Since The Last Mets Championship

by Eric Simon on Oct 30, 2008 8:00 AM EDT in Commentary Comment 26 comments

The apocalypse is officially upon us. All of this just serves to remind us, begrudgingly, that the Mets haven't won a championship in twenty seasons. They've come close, and they've also come not-so-close. Whatever sense of entitlement Mets fans have about their team, the Phillies went out there and made the playoffs and then won the whole freaking thing. That's what happens.

Since the Mets last won the World Series...

Mets-related

427 players have had at least one plate appearance for the Mets.
240 players have thrown at least an inning for the Mets.
Dwight Gooden has thrown the most innings (1,425).
Dwight Gooden has the most wins (99).
Al Leiter has the most losses (67).
David Cone has the most strikeouts (1,172).
Mike Piazza has hit the most homeruns (220).
Jose Reyes has hit the most triples (71).
Edgardo Alfonzo has hit the most doubles (212).
Jose Reyes has stolen the most bases (290).
Howard Johnson has struck out the most times (685).
Cliff Floyd has been hit by the most pitches (37).
Jon Niese was born (technically the same day the Mets won, 10/27/1986).
The Mets have had nine managers: Davey Johnson, Bud Harrelson, Mike Cubbage, Jeff Torborg, Dallas Green, Bobby Valentine, Art Howe, Willie Randolph, Jerry Manuel.
The Mets have had seven general managers: Frank Cashen, Gerry Hunsicker, Al Harazin, Joe McIlvaine, Steve Phillips, Jim Duquette and Omar Minaya.
55,319,709 fans have attended Mets games at Shea Stadium.

MLB-related

Fourteen different teams have won the World Series: Yankees (4), Marlins (2), Red Sox (2), Twins (2), Blue Jays (2), Cardinals, White Sox, Angels, Diamondbacks, Braves, Reds, Athletics, Dodgers, Phillies.
Two teams that weren't even in the league at the time have combined to win three World Series titles (Marlins x2, Diamondbacks).
99,176 homeruns have been hit (Barry Bonds, 746).
19,539 triples have been hit (Steve Finley, 124).
173,946 doubles have been hit (Craig Biggio, 668).
66,370 bases have been stolen (Rickey Henderson, 746).
622,798 strikeouts have been recorded (Sammy Sosa, 2,306.
There have been 22,482 sacrifice bunts (Omar Vizquel, 239.
There have been 15,343 hit batsmen (Craig Biggio, 285).
There have been four MLB commissioners: Peter Ueberroth, Bart Giamatti, Fay Vincent and Bud Selig.

General

There have been four U.S. presidents: Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush. Soon there will be a fifth.
The U.S. population has grown from 240,132,887 to 305,531,493, an increase of 27.2%.
8,039 days have elapsed, or approximately 192,936 hours, 11,576,160 minutes, or 694,569,600 seconds.
423 episodes of The Simpsons have aired.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen from 1,841.82 to 8,990.96, an increase of 7,149.14 points and 388%.
The price of a gallon of regular gasoline has increased from $0.93 to $2.66, an increase of $1.73 and 186%.
Films have grossed more than $151 billion domestically while the average ticket price has increased from $3.71 to $7.08.

Feel free to add your own. This is kind of cathartic.

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GMs

I don’t recall Gerry Hunsicker ever being the Mets GM. I was pretty sure it went Cashen then Harazin.

by beelzebot on Oct 30, 2008 8:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I was just about to say the same thing

I have no idea why Baseball America’s executive database claims Hunsicker was GM in 1991 and 1992. He did carry the titles they say he did, but all teams use those titles differently, and I’m sure Hunsicker reported to Harazin.

by Alex Nelson on Oct 30, 2008 9:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe he was acting GM or somesuch

Stupid Baseball America.

by Eric Simon on Oct 30, 2008 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Poor Uncle Cliffy

He got hit by a lot of pitches.

by JoshNY on Oct 30, 2008 9:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Uncle Cliffy

Mostly by Roy Oswalt it seemed…

by DannyMetsGeek on Oct 31, 2008 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, it's been too long . . .

but I don’t begrudge these Phillies their championship. To me they’re a solid and admirable group. I can’t hate them like I did the Braves for so long.

The Mets can still overtake them next season, but we’ve got a lot of work to do, particularly to close the gap between our bullpen and theirs.

Two final thoughts: 1) I waited all season for Lidge to revert to the post-Pujols homer headcase, but I now have to admit that Gillick’s acquistion of Lidge was a championship winning move. 2) The throw by Utley was even better than the flip by Jeter.

by TomDC on Oct 30, 2008 9:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I begrudge alot of the Phillies

I’m no fan of Rollins, Victorino, Burrell, Werth, Myers, etc. There are some decent guys on that team I’m sure but most of them can cram it . . . with their 2008 WS rings.

Sigh.

'Catsmeat!' he cried. 'I see it all. It was that chump, Catsmeat.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Oct 30, 2008 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

nothing can surpass my volcanic hatred of the braves

but that doesn’t mean i’ve got any kind of respect for the phillies. quite the contrary. screw them. in the ear.

by kendynamo on Oct 30, 2008 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Since we won

The Phillies won

by Sam Page on Oct 30, 2008 9:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Price of gasoline

has actually “risen” way higher than $2.69, luckily it’s dropped back to that in recent weeks.

I’m feeling that next year is our year. I know, I know, people always say that, but it eventually has to happen. Look at the Brooklyn Dodgers, they kept losing year-in and year-out, and then in 1954 their hated arch-rival Giants won a World Series (that shouldn’t count since it wasn’t against the Yankees). What happened next? The Dodgers finally broke through and got to do it against the Yankees. Then they moved to LA. Now, we’re moving into Ebbets Field 2.0…we all thought it was b/c Wilpon cares about the Dodgers history more than the Mets, but isn’t it obvious? He’s just trying to channel that 1955 spirit.

by cjmulrain on Oct 30, 2008 9:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Stephen King has written 48 books

by kendynamo on Oct 30, 2008 9:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The Mets sent 15 different players to CF (the most) on Opening Day, while only sending 8 to Catch (the least).

by MatthewA on Oct 30, 2008 11:33 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

SInce last we won...

…Philadelphia has become a glowing beacon of culture and progress.

Just kidding, they’re still a B-rate city with a crime rate that makes the “Sunni Triangle” seem like the suburbs.

Enjoy your moment of glory, Philly—your most famous sporting achievement will still always be a pretend athlete running up a flight of stairs.

I did it like this / I did it like that / I did it with a Wiffle Ball bat

by Doc Manhattan on Oct 30, 2008 11:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

you know what?

congrats to the phillies. Count me as someone who thought lidge had to meltdown eventually. I was hoping we might see a longoria bomb similar to the pujols bomb that I believe is still traveling somewhere in the depths of space. Props to him and props to the phils.

Lets get em next year. Lets go METS

ps I live really far away from the east coast and don’t have to associate with any phillies fans in any way, except a girl at the gym at whom I flash dirty looks on occasion

by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Oct 30, 2008 12:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Count yourself lucky

I don’t actually deal with any Phillies fans here in Rochester but DAMN the Yankee fans in my office have taken much joy in this Phillies victory. It’s funny, too, because they don’t seem to care that their team finished in third place this year because THE METS LOST WOO HOO LOL!

Pain in my ass.

'Catsmeat!' he cried. 'I see it all. It was that chump, Catsmeat.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Oct 30, 2008 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

As a Phils fans stuck in the NY area… I remember alot of my Met fan friends taking special joy in the Red Sox world series win…

Bleeding Green Nation - Philadelphia Eagles Blog

by JasonB on Oct 30, 2008 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not saying it's a particularly surprising phenomenon

Hell, I’ve walked out of games at Shea where the “Yankees Suck” chant broke out after a win against the Pirates or Rockies or whoever. There was, of course, the absurdity of Patriots fans chanting “Yankees Suck” at one of the Patriots’ Super Bowl celebrations. It’s a stupid thing to do in a lot of contexts.

If I knew any actual Phillies fans, I suppose that I would have to take some stick from them right now because they won and we didn’t (although why Phillies fans should care to think of the Mets last night or today is a mystery to me). Fair enough. But the fans of the other NY team in my office can cram it right now as far as I’m concerned, especially when they are about a month late on whatever illiterate taunts they might come up with.

'Catsmeat!' he cried. 'I see it all. It was that chump, Catsmeat.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Oct 30, 2008 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

cunt both of yourselves lucky

I went to college in Delaware, which is more or less a suburb of Philly, at least as sports are related. 2 of my roommates, plus probably around 50% of my friends are Phillies “fans.” I put fans in parentheses because except for one of my roommates and one other of my friends, I can’t recall any of them giving a damn about the Phillies when we were in college (I graduated in ‘06, so we’re not talking ancient history here). Heck, one of them used to be a “huge” Red Sox fan, but now she’s the biggest Phillies fan there is ::eyeroll::

Whatever, they can try rubbing this in all they want, but 98% of the Phillies fanbase are Eagles fans first and foremost, and would trade both Phillies World Series for one Eagles Super Bowl, which they ain’t getting anytime soon, so joke’s on them…

by cjmulrain on Oct 30, 2008 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

whoa

there’s supposed to be an ‘o’ in the first word of that title….talk about a bad time for a typo…

by cjmulrain on Oct 30, 2008 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Beloved Aunt

I told them beloved aunt.

by Eric Simon on Oct 30, 2008 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting

This list a month ago would have the Dow Jones at 12,000+ and gasoline at 3.50+

Hmm.. since the last Mets championship, I was born. I don’t think any of my favorite pro teams has won a championship since I was born. Oh well.

Who's world is it? It's yours.

by BlackOps on Oct 30, 2008 2:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You're due

" GOD BLESS WHAT'S LEFT OF AMERICA "

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Oct 31, 2008 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Now those are stats worth looking at.

…To me, the most disturbing stat was about HoJo. He has the most strikeouts for the METS during that span and he’s our hitting coach?

Yikes!

…As far as the World Series goes, I still loathe the Phillies (more their fans than the team) but (as horrible as this is going to sound) I had to smile to see that kind of exhuberance out of a bunch of grown men playing a game. The scene in Philly was much more asthetic than the cow bell heavy Trop. Geez, what an ugly place to play professional baseball.

Kudos to Maddon and the young ones for bustin the Red Sox bubble though. I have had enough of Red Sox nation.

As far as the weather calamity that fell upon MLB. A lot of people raised hell about it but dang, it was the first time to ever happened right? Last night was still fun to watch. Bud Selig looks like a muppet though. And when he speaks, he seems as if he’s completely out of his element. Ugghh. A horrible orator.

Last one. What is this nonsense about an extended season? Is this true? Does someone have a site where MLB talks about this? Gave 4 on Nov. 1st? Are they smoking Guano?

" GOD BLESS WHAT'S LEFT OF AMERICA "

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Oct 31, 2008 1:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs