I mean to listen to Kay you'd think this is not YES, the Yankee network, but the Mets network. Yet they had him replace Francesa. Today Kay continued to rave about them and take issue with anyone who has criticized their 11 game win streak as not coming against winning teams.
Look, obviously you have to play who's on your schedule. It's true that the 11 game win streak is very impressive and that the Mets have bought a lot of time with it-it would take an 11 game losing streak at some point in the season to just get back to even. Still, he's laying it on a bit thick. He read a stat that says that since 1901 teams that have started 13-3 have a .581. win percentage.
Impressive but it proves nothing about what the Mets will end up with this year. I mean how about the 1986 Milwaukee Brewers? They started the year better than just 13-3 they started 13-0. Later they lost 12 in a row and ended up a respectable 91-71 but out of the playoffs-true that was before there was a wildcard.
Look, I get Mets fans are excited but it's amazing to me how much the entire NY baseball media has conspired to crown them based on where things are on 4/24. Meanwhile they were ready to bury the Yanks because of a 14 start. Want to look at history? Well the 1998 Yankees started 1-4 too and they turned out ok.
Of course, I'm not saying this Yankee team will end up with 114 regular season wins and the World Series title, I'm just arguing for a little perspective.
Ok, you can only play who's on your schedule-though the Mets haven't beaten anyone as good as the Tigers who were 11-2 until the Yanks beat them 3 straight the last 3 nights.
What I do think that Yankee fans-and probably the Yankee players as well-notice, is that everyone in the media is already acting like the Mets have supplanted the Yanks. The Mets were on the front page of the NY Post today with the headline 'Runaway Train: Mets Invade Yankee Stadium'
Met fans are just so easy to mollify. They have 7 years of terrible baseball, but have one big win streak and they're 'Amazin' again.
Look, obviously you have to play who's on your schedule. It's true that the 11 game win streak is very impressive and that the Mets have bought a lot of time with it-it would take an 11 game losing streak at some point in the season to just get back to even. Still, he's laying it on a bit thick. He read a stat that says that since 1901 teams that have started 13-3 have a .581. win percentage.
Impressive but it proves nothing about what the Mets will end up with this year. I mean how about the 1986 Milwaukee Brewers? They started the year better than just 13-3 they started 13-0. Later they lost 12 in a row and ended up a respectable 91-71 but out of the playoffs-true that was before there was a wildcard.
Look, I get Mets fans are excited but it's amazing to me how much the entire NY baseball media has conspired to crown them based on where things are on 4/24. Meanwhile they were ready to bury the Yanks because of a 14 start. Want to look at history? Well the 1998 Yankees started 1-4 too and they turned out ok.
Of course, I'm not saying this Yankee team will end up with 114 regular season wins and the World Series title, I'm just arguing for a little perspective.
Ok, you can only play who's on your schedule-though the Mets haven't beaten anyone as good as the Tigers who were 11-2 until the Yanks beat them 3 straight the last 3 nights.
What I do think that Yankee fans-and probably the Yankee players as well-notice, is that everyone in the media is already acting like the Mets have supplanted the Yanks. The Mets were on the front page of the NY Post today with the headline 'Runaway Train: Mets Invade Yankee Stadium'
Met fans are just so easy to mollify. They have 7 years of terrible baseball, but have one big win streak and they're 'Amazin' again.
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