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DEL.ICIO.USChipper swats away Mets, N.Y. media
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jeff Schultz
New York — Chipper Jones awoke to flaming tabloid headlines Thursday, like “CHIPPER’S A-BOMB” and “A’ROID SHOCKER,” which wouldn’t have been so bad if they had been paired with stories like, “I CLONED MYSELF AT BREAKFAST” and “ELVIS TAUGHT ME HOW TO HIT A CURVE.”
Then at least there would be some comedic value.
But a day after having his comments about his friend, Alex Rodriguez, infected by the New York media and spun into an attack, Jones wasn’t laughing.
Well, maybe just a little, at the end.
He crushed a three-run homer, which sailed a cartoon-like 470 feet off the right-field scoreboard, to ignite the Braves’ 7-6 win over the Mets. He now has a career-high 38 home runs against New York, with 118 RBIs and a .331 average. He has hit 19 homers in Shea Stadium, more than any venue outside of Atlanta.
If the Braves could just figure out a way to fly insult-hurling New York fans and mutant tabloid headline writers to other cities, they would rarely lose a road game.
“Well, if you had to listen to what I listen to going back to the dugout,” Jones said, “you’d be pretty motivated to make left turns [on the basepaths].”
For some reason, he has thrived in this toilet of a stadium and the appropriately named surroundings of Flushing. As pitcher Tim Hudson joked, “They hate him here for a reason. It’s like an ongoing joke for us when we come to New York. You know their fans are going to be crazy, and Chipper’s going to drive in six or eight in a series.
“I’m sure he’s probably going to tear up when they blow this place up.”
But Jones has had it with the city’s tabloids. Before Wednesday’s game he was asked by an Associated Press writer about the Yankees’ Rodriguez and the potential for steroids allegations by Jose Canseco in an upcoming book. Jones said he didn’t believe A-Rod took performance-enhancing drugs but suspected that he would be dogged by questions by the media, just like every power hitter in this era, including himself.
Match, meet gasoline. The tabloids exploded. Then it was Jones’ turn.
In amusing pre- and post-game scenes, Jones refused to talk to New York media members, actually shooing packs away from his locker, saying, “Beat it!” It was like watching a human flyswatter.
Then he held private media sessions with Atlanta writers. (I have to admit, it was a nice change, being so loved.)
Jones referred to the New York media as “the pot-stirrers.” He said he was bothered when one “weasel” asked him after Wednesday’s game to clarify comments about Rodriguez.
“But what more do you expect from people who follow high-profile guys around with camera phones so they can get them in trouble,” Jones said.
He said he plans to phone Rodriguez, whom he has known since high school days, to make certain their friendship wasn’t damaged. But he added: “I think he’s pretty familiar with how sensationalistic this journalism is up here.”
The unwanted attention didn’t hurt Jones’ swing, it fueled it. He went 6-for-13 in the series with four extra-base hits and five RBIs. The swings continued afterward. He emerged from the shower to see a horde of New York media members waiting at his locker. “You’re going to be waiting a long time,” he said. “You started the crap yesterday.”
Later, to the Atlanta media, Jones said: “You take an article in which I was actually defending A-Rod and turn it into me slapping him in the face. … I was implicating myself. What if I hit 500 home runs and I’m catching Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray? I’m going to have to go through the same stuff.”
But nothing threw Jones off his game — not the fans, not the headlines, not the team bus that took 90 minutes to make the usual half-hour drive from Manhattan. Most Braves took the early bus. Jones and Hudson opted for the later one. Problem: The driver got caught in city traffic after mistakenly circling the hotel and didn’t reach Shea until an hour before the game.
Suffice to say, Jones was a little irritated by the time he walked into the clubhouse. Then he merely did what he always does here: He made news.
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By clmtigr
August 9, 2007 9:28 PM | Link to this
That was classic. I hope Chipper retires a Brave, he’s the man.
By observer
August 9, 2007 9:31 PM | Link to this
I don’t care about this steroid thing at all. Why is Schultz wasting our time with it? What I DO want to know is why is Willie Harris not starting in Center with Diaz in left and our .215 hitter on the bench? There is not another manager in the Majors, in a pennant race that would be letting ajones hit into that double play Wednesday night. Thank you willie for saving this game for us.
By Brent
August 9, 2007 9:53 PM | Link to this
Never thought I would agree with a clemson fan but you are so right!
By Brent
August 9, 2007 9:53 PM | Link to this
Never thought I would agree with a clemson fan but you are so right Chipper is da man!
By clmtigr
August 9, 2007 10:00 PM | Link to this
Brent - are you a Coot or a Dawgnation member?
By mLn
August 9, 2007 10:06 PM | Link to this
Thanks for the great story. I wonder what the NY papers will say about Chipper tomorrow????
By rotomeister
August 9, 2007 10:19 PM | Link to this
Nice article Jeff. Chipper is having another great season and is climbing the all-time stat charts in several categories. I noticed he passed Johnny Bench in hits just last week. He’s to 4-5 more healthy years as a Brave. It should be noted that one of his outs in this series — a 409 fly to CF — would have been a HR in ATL. He had a great series. Got the inning started off Wagner with a base hit. Too bad he didn’t get to score the tying run in the 9th inning of that game — left stranded at 3B when he mates failed to get a sacrifice fly with no one out.
By Bob
August 9, 2007 10:30 PM | Link to this
Observer,
You aren’t very observent are you? Willie starts in center and Matt in left and we lose that game. Do you really think Matt can make either of those catches? Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Duh!
Good story Jeff. Mets must have nightmares about Chipper. I know they are having nightmares not only about the NL East, but even more so about the possibility the Braves get into the NL playoffs and then it will be mano on mano.
By bp101
August 9, 2007 10:31 PM | Link to this
Yeah, lets sit Andruw. Just f’n brilliant.
By Alan
August 9, 2007 10:39 PM | Link to this
Chipper really IS the man, and has been for many years. Look it up, folks. He’s far and away the best all-around hitter in Atlanta Braves history, and he’s still going strong at 35. When he’s in the lineup, the Braves are a dominant offensive team. And he absolutely destroys the Mets, particularly at Shea Stadium. What a series he just had! Obviously, he never needs extra motivation when the Braves play the Mets, but the New York tabloid “weasels” really set him off today. Good for them. Great for Chipper and the Braves! Now let’s hope a weasel in Philly gets under his skin this weekend.
By ATLien
August 9, 2007 10:48 PM | Link to this
i am a braves fan from atl who got to enjoy today’s win in person at shea. chipper’s hr was exhilerating, crashing into the scoreboard and all. and it was fun to turn to a silenced shea stadium and yell, “that’s why he named his daughter shea!” he has been truly awesome this year and should figure to finish high in the mvp voting… unfortunately i was at the game the night before. when andruw stepped to the plate in the ninth, my brothers and i just looked at eachother and didn’t have to say a word. we knew what was coming because we had seen so many times before with him and sure enough it happened. i really cannot remember the last clutch anything andruw has done for us. he is the king of the meaningless hr and his time is running out in atl. it was a hard pill to swallow not coming back in that situation (especially with mets fans ragging on us) but it’s all to familiar with a.j. and i’m sick of it. he needs to sit.
By bp101
August 9, 2007 11:00 PM | Link to this
Look, Andruw saves about a run per every two games with his defense alone. He will be gone after this season anyway, so lets give him his space. He will work his way out of this. Bobby dropped him in the order to work his self out of this slump. Give him a chance.
By rocketman
August 9, 2007 11:09 PM | Link to this
Chipper has been league MVP and Smoltzie co-MVP for lighting a fire under his a** before the Tigers series in June. If we can somehow avoid Sorryano and Blowtel maybe we can just do this thing. There is not dominant team in AL or NL. Why is Andruw so stubborn? Is he that lacking in intellect or does he really beleive trying to pull pitches 6 inches off the outside corner will produce good results? I don’t care how many batting cages he buys. If I was his agent I would tear that thing down and get him an appt with Smoltz’s old therapist.
By JD
August 9, 2007 11:31 PM | Link to this
470 feet. not bad for a dude with goofed up thumbs.
By gastr1
August 9, 2007 11:50 PM | Link to this
Andruw saves a run every two games with his defense? How many does he give back with his strikeouts?
He sucks and should be benched.
By DHNF
August 10, 2007 12:01 AM | Link to this
God, Chipper rules. I will cry when he retires. It better be as a Brave.
By craig
August 10, 2007 1:14 AM | Link to this
Chipper Jones is the man. He is having an amazing season considering the problems he is having with his hands. A Jones needs to sit. I do not know why Bobby did not pitch hit for him. You have Diaz on the bench who hit a homerun the night before. Why not use him in a no-out bases loaded down by one situation. And why is it so hard to get a sacrifice fly when you need one.
By Bearcat
August 10, 2007 1:17 AM | Link to this
Why not put the athletic Jeff “LEAN MACHINE” Francoeur in Centerfield & Matt “ALWAYS PRODUCTIVE” Diaz in RF while Willie “The Leaper” Harris smothers leftfield. Let Andruw figure out what is wrong with his swing while the Braves continue their winning ways without him. Is there too much money invested in him to sit him down?? Come on Bobby, let AJ ride the pine for two weeks……….we certainly don’t need him to pinch hit. RUN THIS SHOW like you are the BOSS and watch your team take off and leave the PACK. Whatever you do, I support and love the Braves and am pulling for them no matter who is in there. But let’s BUST A MOVE and get your best bats in there. Andruw will still get his BREAD and he can buy him some more WHEELS for his collection. GO BRAVES. Will all WEASELS in Center City go bother Chipper Jones so he can continue his awesome consistency and do his “WALKING TALL” between the white lines? GO BRAVES.
By Roger
August 10, 2007 1:53 AM | Link to this
Great day at Shea, Chipper is a great! when you look at him, you just think ball player, and Willie Harris, he saved the game twice, 1st and the last inning, that game could have got away from us twice and as much as I like Diaz no way does he make that play, GO BRAVES and wear out the Phillies!!!
By MisterMet
August 10, 2007 3:05 AM | Link to this
Ha, ha, ha…Braves needed a sweep to have any chance at all…and, NOPE, they couldn’t even score with bases loaded, no outs. Mets did all we needed to do…win one game…did that. Braves can’t do it…Mets are on their way to another division title! Too bad, Braves fans, your glory days are over.
By Dan Lynn
August 10, 2007 4:43 AM | Link to this
Go home Mister Met. The Metropolitans will finish 3rd behind the Braves and Phils for a big choke finish. Atlanta’s lineup is too strong now.
By braint
August 10, 2007 4:53 AM | Link to this
MisterMet, you must be joking. Even the Met players recognize that they can’t win a series vs. the Braves. Even Wright says, “They have our number.”
I’d be real confident playing a team you can’t beat in a series in an actual playoff series….Chipper at Shea with the NLCS on the line? I just got chills! What a great way to get to the WS!
By Steve0
August 10, 2007 6:14 AM | Link to this
Willie Harris saved the day, after Andruw Jones gave one away (again) Wed night. As much as I hate to say it, I don’t think the Braves have the pitching to catch or pass the Mets, even with this much time left in the season. Should they succeed however, it will be another October bust. Anyone seen how Soriano and Yates just seem to keep tossing gasoline one the fires they’re supposed to put out? I do like the earlier comment about making Harris the evryday center fielder (from now on); Jones will be taking his anemic bat and extraordinary glove elsewhere next year anyway, might as well get used to it now. A Jones is the only true liability in the lineup, batting-wise. The only way the Braves, with the current pitching staff, win it all is by outslugging everyone during the home stretch, and hopefully the playoffs. Check the stats over the years and see how that’s worked in successful MLB teams…..it hasn’t, because pitching wins. Even if the Bravos were to buck that trend, they’d have to have all 8 position players HIT, and Andruw just ain’t gonna do it. It’s the middle of August people, and anyone that thinks Jones will break out of his season-long slump is smokin some strange stuff. Wed night’s loss to the Mets with A Jones grounding into the game-ending DP sort of puts the signature on his season, doesn’t it? Bench Jones Bobby, or trade him to some AL team before Sept 1, and maybe you’ll get something you can use in return. His void in the lineup will be the end of the Braves hopes of making the playoffs, period.
By Big Ed
August 10, 2007 7:23 AM | Link to this
As much as I like Chipper he should get the just SHUT UP award. The Steroid era in baseball is bad enough without adding more fuel to the fire. The next thing you will see is Conseco quoting Chipper on his next book tour. Whoever thinks that Andruw is helping more than hurting the team is out of their mind. His defensive range isn’t as good as it used to be. It’s depressing to watch him get an average jump on the ball only to hear the announcer tell us what a great catch he made. I could see that in a high school game. He refuses to take a different approach to hitting so he continues to struggle. Bobby needs to grow a set and sit him for a week or two.
By Jim
August 10, 2007 7:44 AM | Link to this
yeah MisterMet…..you should really be proud of your mutts. 4-8 against the Braves this year with about $50 million more in payroll…..real impressive. You dumb yankee dick head.
By Vonshawn
August 10, 2007 7:58 AM | Link to this
Could not agree more with the overall sentiment about Chipper and what he means now and what he has meant to the Braves. Simply a tremendous ballplayer.
As for Andruw, yeah this is probably his last year as a Brave, and as a fan, it is unfortunate. Andruw ends up in so many discussions because he is talented, maybe the most talented player on the team - but he can never seem to pull it all together on a consistent basis.
Maybe next year when he is playing in Anaheim or somewhere out west, out from under the coddeling of Bobby Cox, something or someone will let a fire under him and he will truly show what he can do.
However, for all you “bench Andruw” bloggers out there, you may regret that you wished for someone other than #25 patrolling centerfield; no matter who is replacement is, no one will ever do it as well. Ask Braves pitchers, past and present, or Braves outfielders, how important he is to the team (btw Willie Harris was aided with that catch yesterday, because Andruw told him to get back - Willie did not think it would carry as well as it did).
My suggestion - despite Andruw’s down season, appreciate both of the Jones’ and the sacrifices they have made both financially and with their bodies for the betterment of our beloved Braves, because next year AJ will be gone - and as such will sadly bring to an end the Andruw “discussion”.
By Jay from Conyers
August 10, 2007 8:00 AM | Link to this
Yeah, Jim, they may be 4-8 vs. the Braves but they are still ahead by 3 1/2 games. Seriously, the Braves could end up 14-4 against the Mets but if the Mets end up winning the division by a game and the Braves lose out in the wildacrd chase, what good would that 14-4 record do? Start beating the Nats, Marlins, and, gulp…REDS, catch and then pass the Mets before you start talking, you dumb redneck piece of $hit!
By scott
August 10, 2007 8:21 AM | Link to this
I love the satisfaction of the Braves kicking the Mets A__ in their own yard. The rivalry is as hot as it has ever been, and Chipper thrives on the hatred he receives from the Mets faithful. More power to Chipper. As great as the rivalry is, I actually miss when Bobby Valentine was the Mets skipper. He was a clown and Cox out maneuvered him at every turn. I hope the Braves get hot enough to get into the postseason. The wildcard may be the way to go, however, as they haven’t done well going into post-season play and several of the past WS winners got in as the wild card.
By Jim
August 10, 2007 8:51 AM | Link to this
Yes, Jay from conyers, I’m a proud Georgia-native redneck (employeed in the IT industry for about 25 years with a very good salary, and a waterfront home on Lake Oconee) I love dumba@@ yankees that move down here cause they can’t get work in their own god-forsaken states (you don’t see many southerners moving up north though….we have too much sense).But anyway, yes the mutts are a good team — But as usual, (with the exception of last year) they are underachieving. I don’t know if the Braves will catch them and win the divison or not, but I GUARANTEE that they do not want to see the Braves in the playoffs, even as a wild-card team.
By Drew
August 10, 2007 9:08 AM | Link to this
Andruw Jones sucks….there. I said it.
By Darrin "The Vent King"
August 10, 2007 9:13 AM | Link to this
Everytime the Braves go to Shea, for those three days Chipper Jones is my favorite player in the world because I’ve simply hated the Mets since Bobby “crybaby” Valentine was there. I’m glad he is still sticking it to them and their fans. Nothing gives me more joy then for Chipper to make them all SUFFER!! I LOVE IT!! There’s now three things I can count on, death, taxes, and Chipper Jones sticking it to those N.Y. Muts. HAHAHAHAHA!!!
GO BRAVES!!
By Willie Coyote
August 10, 2007 9:20 AM | Link to this
It’s about time someone fought back against all this trash journalism that is more focused on sensationalism and lies than actual reporting. I want to see people start boycotting some of these ESPN clowns also.
By Dave In Tampa
August 10, 2007 9:32 AM | Link to this
WAY TO GO CHIPPER! I love it. Chipper wishes that he could hit off Mets pitching all the time. All you Chipper bashers out there (a.k.a Mets fans) go away.
You know it’s not so much the team, Mets or Yankees, that people dislike it’s the obnoxious fans that think they are better than everyone else. Hey, if New York is soooo great, go back to New York. Trust me we don’t want you living in the South. I lived in Atlanta for 26 years and Tampa for four years. The feeling is the same here in Tampa as it is in Atlanta…. GO BACK TO NY because no one in the South cares about you and your so-called opinions.. GO CHIPPER AND BRAVES!
By Gene
August 10, 2007 9:42 AM | Link to this
I have sometimes been critical of Chipper’s fielding, but I have always considered him one of the most talented hitters in the game. The earlier discussion with Smoltz apparently built a fire under Chipper, and he has played remarkable baseball the last two months. Mets fans don’t understand that the more they taunt him, the better he plays. So, keep it up, Chumps. And Chipper, I love ya man.
By ebineezer
August 10, 2007 9:44 AM | Link to this
Chipper and the Braves have to keep it rolling. Every series left is crucial. The Braves have always pitched their way into the playoffs but will have to hit their way in this year. All this talk about sitting Andrew is justified. He has always been hot and cold at the plate just never as cold for as long as he has been this year. He is a good defensive player but has lost a step over the years and is playing on his reputation more than his play these days. Bobby will never sit Andrew. It does not matter if he gets into another of those 3-for-60 slumps, Andrew is still going to play. We have just got to hope Andrew gets hot, he is surely due for a hot streak. Andrew is not really my concern though, pitching is. Hudson has been good this year, Smoltz has been ok. The rest is just a coin flip. The bullpen was strong early but has been in the crapper the last month. Andrew has drawn a lot of grief about the double play(rightfully so) but with decent relief pitching the Braves win that game.
By NYBrave
August 10, 2007 10:07 AM | Link to this
I was at that game yesterday and my boys and I noticed so many people leaving during the 8th inning. We knew they were nuts because our bullpen makes it interesting everytime. Felt sorry for Smotzie the night before. The horses seem to be there but they need to step up. Chipper is right we need 7 or 8 out of starters and maybe Cox needs to go longer with them.
By Chief Slapaho
August 10, 2007 10:32 AM | Link to this
The Chipper love affair is touching. It is time for the Deer Hunter and Hooter’s sponsor to step up in October. He is injured and beat up every year playoffs arrive and the excuse is “Chip was not healthy”. It is time for Chip and Andrew to step the F**k up this october. Bobby gets them there. It is time to earn their money. Smoltz always handles his biz in october. It is time for the Jones boys to do the same. If not this year, let Drew go and trade the proud sponsor of the “Hooter’s girls”. Jeff you still are not funny. You should just go bald Bruce Willis style. You are working on the Mr Burns hairstyle. The landing strip between the mountains. Now that hair is funny.
By bfred
August 10, 2007 10:43 AM | Link to this
Cox and Pendleton need to give Andruw a mandate - only hit balls over the plate or off the outside to the opposite field for one week, or he sits. Everyone remembers the periods where he seemed to try that out, with great results. The last time he was hitting .300 (granted, been a while) was one of those times.
If a talented player is expensive but uncoachable, you are better off spending your dollars elsewhere (see the NFL). Andruw is 30 and is just not going to change. The amount of potential he is leaving untapped has aggrivated Braves fans for years - let someone else pay for the privilege next season. We can find a good free agent outfielder for $10 - 15 million.
By TheCutMan
August 10, 2007 10:45 AM | Link to this
This Andruw Jones loyalty being shown by Bobby Cox is heart-warming and emotional. Perhaps too much on all counts?
We’ve seen the comments on this issue ranging from “Who else do I have”?, to “He can get hot and carry the team for a couple of weeks.” Well, the season is winding down, the stretch run is at hand, and the waiting for Andruw to produce is becoming embarrassing.
Whatever happened to the mind-set that your best players always are the ones that play? Diaz LF, Willie CF, Francoeur RF, works for me during the stretch drive. BJones is a call away in Richmond but we’re still waiting for Andruw to turn it up?
(long sigh)
By bravesfanbob
August 10, 2007 11:18 AM | Link to this
Great comment by Vonshawn. I’m not an Andruw appologist, but what he has done for the Braves in the past is immeasurable. I wonder how much pressure on Willie Harris it would be to replace a POTENTIAL Hall of Famer in a pennant race, and would that be an asset or detrimential to his ability. As a fan who realizes that Bobby Cox won 15 consecutive division championships, (Yes he won one with Toronto), I’ll assume he knows more on the inside than we do. So although I’ll second guess him sometimes, as I did yesterday when he didn’t leave Moylan to pitch the 9th, I’ll leave the managing up to him.
By drixie
August 10, 2007 11:20 AM | Link to this
LOVED Chipper’s Roy Hobbs impersonation with that monster home run half way up the scoreboard right next to his name. That’s the way to shut up those idiots at Shea!
By Kathy
August 10, 2007 11:57 AM | Link to this
It is SO good to see Chipper producing again, like a flashback to the 1999 season! I’ve been a fan of his since the day he was drafted and couldn’t be more happy for his recent resurgence. Stay healthy Chipper! GO BRAVES!
By wheelz007
August 10, 2007 12:21 PM | Link to this
The Braves beat the Muts AGAIN!!! We’re playing good ball right now. If Andruw ever starts hitting - watch out!!! But I doubt that will happen.
By jim
August 10, 2007 12:50 PM | Link to this
That’s true Diaz might not have caught that ball but with 4 or 5 at bats he might not have neede to make that catchhe might have got a couple of hr with 3 or 4 rbi’s
By sammy miller
August 10, 2007 12:58 PM | Link to this
Chipper Is Da Man!
By brian anderson
August 10, 2007 1:34 PM | Link to this
Mets fans are so dumb, they dont even root for the best team in their own dilapadated town.so dumb they root for that wetback delgado who woundnt stand for our national anthem.so dumb they move down here and bring their bad attitudes and tailgating with them.
By Marshall
August 10, 2007 1:39 PM | Link to this
Yes, Chipper is Still the Man - he always has been. Atlanta fans sadly underestimate the value of a team-oriented, self-disciplined, patient Met-killer. And yes, Mr. .215 should be on the pine with Willie and Diaz playing every day - my gosh, they both kill the ball consistently. What’s Andruw’s on-base percentage? About 280? Thank goodness he’s gone next year, and hopefully we can keep Tex with the money departing Atlanta from Andruw, Wickman, and next year Hampton. GoBraves
By Braves1234
August 10, 2007 1:56 PM | Link to this
Larry is such a waste of life.
By New Yorker
August 10, 2007 1:59 PM | Link to this
Hey Brian, you inbred racist scumbag. I really wish you would come up here to NYC and talk like that.
You’re a* would get rocked so hard that you would go crying back to your s** trailor park.
By Steve
August 10, 2007 2:06 PM | Link to this
It must really kill you Brave fans to be behind the Mets by 4 games in the loss column. Yeah, you should have a ton of faith in your bullpen who blew the game on Wednesday and was an amazing catch from blowing the game yesterday. I’m very happy for the Brave fans who live on moral victories. But the fact is that the Mets are in first, not the Braves. So deal with it and enjoy your moral victories. If your team passes mine, then congrats…but it’s not going to happen.
By ????
August 10, 2007 2:10 PM | Link to this
Brian, you really are stupid.
I guess you don’t know the difference between the Star Spangled Banner and God Bless America. Guess what, jackass. The first one is the National Anthem while the second is a patriotic song, and the one Delgado wouldn’t stand for. And I bet you don’t even know why.
Moron….
By Another New Yorker
August 10, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this
This writer is a hack who goes home and cries to his boyfriend everynight because he can’t get a job in New York and has to work in an incredibly boring sports town like Atlanta, where the big news involves their overrated QB electrocuting and drowing dogs, and their baseball stadium actually attracting more than 20,000 to a playoff game. Seriously folks, how could anyone from Atlanta rip anything from NYC? If Atlanta seceded from the union, the only thing anyone would miss is OutKast.
By Bob
August 10, 2007 2:15 PM | Link to this
schultz your article is so holier-than-thou, it’s not only outwardly resentful of the new york media, but it delivers a not-so-subtle slap to the mets and their fans…
i’m not denying the that the new york papers are sensationalist, but personally, i love them…
…and really, is it any better than a homer paper that runs and defends its players?…
…chipper’s a big boy, jeff, he doesn’t need you…
By Shea Nation
August 10, 2007 2:16 PM | Link to this
The only way the Braves are going to have a chance of taking over the Mets run is if they can somehow improve on their meaningless play against every other team that isn’t the Mets (52-50).
Also, just because you got Teixeira doesn’t mean you are going to take the division. Look at the Beltran situation. Didn’t change much did it? Besides Teix came from the AL version of the Philly ball park.
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if your precious braves can stay around or if the fragile one, Larry, will go on the DL again and leave you guys to hope for another season.
Dominant years huh? How did you always go to the playoffs and never win?? One title isn’t going to make a difference and it just irks you guys every time you see Glavine in a Mets uniform huh. Must be nice to see his plaque in Cooperstown with the Braves hat and right next to it is a picture of him in a Mets uniform winning 300.
By BAU
August 10, 2007 2:19 PM | Link to this
Sad that after all these years ol’ Chip (someone I have respect for as an adversary) doesnt know what the big city is all about.
This happens everyday in NY, the NY Post runs headlines like that 365 days a year. Its funny people would get all self righteous about this, like this a new development.
Fact is someone like Chip or Frenchy would melt in NY, be glad they dont afce day in and day out. You have to ultra careful of what you say here
By Spike
August 10, 2007 2:19 PM | Link to this
Hey yo yo yo.. We don’t care how you do it up north. Please all you know it alls up there in paradise, keep your collective a*******e$ up there where you belong.
By singh
August 10, 2007 2:23 PM | Link to this
Someone please tell #25 to quit swinging for the fences. He is killing us in centerfeild. #25 needs to stop eating all those twinkies and work on his swing.
By Matt
August 10, 2007 2:45 PM | Link to this
I’ve been to that garbage city Atlanta, Turner Field is more of a s** than Shea. Oh, by the way, thanks for giving us the opportunity to celebrate a 300 game winner, must feel good to watch him do it in a Met uniform
By James F
August 10, 2007 2:46 PM | Link to this
“For some reason, he has thrived in this toilet of a stadium and the appropriately named surroundings of Flushing”
hahahahhah
Chipper named his kid after a toliet
hahahahhaa
By Wayneo
August 10, 2007 2:47 PM | Link to this
I love how southern hillbillies still refer to northerners as Yankees. Please keep making references to the civil war. It does wonders for the stereo type of your whole region of the country. Atlanta is a hole, I did however enjoy the Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman Museum.
By Franco
August 10, 2007 2:50 PM | Link to this
How about you come to NYC and talk like this big mouth. Stupid hack
By 1stPlaceMets
August 10, 2007 2:55 PM | Link to this
As a Met fan, it was disappointing to lose 2 out of 3 to the Braves. But I imagine it is nothing in comparison to spending the entire season in 2nd or 3rd place. You guys keep talking about facing the Mets in the playoffs. If the playoffs started today, you wouldn’t even be a part of it. Put together a real run and then you can run your mouths.
By ReyesisGod
August 10, 2007 2:56 PM | Link to this
Braves are a pathetic franchise. 13 straight division titles and one lousy ring to show for it. Sad indeed. Enjoy your slide toward a return to the lean years of the eighties. The coming years are for the kings in New York known as the The Mets! Lets Go Mets! Lets Go Mets! Chop this braves fans!!!!!
By Metsfan NY
August 10, 2007 2:57 PM | Link to this
I actually agree that the NY tabloids take things too far. I don’t blame Chipper for being annoyed. Too bad the weasel Jeff Schultz had to ratchet up the animosity by besmirching the Mets and their fans. Unlike Dave O’Brien who seems to be a real classy writer, Schultz is just a second rate hack lobbing cheap and witless pot shots at New Yorkers. Too bad but he really makes southerners look bad.
But this hasn’t changed my respect for Chipper. I have a ton of respect for him and don’t hate him at all. It’s that creepy writer Schultz who’s the real dolt. He needs to be flushed down the toilet.
By jknock19
August 10, 2007 2:58 PM | Link to this
It’s funny how you can get people to post comments about some hick dooshbag’s column, but you can’t fill a stadium during the playoffs. I always thought it to be sad to have such a good team for so many year’s and nobody cared enough to go watch.
If a team makes the playoffs for 15 straight years and only wins one world series in an empty stadium, does it make a sucking noise?
By Braves4Ever
August 10, 2007 3:01 PM | Link to this
WILPON?????? I thought Chipper OWNED the Mets.
By SchultzISaHack
August 10, 2007 3:02 PM | Link to this
Chipper named his kid after a toliet
LMAO, according to that hack Schultz, that’s exactly what Chipper did. Funniest comment I’ve seen on this page.
By MetsFan23
August 10, 2007 3:03 PM | Link to this
The braves are DONE. You guys needed a sweep to put us away and it didnt happen. Also, it’s good for baseball to have the Braves out of the playoffs because nobody wants to see Turner Field 75% full for a playoff game. Go root for the Falcons, oh wait, thats not going so well either.
By D Straw
August 10, 2007 3:22 PM | Link to this
Hey you hilbillies can keep jerking each other off…The Mets are still in first place, and will go wire to wire again, just like last season.
By D Straw
August 10, 2007 3:23 PM | Link to this
“Since they last won a World Series in 1986, there generally have been two absolutes about the New York Mets: 1) They’re supposed to be great; 2) They’re not. Only with that coupled entry can a franchise have such spectacular and amusing crashes…
“The Mets have watched the Braves win the division all too often. I guess they figure if they have a five-game lead in April, best to milk it for all it’s worth. You would just think that after so much misery and Atlanta’s 14 straight division titles, spring celebrations would be, um, tempered.”…
“The only difference this season is that the Mets actually have lived up to the hype. (Well, some of it.) Over the past two years, they have added Carlos Beltran, Pedro Martinez, Carlos Delgado, Paul Lo Duca and Billy Wagner. Some things, apparently, even the Mets can’t mess up…
“But Tuesday was the inevitable reality slap. Andruw Jones hit two home runs. LaRoche hit another. The Braves, playing without Chipper Jones and Edgar Renteria, led 5-0 through three innings, and the Mets hadn’t even set their playoff rotation yet…
“Meanwhile, the Mets lost. They’re six games out of last.”…
Good call Jeff.
By someyahoo
August 10, 2007 3:27 PM | Link to this
hope u guys had fun this weekend. because it aint happenin again.
By steve
August 10, 2007 3:28 PM | Link to this
Hey Jeff,
Bash the slimey new york media all you want. Just keep your slams on the team and its fans out of it. We here in new york know exactly who the culprits(Post, News, etc.) are and we hate them too.
Maybe chipper is inspired by playing in front of thousands of knowledgeable, passionate, and intense fans that frequent a stadium you have so eloquently deemed a toilet.
Ive been to more than one game at Turner field and, although a beautiful park, most of the fans seem completely uninterested in the action on the field. “The Chop”? Its closer to the wave than to actual enthusiasm for the team or the game of baseball.
No Thanks!
If I want that type of experience Ill attend the minor leagues. For now Id rather sit in a toilet and swirl in the frenzy of town that understands the special importance of a pennant race.
By PO'D
August 10, 2007 3:29 PM | Link to this
BENCH ANDRUW JONES!!!!! BENCH ANDRUW JONES!!!!! BENCH ANDRUW JONES!!!!! BENCH ANDRUW JONES!!!!! BENCH ANDRUW JONES!!!!! BENCH ANDRUW JONES!!!!! BENCH ANDRUW JONES!!!!! BENCH ANDRUW JONES!!!!! BENCH ANDRUW JONES!!!!! BENCH ANDRUW JONES!!!!!
By Beegcellent Baseball
August 10, 2007 3:29 PM | Link to this
Its one thing to point out how well Chipper has played against the Mets, I think almost every baseball fan would know this. In my opinion Mr. Schultz, you criticizing the city, stadium and fans of NYC is a cheap shot. You pumped out a quickie article, and showed no integrity. Maybe if Chipper played like he does against the Mets all the time, you guys wouldn’t be 6 games out of last. Buh!
http://www.beegcellent.com/
By Cerrone for President
August 10, 2007 3:30 PM | Link to this
“By Jim August 10, 2007 7:44 AM | Link to this yeah MisterMet…..you should really be proud of your mutts. 4-8 against the Braves this year with about $50 million more in payroll…..real impressive. You dumb yankee dick head. “
Maybe you should look in the mirror when calling someone a dumb dick head. It’s less than 30 mil of a difference. And in MLB these days, that’s not a big deal, so don’t feel sorry for yourselves. You’ll see that 30mil in the coming weeks in form of Beltran and Pedro. Then it’ll be time for you guys go golfing.
By PO;D
August 10, 2007 3:39 PM | Link to this
BENCH ANDRUW JONES!!!!! BENCH ANDRUW JONES!!!!! BENCH ANDRUW JONES!!!!! BENCH ANDRUW JONES!!!!! BENCH ANDRUW JONES!!!!! BENCH ANDRUW JONES!!!!!
By brian
August 10, 2007 3:40 PM | Link to this
Why would I come to new york? to get robbed? Or watch the AAA mets? Send your third world hack players back and get a pitching staff under 40.We are coming for you, stinking met fans!!!
By dave kline
August 10, 2007 3:41 PM | Link to this
By Mike Kropp
August 10, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this
Jeff,
As a New Jerseyite rooting for the Mets, I read with some interest your piece about Chipper Jones’s comments about A-Rod and steroids. I’m not here to defend the NY media - far from it. I read his comments and clearly they were taken out of context and overblown. Again, I’m not going to defend the NY media, but come on, Chipper is a 13-year veteran, which means he’s played upwards of 100 games in NY (not including WS games against the Yankees). One would think that he would by then understand the nature of NY media. They eat their own, why wouldn’t they eat one of the enemy?
That being said, I have no objection to what you wrote about the NY media. What I do object to is your characterization of Met fans. So Met fans actually boo and taunt star players on opposing teams? Imagine that! What’s next, throwing opposing teams’ HR’s back onto the field? Now Shea may be a toilet bowl, I have no quibble there, but you’d have to try pretty hard to not notice the beautiful park springing up alongside Shea. Now I’ve been to Turner Field, and it’s a very nice facility, but Fulton County Stadium was a dump that made Shea look like King Louis XVI’s Versailles palace. What will your comments be in 2009, that the Mets used to play in a toilet bowl? Pretty pathetic, Jeff.
Speaking of pathetic, it’s pretty ironic that Braves fans would mock Met fans. First of all, the tomahawk chop has to be the most juvenile chant in the history of sports. Not to mention that it’s not original. Are you paying royalties to Florida St yet? Dump or no, Met fans go to games. I was in Atlanta a number of years ago, and was able to walk up and buy tickets to a Mets/Braves playoff game the same day. Do you think that would happen at Shea? I can assure you it doesn’t. So before you mock Met fans, look at your own lame-a* fan base.
By Schultz=Attention W*******
August 10, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this
I thick Schultz is just an attention w*******, and wanted to get this site’s hit count with the help of the mets fan base.
By James F
August 10, 2007 3:48 PM | Link to this
If this guy loves Larry so much, doesn’t he feel bad for Larry’s son, who apparently was named after a giant toilet bowl?
Any Brave fans have an answer?
By Mike
August 10, 2007 3:50 PM | Link to this
Hey, brian, you big dummy, maybe you should read some statistics. NYC is the 5th safest of ccities with over 500,000 people. Atlanta isn’t even in the top 10, you ignorant hick.
By Paul Michalski
August 10, 2007 3:50 PM | Link to this
Jeff,
As a lifelong Mets fan I would just say that I am fairly upset at your unprofessional remarks in regards to Mets fans and the surrounding Flushing Queens area.
I think its quite hypocritical to comment on Shea Staduim being ‘a toilet bowl’ when the Braves themselves played in an old, outdated facility for so long (Fulton County Stadium). The Mets have been working on getting our well-deserving fans a new park for well over ten years now and it is finally coming to fruition. As for Flushing… Flushing is home to thousands of hard-working asian immigrants and is a bustling town filled with many successful entreprenuerial enterprises. Among them some of the most authentic Korean, Chinese, Tai, and Japanese restaurants this side of San Francisco. It is true that the area around Shea is rather run-down graveyard of chop-shops but the city is working on clearing that space out in favor of new business and family fun for those that attend games and concerts at the upcoming new facility.
The newspapers themselves I can only say that we sometimes have to sensationalize things up here because there are so many papers and so much competition among them to out-sell each other…They are just tryin to feed their families. It costs a lot more to live here than Atlanta. Please have some respect. Forget the papers, have some respect for us fans. Don’t you know if we boo someone as much as Chipper thats us showing respect. Remember how much we booed Reggie Miller?? Remember the standing ovation we gave him at the Garden during his last visit?? Will my friends and I give Chipper a Standing-O when he retires??…You bet your a*. He’s a gamer and he has the heart of a champion and he comes to play when he’s in NY.
Thanks for listening,
Paul
By brian
August 10, 2007 3:55 PM | Link to this
Yeah, Shea is great. They play the music so loud so you mouth breathers stay awake. Or maybe its to drown out the planes. You guys got it made! GO BRAVES!
By NY Star
August 10, 2007 3:56 PM | Link to this
I love how some Braves fans are using racist comments here to reference the latino players on the Mets.
Duh, do some of you really think Dotel, Villareal, Escobar, Aybar, Renteria, Andruw, and Franco are just a bunch of good ole boys? Can some of you be that ignorant?
That is so pathetic!!!!!!!
By Steve
August 10, 2007 4:04 PM | Link to this
I’ve got a question for Braves fans…Can you tell me who is in first in the NL Eastern Division???? To be honest I have no problem losing every series to the Braves and still winning the division. Take a look at your record against teams other then the Mets, then take a look of the Mets record against teams other than the Braves…enjoy hitting the links in Sept, I’m sure Smoltzie will…
By LETS GO METS
August 10, 2007 4:10 PM | Link to this
What an ignorant article written presumably by an ignorant man. I have lived in Queens all my life. In fact, I live 20 minutes from Shea. To compare the area I live in to a toilet is just plain dumb. I have been to Atlanta a couple times. Talk about a cookie-cutter city with no character whatsoever. I believe the top notch places to go out for dinner PF Changs and Cheesecake Factory. You can keep your piece of crap city and all it supposedly has to offer…
By steve
August 10, 2007 4:12 PM | Link to this
Excellent post NY Star. Excellent! I think some real Braves fans should get on this board quickly. I can’t believe they actually want to be represented by this brian who is so eloquent with his racist rants.
By BRIAN
August 10, 2007 4:18 PM | Link to this
So because delgado is anti american and ungrateful for the opportunity he has been given that makes me a racist? Guess you people are pretty easily fooled. you did elect hillary clinton, so its not suprising.
By Mike
August 10, 2007 4:20 PM | Link to this
Brian, do yourself a favor, shut up. Every time you post something, it further shows how ignorant you are. “Third world”? Are you serious? You’re right, dummy, the Braves have never signed Latin players! Hell, you just took a deadbeat off our hands. Thanks, we owe you one! Yunel Excobar and Oscar Villareal got lost on their way to Shea because they didn’t speak enough English to tell the cab driver where to go! But I guess itss different when it’s your team.
Ya big dummy.
By steve
August 10, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this
Nice job, Brian. You just offended women as well. Hahahahahahahaha
By NY Star
August 10, 2007 4:28 PM | Link to this
Uh, no brian. It has nothing to do with Delgado’s politics. If you can’t spot the racism in the prior posts by Braves fans then you’re dumber than I thought. But I think you’re just pretending to be naive here.
By Nick Garcia
August 10, 2007 4:30 PM | Link to this
I was at the game on Aug 8 for the loss and Aug 9 for the win. I was one of a handful of braves fans and just for the record i was THE loudest person there, brave or met! if you watch the replay of Teixiera HR i was the only one standing (field level 4th seat up) and screaming my lungs out! they were both great games and i have to give a round of applause to the mets fans, they handle a hard loss well. although i was getting constant “boos” and “sit downs!” I never heard a harsh word and most people even talked to me and told me good game. i wish all fans were like this! GO BRAVES
By steve
August 10, 2007 4:39 PM | Link to this
Most of the Met fans are like that Nick. But we do have our share of morons as well. Glad you didn’t have to see that side!!!
By GeorgiaMetsFan
August 10, 2007 4:42 PM | Link to this
Willie Harris stole one game, Andruw Jones blew another, it all works out in the end. Mets are still in first, Brian is still a hick racist,and this writer sounds like John Rocker, talking about sensationalist… how about some real journalism for a change in the AJC???
By bravessuckfuck
August 10, 2007 5:24 PM | Link to this
f*** you braves suckers hahahahahahaha lmaoooooo you guys suck C O X
By Ten Ton Hammer
August 10, 2007 5:26 PM | Link to this
Nice writing, Schultz. I guess that’s why you work for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and not a paper that matters.
As if you’d turn down a job from a better-paying New York paper. How are you any better than them for pandering to your home audience with this hack, homer, Anti-New York-because-Braves-Fans-Are-Anti-New-York drivel?
In then end, you’re all about getting published and selling papers too.
By Ten Ton Hammer
August 10, 2007 5:37 PM | Link to this
Why would I come to new york? to get robbed? Or watch the AAA mets? Send your third world hack players back and get a pitching staff under 40.We are coming for you, stinking met fans!!!
You should be embarassed to silence since your precious Braves have been 5 to 3.5 games behind a “AAA” team all season long. We can’t even beat you straight up, and you can’t do anything about it, since as soon as you’re done with us, you underachieve to garbage like the Reds.
How about you take your two good starters and go back to your hovel, you racist moron? How about those apples? Maybe if you’re really lucky, you can go back to the good old days of winning the division and going one and done in the postseason in a home field that’s half-empty and dead silent as Andruw Jones’ bat.
By NY Star
August 10, 2007 5:37 PM | Link to this
4-8 against the Braves this year with about $50 million more in payroll
The Mets have a payroll that’s $26.5 million more than Atlanta’s (source: ESPN).
Leave it up to Braves fans to not only be racist, but mathematically challenged.
By steve
August 10, 2007 5:51 PM | Link to this
LOL. The Met fans have taken over AJC!!! :-)
By wldcrd
August 10, 2007 6:04 PM | Link to this
hey NY don’t worry about it ATL has your # this year and you know it. GO BROVO’S
By ralstar
August 10, 2007 6:22 PM | Link to this
check the standings
By William Randolph Hearst
August 10, 2007 6:28 PM | Link to this
I love how a writer in Atlanta demeans a city, it’s people, and the media there, using the same type of “journalistic” techniques he rails against. What a dishonest jerk. His comments are only toned down version of John Rocker.
Chipper is a terrific player, a hall of famer, and tremendous in the clutch. Mets fans love to hate him — that is a credit to him. But Mr. Schutz, you should be ashamed - as should your editors.
By Ryder
August 10, 2007 7:05 PM | Link to this
Yeah we’re checking the standings - and all of you NY jabronis are scared to death, knowing that you can’t beat Atlanta. Especially now that your boy Petey Martinez is only clocking 89 on the radar and getting rocked in the minors, and this team is too old and banged up to hang on to their lead for much longer.
Face it Mutts for all of the trash talking you do about the Braves not getting it done in the playoffs, weren’t you guys the team that had game 7 of the NLCS at home last October and LOST? To Yadier Molina of all people, on a Cardinals team that only won 83 games? WTF!, and you have the nerve to come in with that weak talk about the Braves? How many playoff series have you beaten the Braves? Oh yeah NONE! 1-0 Atlanta (forget ‘99 already?) Keep living off 1986 you b*stards!
By Jeremy
August 10, 2007 7:14 PM | Link to this
Chipper Is A Great Guy. He Sticks Up For His Friends And Has There Back. I Hope He Retires A Brave He Is A Great Ball Player. For The Steroids. Even Though I Cant Stand The Yankees. I Don’t Think A-Rod Took Any Performance Enhancing Drugs. Everybody Just Makes These Stipulations Because Its More Common Now A Days. But Lets Say Hank Aaron or Babe Ruth Live In Today’s Time and Broke The Record Now Would Everyone automatically thinks they Took Steroids. Yea Most Likely. But A-Rod No He Is A Great Guy He Has No Reasons To Use Performance Enhancement Drugs Now Barry Bonds That’s A Different Story
By LGM
August 10, 2007 8:50 PM | Link to this
LOL, Ryder, you of all people shouldn’t be talking of postseason success. When you look up postseason futility in the dictionary there’s a picture of a Braves uniform.
At least last year the Mets got to game 7 of the NLCS — much further than the Braves got the last 4 times they appeared in the postseason. And the last time they appeared, they were wiped out in the NLDS by the wildcard team that had a grand total of 89 wins. You talk as if the Braves have won multiple postseason series from the Mets but they only won one. Big deal. Your team got wiped out as usual in the WS that year.
I really don’t care if the Mets can’t beat Atlanta because Atlanta can’t beat anyone else. Haha.
By Metsin07
August 11, 2007 1:03 AM | Link to this
just a terrific article jeff, really outstanding… from a guy who clearly can’t cut it in the world’s largest media market so he writes in a third rate city like atlanta. if you have something meaningful to write, then do it. it’s not secret that chipper does well in ny, in our “toilet” so you say. but i guess you think you were right on, just like last april when you mocked our early division lead. well here’s the deal - in a year and a half we’ll have the best park in baseball, probably the best team, and we’ll be flying our division championship banners from 06, 07, 08, and probably one from a world title that’s on in those 2 latter years. until then, keep toiling away in anonymity, AJC or NYT? wow you’ve really arrived Jeff, you’ve really arrived.
By Northern Fan
August 11, 2007 1:14 AM | Link to this
Well Bama, when a “journalist” from one of the South’s major newspapers calls one of the most populous areas of the Northeast a “toilet” don’t you think some of us northerners have a right to get touchy? If a writer from the New York Times called Atlanta a smelly urinal, don’t you think some of you would get touchy?
And not many Mets fans I know read Southern news, unless they also live in the South. This juvenile diatribe from Schultz came to our attention when a major Mets blog talked about it and linked to it. You don’t seriously think anyone would bother to read such a hack like Schultz otherwise, do you?
By bullet36
August 11, 2007 3:15 AM | Link to this
I wouldn’t be so vocal if I were a Mets fan. I think Chipper hit one yesterday that hasn’t landed yet!!
By bj
August 11, 2007 6:35 AM | Link to this
what does chipper hitting a hr the other day have to do with anything? wright hit a hr too and if not for harris jumping like an nba star the mets probably win that game. does that mean you braves fans should shut up? really this king of hacks schultz is the problem here and chipper hitting a hr doesn’t give him license to write like a moron possessed by john rocker.
By crazyhorse
August 11, 2007 8:07 AM | Link to this
The irony is that the first place I read CHipper’s comments was in the AJC.
Guess that didn’t count.
Typical southern trash-talk, stirring regional differences through lies and distortion.
Guess their isn’t much else to write about.
By Mets in 2007
August 11, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this
Schultz, you sound like a scorned lover, what is it N.Y. did’nt want you so you take every opportunity you have to make rude comments.I can only wonder what you would call Atlanta had you been working for a NY paper. As for “Atlanta fans” you guys really need to wake up and smell the coffee and remember where you came from. It was’nt that long ago that Atlanta was the joke of the N.L. Don’t act like you are so above N.Y. Truth be told there are many similarities in both our Franchises and to rip the Mets fans is like cutting off your nose to spite your face.
By bullet36
August 11, 2007 11:51 AM | Link to this
To the delusional Mets fan that said Turner Field is more of a dump than Shea: you’ve got to be joking. If I were a Mets fan I would be embarrassed every time they turned on a camera in Shea Stadium. When they do the whole country gets to see what a dump Shea is. Schultz didn’t say anything out of order. Flushing is a toilet and your stadium is an embarrassment to all of baseball. And to all you other egocentric NYers: There are PLENTY of people in other parts of the country who think your city is a sh*thole. I know it’s hard to believe but for MOST of us NYC is the last place we would want to live or work. Good luck Mets fans. You just better hope we don’t meet you guys in the playoffs because you can’t beat the Braves. That’s something we can all agree on. ha ha ha
By bj
August 11, 2007 12:28 PM | Link to this
hey bullet, if turner field were better than shea how come no one wants to go there? they’d prefer to sit in a “toilet” lol than that smelly hole you call turner. and i have news for you bud, PLENTY people around the country think your little southern city is a laughing stock hotbed of ignorant racist hicks. fans like you are an embarrassment to baseball. the mets aren’t scared of the braves because we know your joke of a team can’t beat anyone else and that’s something else we can all agree on hahahahaha. chipper will be playing golf in october while the mets are playing in the postseason.
By Laughing all the way
August 11, 2007 2:01 PM | Link to this
NYC is the world’s greatest city - take it to the bank. Atlanta is a dirty, racially divided, southern hick city and your best athlete is about to spend 4-6 in a federal penitentiary because he’s a degenerate moron. enjoy the baseball now while it lasts, you can catch us playing on your TBS station in october, maybe chipper and co. will drop by to watch with you.
By DD
August 11, 2007 4:30 PM | Link to this
IF NEW YORK IS SO GREAT WHY DON’T ALL OF YOU METS FANS GO BACK. IF ATLANTA IS SO “THIRD WORLD” WHY DO YOU LIVE HERE? DON’T THEY HAVE GOOD JOBS IN NEW YORK? THEN AGAIN, I CAN’T BLAME YOU, IF HILARY WAS MY REPRESENTATIVE I WOULD FLEE THE STATE AS WELL.
TRASH TALKING ASIDE. THE REASON OF THE SEASON SHOULD BE A NAIL BITTER.
By Mets Fan
August 11, 2007 7:24 PM | Link to this
The Braves are in Second place because they are a second-rate team. It’ll sting to miss the playoffs…
again
By Bloomie
August 11, 2007 8:51 PM | Link to this
DD, does typing in all caps make you feel, er, more powerful? LOL, figures.
I could ask you the same thing — if Atlanta is so great, why are there so many people from there in NY? I’ve worked with tons of Atlantans here. Maybe they love Hilary more than you think! So you see, your question is pretty bizarre and irrelevant to this discussion. But maybe you should ask the eminently mature and oh-so eloquent Mr. Schultz why so many Atlantans like to make their home in a “toilet” bowl? I’d love to hear his answer.
By Wright > Chipper
August 13, 2007 10:04 AM | Link to this
Chipper Jones may be a great third baseman, and God knows that I hate him, but David Wright is so much classier and is definitely the new exciting 3rd basemen in the NL East. And maybe the Mets can’t beat the Braves. But they can sure as hell beat everyone else, which is why they are in first place and the Braves are trading off with the Phils for 2nd and 3rd. So Mets fans, stay strong! Don’t let rednecks like Chipper and every other Braves fan get you down. We will see who is laughing when the Mets win the division and the Braves are watching the playoffs on FOX, their favorite channel.
By brian
August 13, 2007 1:42 PM | Link to this
I’m sorry. I didnt realize the mets had won a championship in the last twenty years. Oh yeah, they havent.The redneck thing is so tired, we are the black hollywood.David Wright is the bigggest choker since Beltran, and he couldnt hold Chippers jock.Delgado is washed up, and alou urinates on his own hands.Anybody seen pedro? Shawn Green has worked out well for you guys, huh? The mets are the kings of ineptitude. look it up, you mouth breathers!
By catman
August 13, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this
Nothing is as inept as a team that goes to the postseason 13 times and only has one ring to show for it. That’s pitiful. And the Braves couldn’t even fill their stadium to boot for these games. If you’re so tired of being called rednecks, maybe you should stop acting like ones.
brian, do you get pleasure recounting some of the Mets weaknesses? You only have to look at your own team to find poor player moves and weaknesses — Andruw Jones who can’t hit his way out of a paper bag now. Hamptom, LOL, good move there! Mike Gonzalez, oh wait, he’s on the DL! But it’s pointless. The only thing that matters is the Braves have been watching the Mets from behind for the last 2 years! And it will stay that way for the foreseeable future.
By brian
August 14, 2007 2:12 PM | Link to this
Actually, genius, we won one of those world series. you havent since the eighties. If you ever win, you could talk.you know every mouth breathing met fan would gladly trade your last twenty years for ours.And its Hampton, not Hamptom you retard.Mets fans even make themselves look dumb.You have no forseeable future,unless your pitchers, firstbaseman, and outfielders play into their fifties.Reyes is only in his twenties and already dogging it to first,very impressive.Maybe he should ask Chipper about hustle.
By catman
August 15, 2007 4:42 PM | Link to this
Hey brian you moron, sorry I am not a certified typist like I’m sure you are being the menial redneck clerical worker that you are! It’s funny that someone from the hotbed of illiteracy should point out a typo. What a joke! And it’s “it’s Hampton” not “its Hampton” but being so uneducated you probably can’t even spot the difference.
Talking about the future, your team’s is as dim as a dying firefly. Smoltz has a sore shoulder and Hudson isn’t locked up long term. Who do you have? No one. It’s also funny that you should point out Reyes and try to compare him to Chipper, lol. Chipper’s own friggin’ teammate called him out for not stepping up and for “doggin it” via injuries. No one on the Mets called out Reyes and everyone agrees what he did is nothing you wouldn’t see a veteran do everyday. It would be nice if you can get your information straight but I wouldn’t expect that from an illiterate Braves fan like you.
And I wouldn’t trade the Mets history for that of the Braves any day. Not only are the Braves the dullest team around, but so are their announcers and fans. Anyone would rather stick knives in their ears than have to suffer the indignity of being a Braves fan.