Mets Fans: When is it okay to root for the New York Yankees?

There were even a ton of posts this summer, of Yankee fans stating how the Mets should trade them Jacob deGrom, so a New York team could bring back the title. They were even debating which lower tier prospects they were willing to give the Mets.

Yeah, let me try to clear the bile out of my mouth from that one. Everyone should go out of their way to help the Yankees.

And how about the recent Tweet, which went viral, from the classy Yankee fan, who threw beer on an Oakland A’s fan at this year’s Wild Card game. Not only that, he had the nerve to use #PinstripePride in his post, with a big LOL nearby. Because assault is always a laughing matter and something to be proud of.

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So, let me get back to the point of this piece since I got sidetracked in a rant, which I tend to do when it comes to the Yankees.

Is there ever a good time to root for them?

Well, as a Mets fan, I couldn’t stand the Braves in the late 90’s, yet still rooted for them against the Yankees in those games.

In 2001, the Yankee fan narrative was everyone should root for them in the World Series, since it would be good for New York.

Well, they meant for Yankee fans of NY. I rooted for NY as a whole, but cheered my lungs out, when Luis Gonzalez’s bloop fell over the drawn-in infield in game 7. And no other Mets fan I knew, was rooting for the Yankees either.

I despised the Philadelphia Phillies teams of Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins, but swallowed my pride and rooted for them in 2009.

If the Yankees were playing the Washington Nationals or whatever NL team late in the season, and the Mets needed that team to lose, I’d still root for that team and want the Mets to make that game up at a different time, and in a different way.

I’ve told my kids, that if they do anything wrong. Even if they fall on the wrong side of the law, I’ll be disappointed in them, but won’t stop loving them or being there for support. But, if they root for the Yankees or marry a Yankee fan, they are disowned, and I’ll turn my back on them. It’ll hurt, but that’s the way things have to be.

If a team of demons rose to the surface and challenged the Yankees to a game, I’d be putting on phony horns on my head and carrying a novelty pitchfork in support. Though to be fair, I’m not sure which team constitutes the evil one in this scenario.

Now, with the Yankees coming back to NY all knotted up in their series with the Red Sox at 1-1, I have that sinking feeling that the Yankees will pull it off, and then go through Houston and whoever emerges from the National League and bring home ring 28. I’m sickened at the thought, but trying to brace myself, just in case.

So, in answer to the question, “Is it okay for a Mets fan to ever root for that to happen?”

Never.

No way.

No now.

It’s NEVER allowed. It’s NEVER all right. It’s NEVER okay, and don’t let anyone else ever tell you that it is.

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So, basically what I’m saying is, Let’s go Mets and whoever is playing the Yankees on that particular day.