Great NY Baseball Read from Unlikeliest of Sources

by citislicker on Jul 15, 2008 6:22 PM EDT

The Houses that Ruthlessness Built courtesy of The Village Voice. No, not the bisexual-baritone-on-Bleeker-Street Village Voice but the infamous (and free!) metropolitan rag with the color-print-escort-listings-in-the-back Village Voice. The cover story features a terrific sad-but-true take on the current state of NY baseball (unfortunately, it went to press just before the Mets' nine-game tear.) The piece by Allen Barra, the Voice's resident baseball guru, comes loaded with big, juicy new stadium bashing, a side of fresh Minaya re:Randolph quotes and a 16 oz. Diet Sarcasm, no ice.

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I read this story last week

I thought it was pretty lame. It’s typical Voice: a cynical author seems to be trying to prove some sort of point, though it’s tough for the reader to tell what that point is. In the end, it just leaves you empty and asking yourself why you just spent 10 minutes reading it.

I’d argue that if you look at the big picture, and consider NY baseball relative to many other markets in the country, the Mets and Yankees have been wildly successful.

OK, so have been no World Series wins since 2000 (when either team could have won). But by any measure, the two New York teams have enjoyed much success in the last five, ten, 25 years, whatever.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jul 16, 2008 12:03 PM EDT reply actions