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The Last Time the Mets Were in First Place on Sept. 1st

Willets Point Sep 01 2006 11:50 AM

They year was 2000. Hopes for the Mets were high. Then they went into St. Louis and got swept by the Cardinals starting a horrible 7-13 run and ending the Mets hopes of winning the NL East. Of course it turned out better at the end of the month as the Mets returned to winning ways to take the Wild Card and then on to the NL Pennant.

seawolf17 Sep 01 2006 11:51 AM

Thanks for bringing back such wonderful memories. Why don't you just hit a fifty-eight hopper past Kurt Abbott while you're at it?

Willets Point Sep 01 2006 11:54 AM

Hey, the story ended happily. Ok it didn't end happily, but I left off the ultimate unhappy ending.

Willets Point Sep 01 2006 11:55 AM

I expect the Mets will do much better this year, by the way, and even if they do go 7-13 they'll still end up with 90+ wins. And the NL East title.

Frayed Knot Sep 01 2006 12:02 PM

All this means to me is that Wilpon is still lying to us. Once again, there will be no meaningful games in September.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 01 2006 12:10 PM

Excellent point, Knot. And don't forget, the Mets are only winning in order to fool more people into buying tickets for next year.

SteveJRogers Sep 01 2006 03:56 PM Re: The Last Time the Mets Were in First Place on Sept. 1st

Willets Point wrote: They year was 2000. Hopes for the Mets were high. Then they went into St. Louis and got swept by the Cardinals starting a horrible 7-13 run and ending the Mets hopes of winning the NL East. Of course it turned out better at the end of the month as the Mets returned to winning ways to take the Wild Card and then on to the NL Pennant. And we did stick it right back to the Cards! That was sweet actually. Great October, well untill the last week...

metsguyinmichigan Sep 02 2006 05:13 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: All this means to me is that Wilpon is still lying to us. Once again, there will be no meaningful games in September. BRILLIANT! A great, laugh out loud line!

Rockin' Doc Sep 02 2006 05:18 PM

Nice to have you with us MGIM. I hope you stick around and join in on the fun. We could always use more Mets fans.

Willets Point Sep 05 2006 07:37 PM

Especially in Michigan in October to be on the frontline of our possible World Series oponent.

metsguyinmichigan Sep 06 2006 07:02 AM

If it's the Mets and the Tigers in the series, it's going to be very ugly at work. My devotion to the Mets is well-known and somewhat tolerated at this point. But if we go head-to-head, I'm going to have to bring in the Mets flag to decorate my desk and it will go downhill from there! BTW, I hope we do get the Tigers. Everyone else kind of scares me.

MFS62 Sep 06 2006 07:14 AM

Welcome MGIM. Glad to have you with us. Now, as part of your rookie ritual, get yourself up there on that virtual table in the middle of the room and sing your school fight song. LOUDLY Later

Willets Point Sep 06 2006 07:28 AM

I went to a wedding once where the groom was from Michigan and the bride from Nebraska. At the reception the happy couple's college buddies seized the DJ's microphone and had a duel of college fight songs.

MFS62 Sep 06 2006 07:44 AM

That's interesting. Michigan and Nebraska football games have been on tv a lot over the years, and the Michigan fight song is very familiar. But I don't think I could recognize the Nebraska fight song of you locked me in a room and played it ten times. Later

metsguyinmichigan Sep 06 2006 08:20 AM

I'm a University of Missouri grad. We don't have a fight song. We have a surrender song.

MFS62 Sep 06 2006 08:23 AM

metsguyinmichigan wrote: I'm a University of Missouri grad. We don't have a fight song. We have a surrender song. ding! ding! ding! That response has gone a very long way to show us how much you really belong here. LOL! Later

Elster88 Sep 09 2006 03:42 PM

LOL to the both of you.