…I was a little surprised to hear this. But I do have to add just to be fair: Cole was asked by the interviewers if he believed the Mets were choke artists, and was also told that many fans of the Mets also believe they are choke artists. He just gave an honest answer, as impolitic as it might have come off; he noted that the Mets did blow leads the past two years.

I’m not sure if the situation had been reversed that any star Mets player wouldn’t have ribbed the Phillies in a similar way…

Has anyone checked out Johan Santana’s B-R page lately? The sponsor thingy says "HAHAHAHAHA – The Mets are a joke!!! " with a link to a blog called Phillies Nation, which is kind of a shame because it seems like pretty professionally run blog. Whether it was the owner or writer who did it or a reader, it still makes them look like huge jackasses.

Phillies Nation

Mark it down.

Yes Lou… you should be talking about class… the person who then states that he hopes Hamels (at least learn to spell his name) gets “‘pimped’ right in the neck by a Pelfrey ‘heater’ .” Yes… you spew forth class… nice to see that you hope someone gets hit in the neck with a mid-90s fastball… nothing like wishing possible death upon someone… get off your fucking soap box

The Phillies won the World Series last year, they’ve earned the right to gloat. The ‘86 Mets were one of the most arrogant teams out there, yet they’ve been canonized in NY.

I’ll end with what I always say to fans of opposing teams who hate Reyes’s dancing: if you don’t like it, then shut them up by beating them on the field.

also i couldnt care less what phillie fans say about mets players on phillies blogs. go nuts you filthy savages.

Perhaps, due to my limited time utilizing the blog I have failed to realize that different team’s blogs certainly have different personalities. I was introduced to the SB Nation blog back in May of ’08. The buddy who introduced me to it was a Cubs fan. I went immediately to their site and saw how they discussed / chatted different issues about their team and baseball in general.

After bouncing through various teams blogs I found that the Tampa Bay Rays had the most attended and perhaps the funniest comments / gifs that I had seen after a couple of weeks perusing the blogs. I thought that this style was the S.O.P. for all teams (definitely not) and tried to use the same type of silly / immaturish banter on Amazin Avenue. Obviously this blog is above that and definitely for the better.

After writing this fan post and viewing some of the responses, I definitely understand the nuances between the different team’s blogs. In the grand scheme of things blogs can either be taken seriously for their content via reporting and opinions or they can be discarded entirely for childlike rambling, or they can be enjoyed by the casual fan utilizing a mixture of both.

In conclusion, my post(s) should be taken with a grain of salt. I will admit that it would behoove me to “check” myself from time to time with the content and the manner in which I post. I just hope we and the rest of those out there don’t take themselves too seriously when it comes to blogging. I hope we can still have some fun.

Play ball!

the phillies, especially shane victorino, NEVER shut up…seriously, when was the last time he stole a base or hit a double and didn’t slap his hands and point to his dugout and often scream something…the guys a loudmouth cock

yet the mets are the ones who get the bad reputation

the phillies are THE biggest hypocrites and the media is blind/incompetent for not reporting this…when they do it, its grit and fire, when we do it, its bad attitudes and immaturity…bullshit…i can’t wait until k-rod goes nuts at citizens bank playground next year