The world of the Marlins sure is a strange one. Sure its pretty lonely, unless a good team comes to town then its filled with a bunch of strange people, but even with that, the things that go on in Miami can raise your eyebrows, and I'm not just talking about Rameriez's flip out or am I talking about the Manatees. I am talking about this weird concept they have of the Mets. I was watching the game last night on the Marlins network and they are convinced, CONVINCED that the Mets and the Marlins have a rivalry apart from just a normal Divisional rivalvry. Thats right forget the Braves (who I feel are our only rivals) forget the Phillies (who are quickly becoming our rivals) the big rivalry we have is with THE MARLINS! They basically link this to how the Marlins have enjoyed taking away the postseason from the Mets the last two years. They sure do act like its a rivalry, did you see how much the celbrated last night….on the forth game of the season. However, for it to be a rivalry it has to go two ways, and very, very, very few Mets fans would agree that we have a rivalry with the Marlins. (Seriously, how do you have a rivalry with a team where the two best players from each team want to be/are godfathers for each others kids? It doesn't make sense! Wake up Florida, we don't hate you!).
Bud Selig announced today, in a move that has been speculated since yesterday, that the Arizona Diamondbacks will host the 2011 All-Star game, which makes sense because their stadium is really nice and really deserves a game. It is hard to think when the Mets might actually get the game (maybe 2012, please? More than likely 2014 though) due to all of the new ballparks opening around the league and all of the ball parks that havn't hosted yet. The advantage the Mets have is they have not hosted since '64 and their are a host of ballparks opening next year through 2012. The disadvantage the Mets have is that the Yankees had the game last year so it would only be 4 years in 2012 since NYC had the game. We'll see how it goes!
