The NY Times has a cool map of what teams various locales root for. Um….hello…Jeff?
This is what happens when you give a generation and half away. Keep worrying about that 2022 payroll. And remember the TV network and New Stadium cards have already been played.
And in case you’re wondering…
Wow! I would never have thought it would be that bad.
A picture paints 1000 words.
Unbelievable – even in zip codes IN FLUSHING the Mets trail.
metspolice Nothing to do with Mets and everything to do with Yankees. They’re popular. Any one-team location on the map, Yankees are #2.
metspolice And it’s always been that way, and will always be that way, even if the Mets win 5 World Series in a row.
metspolice Yankees push their facebook page way more, has way more likes. Plus Mets fans make ‘like’ them too to keep tabs on enemy.
metspolice This is so sad. Mets ruled NYC in mid to late ’80s. And at this point it’s hard to imagine that scenario ever returning.
.GregNugget the Mets also ruled in the 60’s and 70’s.
NYM ’64 (new park) 1.732M, NYY (WS) 1.3
NYM 69 2.175 NYY 1.067
NYM 85 2.76 NYY 2.24
GregNugget metspolice this scenario will return as long as we get new owners who know how to deal with New York City
metspolice NYC was an NL town. Yankees lost attendance following Dodgers and Giants move to west coast: 1957-1497143
1958-1428438 more….
metspolice And see what happened when Mets were born:
1961-1747725
1962-1493574
1963-1308920
Yankees won pennants yet attendance dropped