Who wants to see two unlikeable teams playing in the World Series? Not me!
In New York, locals dream of a Subway Series with the Mets and Yankees facing off in the World Series. In Los Angeles, the fine folks are salivating over a championship matchup between the Dodgers and Yankees, which MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and Fox Sports executives know would be a ratings boon.
That said, I don’t want to see New York’s American League team playing the Dodgers. Why? Both teams are unlikable.
A Mets fan, I have come to terms with the Yankees making the World Series. They are up 2-0 in the ALCS series, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they swept the overmatched Cleveland Guardians. The Bronx Bombers got an E-Z Pass to the World Series by playing the AL Central’s KC Royals and Guardians in the playoffs. It’s up to the Mets to save us from this catastrophe.[/beautifulquote]
Moreover, I have zero use for the Dodgers. I never cared for them when they stunk, and I certainly don’t care for them now. I grew up hating them, and I will always hate them.
“That” team plays in Los Angeles now, which makes them even more unlikable because anything associated with that city is hard to root for. One reason is that LA sports fans are hard to deal with. They are smug and arrogant; you can’t converse with them, and they don’t relate well to the East Coast and Midwest hardcore sports fans. They treat sporting events as social events, like people who attend basketball games at Barclays Center, coming to be seen and heard at Dodgers, Lakers, Rams, Kings, USC, and UCLA games.
Games 1 and 2 of the NL Championship Series at Dodger Stadium did not sell out. Maybe Dodgers fans are saving up for the World Series since it’s a birthright for their team to play in one. Talk about a lack of disrespect for the Mets right there. Fans figured it would be a four-game sweep, especially when their team gave the Amazins a 9-0 beating in Game 1 of the NLCS. But now they are learning it will be a grinding series after the Mets took a 7-3 Game 2 victory.
It’s hard to root for a team in the Dodgers that has a $300 million payroll and spent billions of dollars this offseason to get to the World Series.
That’s why a team with starters on the IR (Tyler Glasnow, Clayton Kershaw, Gavin Stone, Dustin May, and Tony Gonsolin) can still be in the hunt. Besides, it’s hard to respect Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto after not wanting to deal with the pressure of playing for the Yankees and taking the easy way out to play for a loaded team, not to mention they didn’t have to talk to the Los Angeles media, who will never be confused with the New York media.
I would have loved to see the Dodgers lose Game 5 of the NL Division Series to the Padres last week, but it didn’t happen, so I’m praying that the Mets can finish the deal.
Seeing the Dodgers or Yankees win the World Series would stink because those teams would have bought a championship. The saving grace is that money has not bought them a crown in a long time. The Yankees haven’t won in 15 years, and the Dodgers haven’t walked off the field as full-season winners since 1988. Witnessing Dodgers fans or Yankees fans happy would make me squirm.
I have faith that the Mets won’t let that happen. The Amazins are resilient and talented. They’ve gone 67-40 since Francisco Lindor called a team meeting, and they did not get a pass in the playoffs.
I pick the Mets to win the NLCS in six games. But …. I prefer not to see the Subway Series because NYY overshadows the Mets with media coverage.
Still, I can tolerate a Subway Series because I know the Mets can beat the overrated Yankees. Besides, a Yankees-Dodgers series comes with a high price; it means the MLB season is over for me, and I’ll be forced to watch the wretched Giants and Jets.
That’s cruelty!
