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What would you do...

Keep rooting for them. The city they play in is irrelevant.

1 votes

Keep rooting for them, but only until NY is awarded another NL Franchise

2 votes

Fuck them. Root for the Yankees.

0 votes

Fuck them. Fuck baseball altogether until NY is awarded another NL Franchise.

10 votes

Fuck them. Fuck baseball forever.

3 votes

Other (explain)

5 votes

Centerfield Nov 05 2013 07:26 AM

...if the Wilpons moved the team to Las Vegas? I noticed today that the New Orleans Hornets are now the New Orleans Pelicans, dropping the "Hornets" they inherited from Charlotte. I was wondering if anyone from New Orleans still root for the Jazz, since they moved to Utah. Or if anyone from Charlotte still rooted for the Hornets, despite being in New Orleans. You get the idea. Anyway, poll above for a slow off-season day.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 05 2013 07:30 AM Re: What would you do...

I voted for Fuck them. Fuck baseball altogether until NY is awarded another NL Franchise. but I think I might also become an Orioles fan.

MFS62 Nov 05 2013 07:36 AM Re: What would you do...

I voted "Other". I'd do what I did when my team moved from Brooklyn and the other NL team moved to San Francisco. I'd pick another NL team to root for while waiting for another NL team to come to New York. Later

themetfairy Nov 05 2013 07:39 AM Re: What would you do...

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I voted for Fuck them. Fuck baseball altogether until NY is awarded another NL Franchise. but I think I might also become an Orioles fan. I voted for this, although I'd probably just follow Oakland more closely.

Frayed Knot Nov 05 2013 07:43 AM Re: What would you do...

I'd pick another team to root for. I have no particular candidate(s) in mind so whoever it was probably wouldn't be immediate; the only thing I'm sure of is that it would NOT be the yanx. But it would be a hard thing to do and while my interest in the game wouldn't die the day-to-day following of it would shirley wane. That said there'd almost certainly be an NL team in NYC before long so that would probably be the new choice. The whole thing with the Pelican/Hornets name change is a trend which started, IIRC, with the Cleveland Browns move to Baltimore based on the reasoning that a fresh start was preferable to just appropriating the old team's entire history. When the Irsay family bought the Baltimore Colts and almost immediately left for Indiana, for instance, they took with them not just the name and logo but acted as if Johnny Unitas and all that Colts history was now theirs. The clean slate idea is, I believe, the right way to go so I suspect if you were to see the Mets leave for Vegas or for wherever they'd no longer be the Mets and so cutting ties wouldn't be nearly as tough as it was for Dodger fans, Giants fans, Colts fans, Milwaukee Braves fans, etc.

Edgy MD Nov 05 2013 07:52 AM Re: What would you do...

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I voted for Fuck them. Fuck baseball altogether until NY is awarded another NL Franchise. but I think I might also become an Orioles fan. I clicked other, but this describes my view.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 05 2013 07:52 AM Re: What would you do...

I'd walk away from baseball entirely.

Centerfield Nov 05 2013 07:53 AM Re: What would you do...

In theory, I'd love to say goodbye to the Mets too. But I think I'd find it very hard if I turned on the TV and saw Wright and Harvey wearing orange and blue. Tough situation. I'd probably root for the Red Sox.

Edgy MD Nov 05 2013 07:55 AM Re: What would you do...

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'd walk away from baseball entirely. I'd squat ultimatemets.com and absorb the billions of dollars associated with that domain and related interests.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 05 2013 08:00 AM Re: What would you do...

I guess it would become a legacy site. I'd become one of those people who keep the light on for extinct franchises like the St. Louis Browns and the Philadelphia Athletics.

Mets – Willets Point Nov 05 2013 08:14 AM Re: What would you do...

I suppose I'd just become a full-time Red Sox fan. I've never been able to root for a team that plays in a city with which I have no connection, and I've no desire to become a Yankees fan.

Edgy MD Nov 05 2013 08:16 AM Re: What would you do...

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I guess it would become a legacy site. I'd become one of those people who keep the light on for extinct franchises like the St. Louis Browns and the Philadelphia Athletics. One more get-rich-quick scheme falls apart. My stupid big mouf!

Ceetar Nov 05 2013 08:48 AM Re: What would you do...

keep rooting. The extra couple of bucks it costs to watch via extra innings or mlb.tv would be mitigated by the fewer games I went to. The time difference would be annoying, but whatever. That'd really be the biggest difference, not going to Citi Field and games starting on pacific time. On the plus side, It's another excuse for regular trips to Vegas.

metirish Nov 05 2013 09:12 AM Re: What would you do...

Fuck them. Fuck baseball altogether until NY is awarded another NL Franchise I voted that....

Benjamin Grimm Nov 05 2013 09:20 AM Re: What would you do...

Of eleven voters so far, I'm the only one who's cutting all ties.

Mets Guy in Michigan Nov 05 2013 09:23 AM Re: What would you do...

I would buy the new expansion team coming to New York, build a stadium with some features of Shea Stadium and devote the entryway to Gary Carter. I wouldn't have a statue of Gary Carter, but spell out K-I-D in big letters so people could gather and pose around it.

Edgy MD Nov 05 2013 09:32 AM Re: What would you do...

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Of eleven voters so far, I'm the only one who's cutting all ties. Exceptforyourstupidlegacysitethatyouwon'tevenbothertoupdateIHATEyou.

Frayed Knot Nov 05 2013 10:12 AM Re: What would you do...

Centerfield wrote: In theory, I'd love to say goodbye to the Mets too. But I think I'd find it very hard if I turned on the TV and saw Wright and Harvey wearing orange and blue. Except that they most likely wouldn't be wearing blue & orange as I think the new-city/new-identity trend will remain the rule of the future. Also, within a dozen or so years (and likely even sooner than that) just about every single player you associate with the NY Mets would be gone, either from the Vegas Whatevers or from baseball entirely.

Mets – Willets Point Nov 05 2013 10:13 AM Re: What would you do...

This thread makes me depressed.

Frayed Knot Nov 05 2013 10:19 AM Re: What would you do...

Sure, but when you consider that the last time an MLB team abandoned a U.S. city was during Nixon's first term, I tend to write this exercise off less as depressing and more as a matter of theoretical speculation.

Edgy MD Nov 05 2013 10:38 AM Re: What would you do...

Hey, the Expos abandoned San Juan!

Mets – Willets Point Nov 05 2013 10:44 AM Re: What would you do...

But nobody in this thread has suggested they'd lead a violent insurrection and force the Mets to stay in Queens, under new ownership.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 05 2013 10:51 AM Re: What would you do...

I think it's an interesting question, because it's made me realize that above anything else I'd be relieved to know the Wilpons were packing up and leaving. I'd retain a soft spot for David Wright probably, but otherwise? They've already destroyed everything, they just need to go all the way.

metsmarathon Nov 05 2013 11:25 AM Re: What would you do...

i'm somewhat split between fuck them and all of baseball until the horrible iniquity is corrected, and follow them and longingly wish for their return.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 05 2013 11:38 AM Re: What would you do...

I know that we've had this discussion previously. Maybe I can find it...

Benjamin Grimm Nov 05 2013 11:41 AM Re: What would you do...

Here it is, from January 2009, almost five years ago: Who Would You Root For?

themetfairy Nov 05 2013 11:50 AM Re: What would you do...

Here it is, from January 2009, almost five years ago: Who Would You Root For? I seem to be reasonably consistent.

metirish Nov 05 2013 11:56 AM Re: What would you do...

I'm happy with what I said back then metirish Jan 16 2009 02:36 PM I could root for the Dodgers but really with the games on so late it would be hard , Having said that though there is no way I could be as passionate about another as I am about the Mets. although the Dodgers were a different animal back then.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 05 2013 11:58 AM Re: What would you do...

Me too! I do have to wonder how I might have answered the question 25 years ago. At that point I probably either would have adopted an AL team or become a fan without a team.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 05 2013 12:14 PM Re: What would you do...

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Of eleven voters so far, I'm the only one who's cutting all ties. I'm with you.

TransMonk Nov 05 2013 12:31 PM Re: What would you do...

I'd find another team...after some time off.

Mets – Willets Point Nov 05 2013 01:06 PM Re: What would you do...

My goodness we're a gloomy bunch. Here's an alternate question, the Giants and the Dodgers never left New York, and thus the Mets never existed. Which team, if any, do you think you'd be a fan of. (For argument's sake, the Giants and Dodgers have the exact same history of post-season appearances, World Series titles, rosters, et al. in the alternate universe. And a there is a California-based expansion team that started in 1962 with an 120 loss season, startled the world by winning the World Series in 1969, and had a dominant 1986 team).

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 05 2013 01:16 PM Re: What would you do...

I think that question would go back to whether our dads/granddads were Giants or Dodgers guys. I'da been a Dodeger.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 05 2013 01:21 PM Re: What would you do...

I come from a Brooklyn Dodger family, so that's where my allegiance would have been.

themetfairy Nov 05 2013 01:35 PM Re: What would you do...

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I come from a Brooklyn Dodger family, so that's where my allegiance would have been. Same here.

Mets – Willets Point Nov 05 2013 02:08 PM Re: What would you do...

I expect I'd be a Dodgers fan too.

Ceetar Nov 05 2013 02:23 PM Re: What would you do...

I suspect I'd be a Yankees fan.

Lefty Specialist Nov 05 2013 02:30 PM Re: What would you do...

Giants fan. And my wife, having been born in Brooklyn, would have been a Dodger fan. And we'd probably have fought like cats and dogs and never gotten married. I'd lurch from one meaningless relationship to another, never finding the female Giants fan of my dreams. Growing more despondent, I'd probably wind up face down in a ditch. So, it's probably better that the Giants and Dodgers moved to California.

Zvon Nov 05 2013 03:00 PM Re: What would you do...

My response from 2009 is still the same, cept I wouldn't bother with the Phils. GO PIRATES! I re-read that old response and damn, I really did type in verse. It looks like song lyrics. I should put that to music.

G-Fafif Nov 05 2013 03:30 PM Re: What would you do...

Goddamn these are depressing hypotheticals.

Ceetar Nov 05 2013 03:35 PM Re: What would you do...

Can I toss in a Gorilla Wrench? What if the move to Vegas was also a move to the American League?

themetfairy Nov 05 2013 04:44 PM Re: What would you do...

I don't think that's much of a monkey wrench. More a red herring - it wouldn't make a difference.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 05 2013 07:57 PM Re: What would you do...

Red herring, blue herring. Just, y'know, a stinkier sort of herring. Having been Manhattan-born and -raised, with a Grandpa with pretty severe anti-DH leanings, I would put my hypothetical-fandom odds at 70% Giants, 30% Yanks. But, yeah, as for Vegas... I'd probably retain a soft spot for a few of the current folks. But, yeah, I'd be Baseball Kane, roaming the Internets/airwaves for a team which called to me.

MFS62 Nov 05 2013 09:30 PM Re: What would you do...

Zvon wrote: My response from 2009 is still the same, cept I wouldn't bother with the Phils. GO PIRATES! That's what I did, root for the Bucs, once my team left Brooklyn. Later

Rockin' Doc Nov 06 2013 07:02 PM Re: What would you do...

I attended many games at old Comiskey Park while a student in Chicago, so I would likely shift my allegiance to the White Sox.

Fman99 Nov 06 2013 07:25 PM Re: What would you do...

I would just watch pornos.