Deadspin: mets

Mets Fans Are A Bunch Of Decrepit Old Dudes, Poll Finds

Tommy Craggs — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:30:26 EDT

Bad news, Mets: Women and anyone younger than 45 hate your guts. It's true! The New York Times took a poll.

The survey of New York residents, conducted by the Times with Cornell University and NY1 News, reveals the following:

Over all, the Yankees have more fans than the Mets citywide by a 9-point margin, with 34 percent of New Yorkers in the city supporting the Yankees, 25 percent favoring the Mets, 34 percent saying they do not have an allegiance to either team, and 6 percent considering themselves fans of both teams.

Demographically, the poll found some differences between Mets and Yankees fans. Women are more likely than men to say they do not support either New York team, but over all, women who are fans are significantly less likely than men to back the Mets.

City baseball fans under the age of 45 favor the Yankees over the Mets by a 2 to 1 margin, but those 45 years of age and older are evenly divided in their support.

In the "shouty dickhead in a replica jersey" demographic, the teams split the vote.

Poll Finds Yankees Win City's Popularity Contest [The New York Times]

Keith Hernandez Chooses The Worst Possible Way To Describe Roberto Clemente

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:15:49 EDT

Clemente. Great ballplayer. Died in a plane crash. How to describe him? If you're Keith Hernandez, living endorsement for the seven-second tape delay, you say the following: "What a great player. And he could fly." Take that, Sterling. [The 'Ropolitans]

Mets Get Swine Flu Scare, Creating Conditions For Tabloid Perfect Storm

Tommy Craggs — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:15:11 EDT

A producer for the Mets television network may have swine flu, and Carlos Beltran and John Maine both have unspecified stomach ailments. Rest assured this story will be handled with measured calm and forbearance by the New York media. Wait, what's that? "Pig Panic"? Never mind. [New York Post]

Unfortunate Ad Placement, New York Mets Edition

Rick Chandler — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:15:27 EST

Well, this can't be good for ticket sales. Couldn't the Mets advertise for tickets on a page with stories about puppies? (Thanks to Matt Leibman) [CNN Money]

The Closer: Vote For Pedro

Rick Chandler — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:00:22 EDT

Notes from a day in baseball:
• 1. Xavier Nady, You're My Hero!. Could it be that the Mets are (gulp!) for real? Pedro Martinez still seems to be at any rate. Even though he was feeling not-so-fresh, P-Marty went 6 2/3 in a 4-3 win over the Braves, whom, the New York Daily News mused today, may have to settle for the wild card. Ha. But for now it cannot be denied that Mr. Met's team owns a 10-2 record — their best start in franchise history, and the best record in baseball. It was Martinez's 200th career victory, making him the seventh active pitcher to get there; sixth, if you don't count David Wells as active.

• 2. You've Got To Have Skills. Albert Pujols has a mission; to ensure that every fan who buys an outfield seat at Busch Stadium (or anywhere, really) gets a baseball. On Monday his two-run home run was all the offense the Cardinals would need in a 2-1 win over the Pirates, but check this out: the blast meant he had homered in four straight at-bats, which tied a major league record.

• 3. There's No %$&@! Crying In Baseball. We love a good expletive-filled tirade; there just aren't many good ones these days with Lou Pineilla and Tommy Lasorda in retirement. Fortunately, Jim Leyland is back after seven years away from the bench, and he laid into his Tigers good on Monday following their 10-2 loss to the Indians. The explosion could be heard outside the clubhouse doo , and included language that would make Dick Cheney blush. Exempt, we imagine, was Detroit's Chris Shelton, whose ninth homer of the season made him the fourth player in baseball history with at least nine home runs over his team's first 13 games.

• 4. Ask Your Doctor If Metamucil Is Right For You. In his first start since turning 40, Greg Maddux went to 3-0 after pitching the Cubs to a 4-1 win over the Dodgers, going eight innings and giving up three hits, walking none. The last Cubs pitcher to appear in a game after his 40th birthday? Anyone? Anyone? Ferguson Jenkins, 1983.

• 5. And The Crowd Goes Wild!. Despite the fact that he looks like your accountant, Mark Loretta lived every kid's dream on Monday, unless that kid was Michael Flatley. Loretta's two-run, two-out home run in the bottom of the ninth gave the Red Sox a 7-6 win over the Mariners in the annual Patriots Day game, colliding with and flattening an ecstatic Drew Barrymore as he rounded the bases (we added that last part).