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2007 Mets vs 2011 Sox, Who Ya Got?

Well its the burning question that everyone keeps asking. Who’s collapse is worse, the 2007 Mets or the 2011 Red Sox? Now obviously there’s two games to go but with Joe Girardi basically telling the media he’s packing it up for the rest of the season and the Red Sox playing with just about as much life as Amy Winehouse, we all know where this is headed.

So who’s worse? The Mets blew a 7 game lead, while the Sox blew a 9 game lead. But the Mets did it all in a 17 game span, the the Sox collapsed over the course of 1 month. As much as I’m relishing this Sox Collapse and hoping they’d erase the Mets from infamy, I’ll be honest – the Mets collapse is still worse. The fact that it happened over the course of 17 games is just gut wrenching. I’m nauseuous just writing about this. Makes me wanna cry and puke all at once. My vote is for the Mets.

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But as the number one Mets ambassador and diplomat to all teams mediocre, I’d like to officially welcome the Red Sox back home. You know for roughly 100 years the Sox and the Mets were in the same boat. They were like best buddies, partners in crime. Finding new ways to lose, embarrassing themselves in ways previously thought impossible. Along with the Cubs they were like this little triumvirate of garbage. Put in recent years the Sox jumped ship and dominated. They were like your one buddy who always sat at the nerd table at lunch in the cafeteria who all the sudden got picked by the popular kids to go sit with them. And for a little while they sell out and they enjoy their new friends and new popular lifestyle. Go to the popular parties, maybe hook up with the pretty girl. But in the end they always come crashing back to earth. The popular kids realize they don’t truly belong. They kick your friend to the curb. And your buddy tries to fit it and tries to hold on for dear life and prove that he belongs with the cool kids, but in the end he just accepts his fate and heads back to the nerd table at lunch. And even though your buddy was a COMPLETE FUCKING ASSHOLE the whole time he was pretending to be popular, you welcome him back to the nerd table with open arms. Because in your heart of hearts you realize that you and your friend are still one in the same and belong in the same boat.

So this is me and the Mets welcoming you back to our nerd table. Welcome home, Boston. You’re back where you belong.

By KFC posted September 27th, 2011 at 9:35 AM

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by c3j1v62 on September 27, 2011 at 9:37 am
poetic
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by johnnymanchuk on September 27, 2011 at 9:38 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okXhAC78d4Q
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by yodaswrinklyballs on September 27, 2011 at 9:43 am
cue the chowdaheads somehow bringing the patriots 3 superbowl titles into this arguement about 25 comments from now.
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by dirty30 on September 27, 2011 at 9:49 am
Guys its not over yet
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by Hipneck on September 27, 2011 at 9:51 am
The Mets have been around for 100 years? Nah.Tough to watch though, speaking as a Sox fan. They're done, cooked, toast. Even if they did sneak in somehow, they'd be out in three.
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by SteveC on September 27, 2011 at 9:52 am
yea but they are the Mets. you knew they would blow it. so the Red Sox collapse is worse
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by BlumpkinPumpkin on September 27, 2011 at 9:56 am
What this seems to be about is not having anything else to cover on this site. There's seriously THREE stories right now on this page talking about the Red Sox and how much they suck. I'm not arguing it but is there really nothing else to talk about NYBS? It's always NY saying how they don't care about Boston, only vice versa, but it definitely doesn't look that way here. Next! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...
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by leftlane39 on September 27, 2011 at 10:06 am
Blumpkin - It's because Pres has put up 0 about the Sox collapse, unless you count the "It's All Roses" one which was clearly intended to talk about how Boston was no longer in trouble. Then after he jinxed the Red Sox, he switched over to hockey. (By the way, Boston fans, how does an overweight blogger somehow "jinx" a "professional" baseball team that probably doesn't even know he exists?)
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by leftlane39 on September 27, 2011 at 10:07 am
Also, if anyone tries to pull the 2004 Yankee collapse card and claim that it's worse than these two season abortions, please kindly find your nearest bridge and jump. Although I'll admit, Boston still isn't TECHNICALLY out of it yet.
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by blackboxsuk on September 27, 2011 at 10:26 am
Leflane you nailed it!! That is the team that is worse. No sense in denying it. You can throw the 2010 Bruins in there as well if that makes you happy. NOTHING is worse than losing 4 straight after being up 3-0….nothing
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by dommyd24 on September 27, 2011 at 10:49 am
The 2004 collapse only seems alot bigger to a sox fan because they ended up winning the world series...say they didnt win and the rockies won...or was it the cardinals? I forget haha but the collapse wouldnt mean shit
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by trains planes plantains on September 27, 2011 at 10:51 am
KFC... I said something very similar to this yesterday... it was just lacking the metaphors and any logic because I was fucking furious at how bad the red sox are. That being said... I think the metaphor is decent, but I don't think pre-2004 sox fans have acted like assholes in the last 7 years. Trust me, it didn't take much for the pessimistic sox fan to come back out. The assholes are the fans that hopped on the bandwagon were the ones speaking the loudest, because they had to prove that they were real fans... even though god knows they aren't.
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by pd4 on September 27, 2011 at 10:54 am
thats actually not what he said blackboxsuk, so yes there is something worse than blowing a 3-0 lead, and thats blowing a whole season.
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by Hipneck on September 27, 2011 at 11:11 am
LOL, I'd much rather see a regular season collapse like this that choking a 3-0 lead in the ALCS. This doesn't even compare to the 2004 Yankmees. A 3 games to none lead and one strike away from a sweep! Hahahahahahahahahahaha.We suck now, but we'll always have 2004.Suck it, NYC.
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by Hipneck on September 27, 2011 at 11:12 am
Blowing a 3-0 lead IS blowing the whole season, numbnuts.
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by dommyd24 on September 27, 2011 at 11:17 am
Looks like Hipneck was one of those fans who realized what baseball was in 2004
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by yodaswrinklyballs on September 27, 2011 at 11:21 am
"We suck now, but we’ll always have 2004." That screams inferiority complex buddy.
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by dommyd24 on September 27, 2011 at 11:22 am
Thats like when we used to say 1918 haha. WHO CARES! We've won a world series since then.
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by Scott on September 27, 2011 at 11:30 am
"Welcome home, Boston. You’re back where you belong." A+++
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by pd4 on September 27, 2011 at 11:40 am
i seriously can't wrap my mind around how anyone can say 2004 is worse than this. the yankees MADE the fucking playoffs. they blew a 3-0 lead in a totally indescribable, unrepeatable chain of events. It was four games- not an entire fucking month of games. You guys crowned yourself in march, had a 9.5 game lead. Tampa hasn't even played that well, unlike St. Louis with the Braves. Boston has just sucked that much. I mean cling to 2004 all you want- pretty sure i'd rather make the playoffs than not.
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by Numero Two on September 27, 2011 at 11:55 am
pd4, its worse because it is the playoffs. Victory is so close and then you have it snatched away from you. If you don't win the whole thing wouldn't you rather have the least amount of pain involved? Only assholes and jerk offs count playoff appearances as an accomplishment. You win the whole thing or you are a failure, doesn't matter if you are in last place and not in the dance at the end or in the ALCS and blow a 3-0, you failed. Only difference is one crushes your hopes, dreams and spirits.
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by dommyd24 on September 27, 2011 at 12:02 pm
But in all honesty, its 2011 guys. Who cares about 2004. This is happening right now. You can dwell on the past all you want but the Sox were a 99.9% projection rate to make the playoffs according to ESPNs Hunt for October and as of right now it seems that .01% might happen We lost to a bunch of guys that didnt quit in 04(yes ill give you that you played your fucking asses off) But right now you cant beat our Triple A and The orioles Triple A...Yes if you didnt notice they arent playing most of their Big league players.
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by makjak2 on September 27, 2011 at 12:13 pm
http://www.nesn.com/2011/01/2011-red-sox-will-challenge-1927-yankees-for-title-of-greatest-team-in-major-league-history.html
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by nyyanks4eva on September 27, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Blowing a 3-0 lead is losing a series not a whole season. Blowing an entire season and not making is worse considering all off season they were talking about the Sawx like they were the 2nd coming or that team Mike Vick plays for. Are we seeing a common thread here. Yes, you don't want to be called a dream team unless you played basketball for Team USA in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics
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by dommyd24 on September 27, 2011 at 12:21 pm
But none of those months compare to this one. No way. Not when one of the biggest collapses in baseball history is at stake, not when a team of MVP candidates and All-Stars and a payroll approximately four times that of the team it’s trying to fend off is on the verge of a complete disaster. Thats from ESPN
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by bostonwhereretardsflourish on September 27, 2011 at 12:23 pm
If the Yankees haven't won in 09 I'd accept the 04 argument, but you all just sound like whiny faggots with an inferiority complex by just bringing it up now. It's like still chanting 1918 even after you won since then. Yeah all those years you were one of the least successful teams of all time, but we're not still chanting it because that'd make no fucking sense, you guys figured out winning takes the stench out of things. Congratulations. But at the end of the day Sox fans prove they are basically Met fans back to bringing up 2004 even after we won going back to little brother, it has always been for 85 years.
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by tommy112 on September 27, 2011 at 1:10 pm
2011 Sox hands down. This is fucking painful to watch and the nail in the coffin could be Lackey pitching the tie breaker in TB.I'm going to change my name to "Typing From The Tobin".
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by dommyd24 on September 27, 2011 at 1:49 pm
i was just about to write that yoda! "YEAH WELL LETS SEE WHOS LAUGHING WHEN THE PATS AND B's WIN" Sorry losers this is about baseball. I just did a little research EXACTLY ONE MONTH AGO the Red Sox not only lead the Yanks by 1.5 game but they led the rays by 9.5 games.... i almost spit out my coffee You cant even beat the O's! This isnt an arguement about which city is better, which city has better sports teams historically or recently. ITS ABOUT THE EPIC COLLAPSE OF THE REDSOX
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by k1dd0 on September 27, 2011 at 1:50 pm
SWEEEET CAROLINE! HAHAHAHAHA ALWAYS NEXT YEAR FAGGOTS P.S. NEIL DIAMOND IS A FUCKING BROOKLYN DODGERS FAN YOU CUNTS!
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by eatdickmanning on September 27, 2011 at 1:54 pm
If we are making the nerd table/popular kid/high school references, then all Yankees fans can shut the fuck up. Because the Yankees might be the Popular kid, but in 2004 we fucked your sister in the ass on prom night and came inside her ass, pussy, and mouth, and gave her AIDS.2004 Yankees Biggest collapse in sports history.
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by yodaswrinklyballs on September 27, 2011 at 2:00 pm
hands down the most pitiful collapse ever. what a bunch of pussies. By the looks of it, the orioles are the team playing for the wildcard.
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by bxbombsquad1 on September 27, 2011 at 2:19 pm
Fuckin title town, and sports we didn't follow until the team won, and somethin' else about title town, and somethin about 2004 on, making all the previous years seem like they didn't happen, somethin' about Brady bein' the best evaaaa... Did I cover all the points there massholes?
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by ....... on September 27, 2011 at 2:22 pm
I can't wait for the Yankees lose to the Tigers setting up a Detroit vs. Texas/ TB match up that will hopefully kill boringball once-and-for-all. As for the question asked I have to go with either "who gives a shit" or the Red Sox
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by Numero Two on September 27, 2011 at 2:27 pm
Red Sox, baseball is a game of numbers and no team in the HISTORY of the game has lost a 9 game lead in September. Remarkable stuff. I'm from Boston and the 2011 Sox are definitely a worse collapse than the Mets. Just pitching like dickheads, divorcing wives, and dropping balls like the Bad News Bears.
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by yodaswrinklyballs on September 27, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Boston fans love the superbowl argument but god forbid anyone goes near a world series argument and talks about "the past."
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by thedude51 on September 27, 2011 at 2:54 pm
The 2004 collapse would still matter to me if we didn't go and win it in 2009. The 2004 collapse was bad, but at least the Red Sox earned their victories over the Yankees. The Red Sox are getting beat by the Yankees B team and their best pitchers are getting embarrassed by the Orioles. They are just flat out losing games the other teams don't even have to try. It's ugly. By the way, how happy do you think this opportunity makes Showalter? Guy lives to beat the Red Sox and Yankees and now he has the chance to complete an epic Sawx collapse at the hands of his Orioles.
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by pd4 on September 27, 2011 at 4:18 pm
good point manning. that makes a lot of sense. i'm glad not a single one of you red sox fans can explain how losing four games = having 19 losses in september, one away from a club record, to blow a 9.5 game lead, the most in history, when you guys had a self-declared DREAM TEAM. fucking spare me.
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by ThuggishRuggishBone on September 27, 2011 at 4:24 pm
More like sox and cubs... Sox fans don't think about the mets at all
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