ESPN looks at Giants and Dodgers fans who became Mets fans

I’m a big fan of Mark Simon’s work at ESPN New York…here’s the set-up for an interesting article worth a read.

With both the Giants and Dodgers in town this week, it struck me that it would be interesting to learn about the process by which fans of those two teams in the 1950s became Mets fans.

My father was 11 when the Giants left for San Francisco after the 1957 season and he tried to stay loyal, but he gradually felt the pull of the Mets. The trade of Willie Mays in 1972 solidified it in his mind: “It was something that happened to me without even really thinking about it, it just kind of happened over a period of time and one day I was a Mets fan,” he said the other day.

via Mets Blog – ESPN New York.

The Magic is Elusive « Faith and Fear in Flushing

An excerpt from another masterpiece by Greg Prince.

As for the Mets that 1987 night, they sure looked like 1986. It was as lovely as my new girlfriend: El Sid holding San Fran hitless for five innings; Strawberry, Dykstra and HoJo homering; the Mets winning easily, 8-3. They’d looked mostly dismal up until that Friday night, losing nine of eleven dating back to May 2 the day Tim Raines returned to the Expos from Collusion and treated Jesse Orosco like he was Manny Acosta. It was “still early” and all that, but the Mets of 1987 were clearly off their game. It didn’t make sense to me or to any Mets fan who had grown accustomed to a perfect blend of invincibility and destiny. Now the Mets were just another team…just another lousy team. But then they got this big win against the Giants, they looked like their “old” selves, and maybe this was going to be the turning point.

via The Magic is Elusive « Faith and Fear in Flushing.

Terry buying into idea Mets should Man Up And Play Better?

The fans’ slogan of Man Up And Play Better looks like one Colactus could agree with.

Over at Third Coast Mets Fan, Sparks breaks down Terry’s post-game comments and thinks Terry was about to say “balls” and not in a pitch count way.

This team does need to play better. Runners on third should score. Man Up fellas…and that goes for fans too. Don’t let the opponent’s fans take over your building. Shout them down with a good strong Let’s Go Mets!

Let’s Go Giants chants at Citi Field?

During the game tonight I am hearing Let’s Go Giants chants.

Maybe it’s three guys sitting under the crowd mike?

Is there nobody to shout them down?

Updated: I hunted around Twitter.  Seems a local bar where Giants fans in NYC gather sponsored an outing.  One fan named @jeffstricklin tweeted this pic

All that’s fine but where the heck was the Let’s Go Mets chant????