shea stadium, 1:05 est, pavano vs petey

The Yankees are playing the Mets this weekend (boo, interleague!), and today's the game everyone's been waiting for: Pedro vs the Yankees. Here's how it looks from my little corner of the world:

1. I hate the Mets. I love to hate the Mets! Hating the Mets is like a national pastime for me.

2. I love Pedro Martinez. He's one of the many attractions that ushered me into Red Sox Nation.

3. I really like Willie Randolph, former Yankee, now the Mets manager. I've liked Willie from his playing days in the late 1970s, when I first got into baseball. Plus he's the first African-American manager in New York and I want him to do well.

4. I want the Yankees to lose. The more they lose this year, the happier I am.

5. I especially want the Yankees to be bested by Pedro, for reasons that should be obvious to most baseball fans. (And if you're not a fan, I won't bore you with the explanation.)

6. But I hate the Mets!

What to do?!

Comments

  1. Anonymous22 May 2005 at 21:13

    You know the old expression, "sometimes you've got to take one for the team"?

    Or the other one, "every now and then you have to go against your principles for the greater good."

    (had to do that one recently in letting go of someone from my past in order for her to be able to move on in her life ... 'nough said).

    Yeah. Think you'll be cheering for the Mets this time round. Will be hard, but it is for the greater good due to (a) the reasons you listed and (b) the advancement of the Jays in the standings.

    And since you'll be a Torontonian soon, that really isn't against principle after all. :-)

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  2. Anonymous22 May 2005 at 21:13

    You know the old expression, "sometimes you've got to take one for the team"?

    Or the other one, "every now and then you have to go against your principles for the greater good."

    (had to do that one recently in letting go of someone from my past in order for her to be able to move on in her life ... 'nough said).

    Yeah. Think you'll be cheering for the Mets this time round. Will be hard, but it is for the greater good due to (a) the reasons you listed and (b) the advancement of the Jays in the standings.

    And since you'll be a Torontonian soon, that really isn't against principle after all. :-)

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  3. laura k23 May 2005 at 04:44

    "Think you'll be cheering for the Mets this time round. Will be hard, but it is for the greater good due to (a) the reasons you listed"

    You were correct...

    "and (b) the advancement of the Jays in the standings."

    ...and incorrect. :-)

    "(had to do that one recently in letting go of someone from my past in order for her to be able to move on in her life ... 'nough said)."

    Ugh. That's even harder than rooting for the Mets.

    Pedro was awesome, but the stupid Yankees came back to win.

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  4. laura k23 May 2005 at 04:44

    "Think you'll be cheering for the Mets this time round. Will be hard, but it is for the greater good due to (a) the reasons you listed"

    You were correct...

    "and (b) the advancement of the Jays in the standings."

    ...and incorrect. :-)

    "(had to do that one recently in letting go of someone from my past in order for her to be able to move on in her life ... 'nough said)."

    Ugh. That's even harder than rooting for the Mets.

    Pedro was awesome, but the stupid Yankees came back to win.

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