tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post8821003690108928928..comments2023-10-28T08:31:25.462-04:00Comments on Subway Squawkers - A Yankees-Mets Rivalry Blog: Celebrate the 1969 Mets - with Phillies NationSubway Squawkershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156896665605326549noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-57000556064828961942009-08-17T22:10:03.190-04:002009-08-17T22:10:03.190-04:00Okay, Jon, let's review: As part of Mets bullp...Okay, Jon, let's review: As part of Mets bullpen but NOT as closer, Tug McGraw won a World Series; as Met closer, Tug lost a World Series and did not win one; as Phils closer, Tug closed out a World Series win. The Phillies had never won a World Series in 98 seasons of trying, until then; the city, not in half a century, since the A's of 1930. It was bigger for Philly than anything the Mets have ever done has been for New York. It was like Brooklyn finally winning in 1955. The Phils have every right to celebrate Tug.<br /><br />Besides, if you want to protest something, protest the fact that both teams soiled Tug's Number 45 by giving it to someone whose misdeeds rival that of any character in a country song -- including those sung by Tug's son Tim and his wife Faith Hill.<br /><br />I will be nowhere near Pity Field on Saturday. I am going to the belly of the beast, to experience a real rivalry. I'm not saying I'll be getting into Fenway Park (I recently came into some money -- don't worry, nobody died -- but not THAT much money), but I will be in the city of Boston this weekend.<br /><br />I wonder if I'll run into Ben, Lindsey, and their now four-year old daughter, Carla Yastrzemski Wrightman.Uncle Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618876073064128027noreply@blogger.com