Tale of the Tape: Mets fans vs. Yankees fans
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We polled 500 Mets fans and 500 Yankees fans. Who truly is the best fan? Let's go straight to the Tale of the Tape for the answers:

Category Mets fan Yankees fan Edge
Favorite moment Mookie's grounder The King's home run off Wohlers in '96 Series Yankees fan: Just watching Ray Knight score that run makes us sick
Jumped on the bandwagon About the time Timo Perez joined the team When Reggie hit three bombs in '77 Series Mets fan: We're all about Timo Perez
Player they think is Hall of Famer but isn't Keith Hernandez Don Mattingly Even: Although Mattingly never appeared on "Seinfeld" ...
Player they love to make fun of Bill Buckner Bill Buckner Yankees fan: A Yankee fan's joy is seeing the Red Sox suffer
Favorite ballpark feature John Franco's vegetable garden Monuments to Ruth and Gehrig Yankees fan: As much as we love a good tomato ...
Occupation Sanitation worker Mayor of New York City Mets fan: A true fan knows our reference on this one.
Favorite book "Nails," by Lenny Dykstra "Ball Four," by Jim Bouton Yankees fan: A literary masterpiece vs. a literary disgrace
Favorite center fielder Mookie Wilson Joe DiMaggio Mets fan: Mookie hasn't been known to associate with members of the Mafia
Love to hate John Rocker, Roger Clemens Whiny Mets fans Even: Hey, we should all be a little nicer.
Worst moment Kenny Rogers throws ball four Steinbrenner buys team Mets fan: Let's just say we don't like those turtlenecks.
Favorite historical moment '69 Miracle Mets win it all Acquire Babe Ruth from Red Sox Yankees fan: A Yankee fan's joy is seeing the Red Sox suffer.
Best managers Gil Hodges, Davey Johnson Casey Stengel, Joe Torre Yankees fan: The '86 Mets never did make it back to the Series, did they?
Worst managers Casey Stengel, Joe Torre Clyde King, Bucky Dent Mets fan: At least Casey would give you a good quote.
Favorite home run Robin Ventura's grand slam Bucky Dent torches Mike Torrez Yankees fan: Hey, wasn't Ventura's hit actually a single?

 

And the final edge goes to ... Yankees fans in a close call, 7 to 5. They always seem to win, don't they?


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