Ahhh to be a New York sports fan. Not as easy as one might think. For everyone west of Newark, north of Westchester, and east of Bridgeport, New York sports fans suck, largely due to one factor... the New York Yankees. The Yankees win all the time, and their fans are pretty arrogant over that fact, and it rubs most other sports fans the wrong way. But what I discovered when I went away to college is that people seem to think that even if one considers himself a Met fan or a Yankee fan, that when our team isn't playing, we root for the other New York team. Ohh ho ho ho how wrong you could be. Sure, there are a couple who do. But let's get one thing perfectly straight here. True Met fans HATE the Yankees more than any other fan could possiably imagine, and vice versa. A little run down...
Mets / Yankees
As I already discussed... I'm a Mets fan, and I hate the Yankees. Derek Jeter makes me vommit. As crappy a Stadium as Shea is, I'd still much rather see a game there then in the "hollowed grounds" of Yankee Stadium. I've gotten into too many fights to count over this rivalry, the first one being in 2nd grade, the last one being, eh, a couple of weeks ago. My worst sports moment, bar none, was watching Joe Torre get carried off the Shea Stadium field at the end of the 2000 World Series. For some people, just getting to the championship is enough. You wish you'd won, but it's still a great series. You'll wear "National League" or "NFC" champions shirts and hats, whatever. Not in this series... I burned my Mets 2000 National League Champions t-shirt. I never want to see it again. I want them to take down the banner that's on the outfield wall marking the occasion. It's all just a reminder of the time I had to watch Joe Torre carried off the field on Derek Jeter and Roger Clemmens' shoulders, on my home field. Arghhh... still gets me goin' to this day.
Islanders / Rangers
Another hated rivalry. Ahhh what a shame it was when the Rangers finally won the Cup in 1994, ruining one of the greatest chants in sports... 1940. It was so much fun going to Islander/Ranger fans pre-94... You had the Islander fans yelling 1940, followed by the Ranger fans yelling "Potvin Sucks," even though Denis Potvin had retired about 5 years earlier. There are always a lot of fights on the ice durring Islander / Ranger games, but there are even more fights in the stands. Oh and as for the other area hockey team...
... no one really gives a shit about the Devil's.
Giants / Jets
If the Giants and Jets ever met in the Super Bowl, the city might explode. They should just move the game from what ever city in Florida or Arizona straight up to Giants Stadium. And that brings me to another point... I wonder what it's like to be a Jets fan... to drive down Route 3 towards the Meadowlands Sports Complex, do your tailgating, and then make that walk towards the stadium for a home Jets game, looking up, and seeing the name of your biggest rival Tattoeed all over the stadium walls... hooo hooo hahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa...
...ahhhh that must suck
the Knicks
even though the Knicks currrently suck, they're about the only New York team that we all can agree on. 'Cause come on... really now... do you really want to root for the Nets? I don't think so. Even if they do move to Brooklyn or Long Island, like they're supposed to, they'll still always be the red-headed bastard step-child of the Knicks.
So there you go... a nice little run down of sports here in the big city. Hope you get an understanding now of why New York sports fans seem to be arrogant towards other fans. It's not that we dislike your team, we just don't give a crap about your team, 'cause we have enough of a rivalry right here within the borders of the greatest city on earth...
Mets / Yankees
As I already discussed... I'm a Mets fan, and I hate the Yankees. Derek Jeter makes me vommit. As crappy a Stadium as Shea is, I'd still much rather see a game there then in the "hollowed grounds" of Yankee Stadium. I've gotten into too many fights to count over this rivalry, the first one being in 2nd grade, the last one being, eh, a couple of weeks ago. My worst sports moment, bar none, was watching Joe Torre get carried off the Shea Stadium field at the end of the 2000 World Series. For some people, just getting to the championship is enough. You wish you'd won, but it's still a great series. You'll wear "National League" or "NFC" champions shirts and hats, whatever. Not in this series... I burned my Mets 2000 National League Champions t-shirt. I never want to see it again. I want them to take down the banner that's on the outfield wall marking the occasion. It's all just a reminder of the time I had to watch Joe Torre carried off the field on Derek Jeter and Roger Clemmens' shoulders, on my home field. Arghhh... still gets me goin' to this day.
Islanders / Rangers
Another hated rivalry. Ahhh what a shame it was when the Rangers finally won the Cup in 1994, ruining one of the greatest chants in sports... 1940. It was so much fun going to Islander/Ranger fans pre-94... You had the Islander fans yelling 1940, followed by the Ranger fans yelling "Potvin Sucks," even though Denis Potvin had retired about 5 years earlier. There are always a lot of fights on the ice durring Islander / Ranger games, but there are even more fights in the stands. Oh and as for the other area hockey team...
... no one really gives a shit about the Devil's.
Giants / Jets
If the Giants and Jets ever met in the Super Bowl, the city might explode. They should just move the game from what ever city in Florida or Arizona straight up to Giants Stadium. And that brings me to another point... I wonder what it's like to be a Jets fan... to drive down Route 3 towards the Meadowlands Sports Complex, do your tailgating, and then make that walk towards the stadium for a home Jets game, looking up, and seeing the name of your biggest rival Tattoeed all over the stadium walls... hooo hooo hahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa...
...ahhhh that must suck
the Knicks
even though the Knicks currrently suck, they're about the only New York team that we all can agree on. 'Cause come on... really now... do you really want to root for the Nets? I don't think so. Even if they do move to Brooklyn or Long Island, like they're supposed to, they'll still always be the red-headed bastard step-child of the Knicks.
So there you go... a nice little run down of sports here in the big city. Hope you get an understanding now of why New York sports fans seem to be arrogant towards other fans. It's not that we dislike your team, we just don't give a crap about your team, 'cause we have enough of a rivalry right here within the borders of the greatest city on earth...