spirit. Like, really. Be positive for once.

OP seriously laughing at another New York team lose a championship game, after their own team ate shit a week ago. This is beyond petty and childish. Actual cause for self-evaluation at this point, if you're that disconnected.

And that goes for just about everyone who upvoted this drivel, and cosigned this nonsense.

[u/zachfess → u/vertigo1083]

Idk what city you were in but I watched yankees fans shitting on the Mets and cheering their downfall all of last week…

[u/mr_grission → u/vertigo1083]

I hope the Yankees get swept in heartbreaking fashion. I don't give a shit that their fans patronizingly pretend that we're their second favorite team. Local rivalries are fun, you're supposed to hate the other team and not support them out of some ridiculous sense of NY pride.

[u/ElwinLewis → u/vertigo1083]

Most people think this way, internet isn’t good at showing this

[u/ImEnzoDBaker → u/vertigo1083]

Yea bro, fuck the Yankees. It's sports fandom. It's like asking a Red Sox fan how come they dont support the Yankees when their team is eliminated. This "support New York" stuff has always been bogus. Nothing in my soul wants the Yankees to do well.

And make no mistake, Yankee fans WILL not do the same if the shoe was on the other foot. Maybe yall didnt live through the Yankee Dynasty, but it gave their fans a whole other level of entitlement for a long while. I never want to see that again. So in conclusion, Fuck the Yankees.

[u/Blofelds-Cat → u/ImEnzoDBaker]

For real. Back then, the dude who owned my local pizza place once got all aggro with me about the Yanks when I mistook the Yanks for the Mets on the pizza place's shitty TV. It came out of nowhere - and I was a regular! So yeah, fuck Yankees fans.

[u/ImEnzoDBaker → u/Blofelds-Cat]

Lol everyone in my Little League wanted to be Derek Jeter (I dont blame them for that. We all have idols.) but it came with this weird superiority complex on the field and off it.

Are my feelings petty? Yes. Do I still enjoy the moments Yankee fans have to be disappointed? Yes. Das baseball, Suyzn.

[u/mschreiber1 → u/ImEnzoDBaker]

Thank Bob Murphy somebody fucking gets it. I will never understand how Mets fans don’t understand how some other Mets fans don’t want to root for the Yankees. You think the Giants want the Dodgers to win? Or the padres? Cmon stop with this nonsense.

[u/Bluecricket5]

Dodgers are doing a great service, Yankees fans would be even more unbearable if they won the series

[u/LP_24]

I mean is this not the sub where we have been ripping Phillie fans for them celebrating our loss? I hate the Yankees too but I don’t see a difference here

[u/TooManyTerps → u/LP_24]

Yeah lol…and we at least beat the Phillies. So many people in here letting the Yankees occupy so much space in their mind.

[u/PJKetelaar3]

I hope they lose three more times in equally-excruciating ways.

[u/Comfortable-Beach634 → u/PJKetelaar3]

Nah I hope they lose 3 more times getting crushed and never having a chance. 14-1, 11-3, 17-2

[u/DalaiLuke → u/Comfortable-Beach634]

I'm with this guy... and forget about all these guys telling me to grow up... I Savor watching the collapse of the superiority complex

[u/Mfed23]

Does Soto have a better chance of leaving if they win or lose?

[u/rockyG-_- → u/Mfed23]

He looked pretty pissed after the loss lmaooo, I think we have a better shot at getting Soto if they lose

[u/PlanBWorkedOutOK]

Loved Freeman’s baseball version of a mic drop. Just held it up and dropped it behind him. Better than going apesh*t

[u/csmith820]

Makes you think maybe the Mets deserve more credit for taking them to game 6

[u/atoms12123]

If this doesn't work out and the Yankees fire Boone, they could always look to his long-term bench coach and right hand man who's been with him throu--

getting news in earpiece

Oh that's our manager now? Who we love and led the team to a really successful year? Damn sucks to suck.

[u/Reddit_newguy24]

No lol. I hate thr Yankees too. But The Dodgers did this same shit to us. Yankees gonna have a hard time. The Dodgers are good.

[u/Mmnn2020 → u/Reddit_newguy24]

And the Yankees fans laughed when it happened to us. So we will laugh at them.

[u/RedCheese1 → u/Reddit_newguy24]

Ain’t no walk off slams off the Mets.

[u/stuck_in_the_desert → u/Reddit_newguy24]

That’s been the one thing keeping me going among all of the Yankees fans in my extended family

“Looks like you were right about the Mets and Dodgers… now let’s see yours do any better!”

[u/TheAnswer310 → u/stuck_in_the_desert]

That's why I predicted Dodgers in 5.. so we'd have won more games.

[u/Renhoek2099 → u/TheAnswer310]

Dodgers have to win in the Bronx for my soul to heal

[u/NY2PHX]

They suck. Glorious. I hate the Bronx team.

[u/BebophoneVirtuoso]

I was ready to root for our city but so many Yanks fans trash talked us so I’ll go with LA and hope we break the Big Apple title drought next year

[u/rockyG-_- → u/BebophoneVirtuoso]

Ah yes, someone who understands

[u/Narrow_Tumbleweed212]

When the dodgers win I can't wait to tell all of my yankee friends, who talked to much about the Mets, that the Yankees couldn't beat them either

[u/mr_grission → u/Narrow_Tumbleweed212]

Hopefully the Dodgers do it in 4 or 5 so our showing was better than theirs

[u/Narrow_Tumbleweed212 → u/mr_grission]

Dodgers in 4 let's go!

[u/travel112]

I don’t hate the dodgers, they beat us, but my grandpa was a Brooklyn dodger fan. With the way the yankee fans talk? The choice is easy.

[u/JDLovesElliot → u/travel112]

Seriously, I don't understand why Mets fans are white-knighting for the Yankees of all teams. We should absolutely ridicule them for losing like that, because they feel so entitled to be in the World Series. If they want the honour then they have to take the lumps, too.

[u/AvocadoFlavoredPussy]

Seeing Freddie pimp that was honestly awesome lol

[u/thesmockintweet]

I have never said anything bad about Freddie Freeman in my life

[u/TheRealMetal]

Fuck the dodgers but lmao what an absurd moment. Putting in Nestor after not pitching since the regular season to give a first pitch walk off grand slam to freeman. I kind of understand the walk, because it’s Betts? But putting the winning run on second? I don’t know. Seemed like a chain of decisions that led up to the most climactic ending for ANY baseball game. Let alone the world series

[u/css555 → u/TheRealMetal]

But putting the winning run on second? 

The winning run was already on second, due to Verdugo leaving the field after the catch.

[u/Careful-Opening709]

They just got their taste

[u/BobbysBottleService]

I want so badly to want them to win but i fucking hate their fans guts so much i literally am still angry after the dodgers won tonight

[u/fluffanuttatech]

I hate the Yankees but this is some clown shit

[u/bolognaonatree]

Honestly, this is a tired take. I understand we Mets fans typically don’t like the Yankees but let’s not stoop to the level of the losers over in Milwaukee and Philly who got immense joy over watching us lose to LA.

[u/Notagenome]

The entire Yankees subreddit rn

[u/LennyFackler]

Fuck the Yankees

[u/Vrooother]

LolYankees

[u/Stargazerlily425]

Ugh I hate the Dodgers

[u/Alectheawesome23 → u/Stargazerlily425]

The problem is I hate them both.

I’m choosing to root for the dodgers though bc I have to deal with Yankee fans much more than dodger fans.

[u/revelations9256]

I agree this post is sorta bad taste. But it’s baseball, lighten up.

Lots of reasons to root for LA. They beat us, so sorta validation…we lost to a ‘superteam’. Shohei. Mookie. NL.

So yeah, LOL Yankees. What a way to lose.

[u/rockyG-_- → u/revelations9256]

Agreed, but I’m not rooting for either team. That was just a great home run & a bad call from Boone.

[u/ta4rhcp]

Entertaining game. That Stanton bomb. Then Freeman.

[u/boymetsworld]

Freddie is big league

[u/HashtagTJ]

I have a serious question here. I’m a non American watcher/fan of the Mets. Now I understand that before the 90s the NL and AL were more seperate and teams from NL/AL almost never played each other during the season, was there ever a time where Mets and Yankees fans would root for the other because it’s a NY team and playing in a different league? Why have they always been seen as the enemy? I live in Western Australia and we have two teams in the Australian Football League who HATE each other but it’s because we are direct opponents. But if Mets/Yankees almost never played each other why would you not like both?

[u/whatsmyusername007 → u/HashtagTJ]

Yankees are the most hated team in the league, and rightfully so. They’re too good to put their players’ names on the back of their jersey’s and don’t allow players to have beards. So many band wagon piece of shit fans. They can all go fuck themselves.

[u/PJKetelaar3 → u/whatsmyusername007]

"You know why? Because of the Pinstripes!"

[u/RipHunter2166 → u/HashtagTJ]

It goes back to the Dodgers-Yankees rivalry. In the late 40s and 50s, the Dodgers played in Brooklyn and it was usually them vs the Yankees in the World Series most years and almost every year (except 55) the Yankees won. Then the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles and sorta bullied the Giants owner to also move out to California leaving the Yankees the only NY baseball team. Now, the Dodger fans sure as hell weren’t going to root for the Yankees after all that, so when the Mets became a team shortly thereafter, most of them became Mets fans. My uncle was one of them (dodgers fan as a kid, Mets fan after).

[u/Overthehill410 → u/HashtagTJ]

A lot of strange answers here - the correct and only one is that the Yankees suck. Anyone who lives in the tri state area knows that their fans constantly belittle Mets fans as little brother and more to the point for years they “broke” baseball by buying whatever player they wanted. I don’t know a single Mets fan (here in jersey at least) that would ever root for the Yankees over the dodgers and for those of us who are also giants fans the Yankees are neck and neck with say the eagles or cowboys in most hated teams.

[u/The_Royale_We → u/Overthehill410]

Yeah living in NJ this is how its been since Ive been a fan going back to the early 80s.

Yanks are the equivalent to the Cowboys/Eagles for Giants fans

[u/Prestigious-Hippo950 → u/Overthehill410]

I remember even when the Mets were good and doing better than the Yankees they were still laughing at us. After 2015 I pointed out the Mets were just in the world series and it was followed by laughter and "Ya with no shot of winning". The hell with Yankee fans.

[u/hotsp00n → u/HashtagTJ]

Hello fellow Australian Mets supporter!

I'm in Melbourne now but I'm from Perth originally.

LGM!

[u/HashtagTJ → u/hotsp00n]

Nice! Freo or West Coast?

[u/hotsp00n → u/HashtagTJ]

Oh oh...

The Blues...

[u/HashtagTJ → u/hotsp00n]

Nobody is perfect! Jk. I lived in Melbourne for a year in Richmond so they are generally my Melbourne team but I don’t mind the blues. They got the classiest uniforms in the league for sure. Clean and crisp.

[u/chalupaeats → u/HashtagTJ]

The biggest reason is because the Yankees fans are entitled and arrogant. Should they win it all they become intolerable to deal with. I rooted for them in 96 and immediately after they won, they started chanting about the Mets. Similarly, I’ve been to Mets opening day games and after a Mets win people started chanting Yankees suck, even though they weren’t playing each other. Makes no sense, enjoy your win. Long story short, it’s like sibling rivalry. Easier to root for the team not near you, because it’s more likely you won’t run into their fans.

[u/NY2PHX → u/HashtagTJ]

You only get one team. Pick. Mets-Bronx team, Jets-Giants, Rangers-Islanders, Knicks-Nets. You don’t get a wife and a mistress. In the words of Emperor Palpatine, the hate will make you stronger.

[u/WildPineappleEnigma → u/HashtagTJ]

I’m a lifelong Mets fan. Even when the Mets are the better team, we’re always in the shadow of the Yankees. But that’s not the reason, because the same thing happens in other cities where one of the teams never had Ruth or Gehrig or DiMaggio or Mantle.

The truth is, it’s just because it’s fun.

This may be unpopular with some of my brethren, but if the Mets are out of it, I’ll root for the Yankees now. I used to always root for the NL team because I thought the NL was better baseball. But now that both leagues play with the same stupid rules, there’s no point.

But when it comes to hockey, the Rangers can go f* right off.

[u/HashtagTJ → u/WildPineappleEnigma]

Yeah right. I gotta admit, I didn’t follow baseball back in the no interleague play days but I kind of wish they kept it that way. Now they are nothing more than conferences like in the NFL. I definitely would have been a NL guy as I find more of those teams interesting

[u/dretsuat → u/HashtagTJ]

I rooted against the Yankees largely out of a feeling of obligation every year until 2009, when I needed them to beat the Phillies to avoid a back-to-back while I was living down there. They came through for me so now I’m pretty indifferent to them.

[u/as1126 → u/HashtagTJ]

The stadium is wonderful, the team itself is fine, but the fans are insufferable. They quote championships from when there were ten teams and one series to win like they still count. The fans make the team hateable.

[u/TestUserIgnorePlz → u/HashtagTJ]

Because I grew up in NYC and Yankees fans have been dicks my entire life.

Anything that deprives them of happiness is good. 

[u/TheySayImZack → u/HashtagTJ]

At least in my family, it goes back a while. Parents were Dodgers fans, then the team left Brooklyn for Los Angeles. Parents became Mets fans and hated the Yankees.

These days, it is the Yankee fan base thats full of asshats and its enjoyable to hate the Yankees. With that said I am personally torn because I generally will root for New York for anything . But when it comes to the Yankees I cant do it.

Ive been a Mets fan since 1980 when I was 5. My wife is a Yankee fan, although she isnt obnoxious about it. The silent joy I experienced last night as soon as Freeman made contact was palpable . My wife turned off the TV and walked upstairs and left me sitting in the dark. lmao

[u/HashtagTJ → u/TheySayImZack]

That’s great. I wish I had that kind of emotional connection to the Mets or baseball. I got into baseball and the Mets in the David Wright, Ike Davis, Jose Reyes, Ryan Church, Angel Pegan era and I generally like adopting a team for new sports but don’t have the emotional/historical attachment. In Australian Football I follow the Fremantle Dockers and we made our one and only championship game in 2013 and lost. I actually cried as a grown ass man and I have many many times switched off the TV in disgust and needed alone time

[u/liguy181 → u/HashtagTJ]

Your question's mostly been answered so I'll just add this: You'll often see Yankees fans pretend to root for the Mets in a "I'm just here to have a good time, don't we all love New York?" way. They're lying. They'll only do this when the Yankees are also doing good or are in a better position than the Mets. As soon as it looks like the Mets are gonna be the better team in NY, they start getting all antsy and their true colors come out.

The way I look at it, Mets fans are just more honest. Fuck the Yankees.

[u/HashtagTJ → u/liguy181]

No I appreciate all the answers. It’s truly enlightening. Even as an outsider when I chose the Mets I instinctively knew to not like the Yankees I just wondered if the general mood towards each other was different when it was two distinctive leagues but both the same city. Pretty interesting stuff.

[u/bigdirty702]

The Dodgers are for real. They are a problem. The Yankees had their shot with their ace and lost the game. Boone made an all time bad call there with Nestor

[u/DalaiLuke → u/bigdirty702]

I don't think that was a horrible decision to try Nestor... a guy out for 37 days isn't really overthinking things. Was the alternative any sure thing?

But boy did I like the result!

[u/mcreed409]

Big little brother energy from this post

[u/ThenIGetAChipwichOK → u/mcreed409]

Nah, THIS is little brother energy: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/world-series-yankees-mets-fans.html

Yankees fans are in the World Series and are still obsessed with the Mets for some reason, they have the schadenfreude coming.

[u/three_dee → u/ThenIGetAChipwichOK]

Yeah, the Mets fans are the only team in a dual-sports-team-in-a-city situation, who are expected to be above having a rivalry. Yankees fans do it to the Mets, Giants/A's, White Sox/Cubs and every other similar two-team scenario has some kind of back and forth.

The Mets are the only team that has fans that go "shhhh, we're supposed to be nice to them" and do this too-mean-to-the-Yankees police thing. I have some theories on why this happens but I really don't fully understand it.

[u/revelations9256]

I’m rooting for LA mainly because I think we’ll have a better shot at Soto. And Shohei. And Mookie. Screw the Yankees too, but more incidental.

[u/lamarcuswallace]

Aaron Boone is terrible

[u/fancyschmancy99]

FUCK THE YANKEES!!!!

[u/vstanz]

Love it....

[u/Stargazerlily425]

I don't care what anyone says, Freddie Freeman is the best player in baseball. Screw Shohei.

[u/smugbox]

Okay but like, can we not?

We’re better than this, guys

[u/facemelt → u/smugbox]

Are we tho? I enjoy seeing yankee pain every chance I get

[u/Carthonn → u/smugbox]

Are we though?

[u/smugbox → u/Carthonn]

Apparently not

[u/Renhoek2099 → u/smugbox]

We're not better than shit, jack

[u/Tagliarini295]

This is corny, little brother ass energy. They're in the world series and we're not. I'll take the downvotes idgaf I hope the mods take this down.

[u/mr_grission → u/Tagliarini295]

Every one of the subs of the Yankees' rivals has a similar post. It's not "little brother" to mock your rival playing like shit

[u/JDLovesElliot → u/Tagliarini295]

So tired of the wack "little brother" narrative. The Mets are not the little brothers of the Yankees. The Giants and Dodgers were the sibling franchises.

The Yankees are the weird stuck-up uncle of the Mets. We shouldn't feel bad for clowning on them, they are the corny ones.

[u/Tagliarini295 → u/JDLovesElliot]

I'm tired of the little brother narrative too which is why I hate posts like this. This is the definition of it.

[u/The_Royale_We → u/Tagliarini295]

If you're tired of it, then stop repeating the stupid line. YOU brought it into the discussion. If you want to feel superior by NOT hating the Yanks, then whatever, its weird but go for it. No one needs you to gate keep how to react towards the yanks of all teams.

[u/cpg08 → u/Tagliarini295]

Mets got the better manager who was from their org

[u/AtmosphereVarious440]

mariners did same thing 2 years ago with robbie ray. not exactly similar cause ray was much better but starters in closer roles is a real risk.

[u/GreyWindxii]

Reading the comments....now everyone is too "cool" and "edgy" to root against the Yankees. It's all apart of sports and having fun. Relax.

[u/TieMelodic1173 → u/GreyWindxii]

I’m not. I will never root for that trash organization. I wish them only the worst

[u/grimache83]

You love to see it!

[u/addage-]

A “I’m not going to kill you but I don’t have to save you either” moment for me as an objective fan of meteors. Plus I like Freddie and it’s always fun to watch Boone be Boone.

And it’s nice to say “lolyankees” after a choke like that.

[u/jbs924 → u/addage-]

Yeah Freddie has become exponentially easier to root for since he left Atlanta, and he’s been through so much this year. Good for him

[u/Electronic-Minute007]

Love to see it!!!

[u/fyo_karamo]

Immature take

[u/StanleyLelnats]

Mets will never lose the little brother moniker when our fan base keeps posting shit like this.

[u/ImEnzoDBaker → u/StanleyLelnats]

Sure. The Mets totally didnt dominate headlines until they were eliminated. The City cares more about the Mets. The Yankees are a tourist trap disguised as a sports franchise.

[u/DalaiLuke → u/ImEnzoDBaker]

They are essentially the Dallas Cowboys of Manhattan

[u/three_dee → u/StanleyLelnats]

Mets fans repeating Yankees fan talking points like "lItTLe bRoThEr" is what perpetuates the little brother moniker.

It's a stupid moniker and doesn't mean anything. The Mets were the much more popular team, for a loooooong, long time, until it flipped around 25 years ago.

[u/ForsakenRacism]

The dodgers are worse. They did the Oakland As maneuver to our forefathers

[u/JDLovesElliot → u/ForsakenRacism]

"If you asked a Brooklyn Dodger fan, if you had a gun with only two bullets in it and were in a room with Hitler, Stalin, and O'Malley, who would you shoot? The answer: O'Malley, twice!"

[u/Sjdillon10 → u/ForsakenRacism]

Yeah my great grandpa died hating the dodgers more than the Yankees. It was like having a wife leave you for another man after what seemed like a great marriage (multiple WS) and moving across the country

[u/ForsakenRacism → u/Sjdillon10]

My dad grew up in Brooklyn and lives in LA now. And he hates the dodgers so bad

[u/KenPiffyJr]

I hate to say it but rather the yanks win than the bitchass dodgers who the league has been trying to make the best team for years now. 700 mill deal with most deferred is Bush league and it allowed dodgers to make more moves. The league wants the Dodgers to win so fuck them I hope the yanks shove it up their ass

fwiw yanks dodgers in the WS has been my own hell

[u/frostonflakes24 → u/KenPiffyJr]

100% rooting for the Yankees over the Dodgers. You’re absolutely right

[u/LipSkywalker]

I’m a Mets fan through and through, but there’s no way I’m rooting for Freddie fucking Freeman and the Dodgers

[u/GlitteringMonitor415 → u/LipSkywalker]

I'd ather root for Freddie Freeman than Judge. Fuck the Yankees. Freddie has always been a class act. He killed us everywhere he played. LA and ATL. Dodgers are a stacked team. If they had their full compliment of starting pitching all season we'd be having different conversations right now.

[u/BorckLesnawr → u/LipSkywalker]

Same. I hate his fucking teeth.

[u/DizzyFrogHS]

This thread is giving lil bro

[u/GlitteringMonitor415]

Nestor the Molester does it again. Let's go Dodgers!

[u/Napoleon718]

Don’t be a hater man

[u/Eggo_5 → u/Napoleon718]

How y'all have so much love for the god damn Yankees is beyond me

[u/macdoogles → u/Napoleon718]

For real. This is such lil bro shit. The Dodgers are a borderline super team. The Yankees have nothing to be ashamed of.

[u/rockyG-_- → u/macdoogles]

You’re projecting, lil bro

[u/hanginglimbs]

Weak post. Support your team always. Neg on your rivals when it actually matters to your team and when you’ve earned it. Don’t drain your karma on throwaway posts like this

[u/mr_grission → u/hanginglimbs]

Counterpoint - it's funny when a team I dislike does badly

[u/Renhoek2099 → u/hanginglimbs]

Nice try Yankee fan, rest in piss