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Actual NY1 Marist Poll done August 8th-15th 2012 with demographics.
Budd Mishkin is a huge Msg homer who wrote the article.
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52 percent think the Mets will win their first World Series since 1986.
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Actual NY1 Marist Poll done August 8th-15th 2012 with demographics.
Budd Mishkin is a huge Msg homer who wrote the article.
2020maristsportspollresults.jpg
52 percent think the Mets will win their first World Series since 1986.Last edited by WEB; 10-09-2012, 01:57 PM. -
Dickey, Harvey, Niese, Gee and Wheeler.The Mets have the best, smartest fans in baseball. -
20 years is a big window. Of course its been 26 and counting since the last one...unknown brooklyn cabbie " how are the brooks doin"
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Seaver/Koosman/Gentry/Ryan/Matlack/Lolich/Swann etc won exactly once 1969-1977Originally posted by Blue387 View Post
Gooden/Darling/Sid/Ojeda/Cone/Viola etc won exactly once 1984-1992
Niese and Gee ? That's your rotation leading you to the WS? Dickey had a great year, but is he the ace to build a team around? And Harvey and Wheeler won how many titles in Buffalo and Binghamton surrounded by a crappy lineup?Comment
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Isringhausen, Pulshipher, Wilson................oh wait..scratch that.Originally posted by Blue387 View PostComment
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In fairness to those those other pitching staffs, they did win another division title each and one went to Game 7 of the WS - and they contended. This pitching staff is the clear strength of the Mets - and can't hold a candle to either of those staffs...Originally posted by mandrake View PostCleon Jones catches a deep fly ball in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Valley of the Ashes, and a second-grader smiles in front of the black and white television.Comment
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20 years? That is quite a window. No one on today's team will be on the Mets in 20 years, and likely not even in 10 years. Hopefully they'll have different management in 20 years. There are kids in diapers today that will be on the Mets in 20 years. that is just a crazy amount of time.
Assuming all teams are equal (which we know they aren't), teams have a 1/30 chance of winning the world series in any given year, or a 29/30 chance of not winning it. Purely mathematically, (29/30)^20 is about 50.8%, so they have a 50.8% chance of not winning it in the next 20 years, and a 49.2% chance of winning it. So assuming all teams and seasons are equal, no explansion, etc, a team has a bout a 50/50 chance of winning at least one world series in a 20 year period.
If we can agree that they have less of a chance (at least in the short term) then the average team, then their chances are even less. So I would say it is unlikely. Which is a pretty depressing thought.Comment
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I'd put every big market team's chances of winning a title in the next 20 years a little over 50%. Well, except for the Cubs, maybe.1885 1886 1926 1931 1934 1942 1944 1946 1964 1967 1982 2006 2011
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Are you considering the Mets a big market team? Their salary is right in the middle of the pack right now, I'm not optomistic they will start spending againOriginally posted by Matthew C. View PostComment
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Maybe we can knock this down to 15 years if we just poll -- black people from Staten Island that make less than $50,000 a year with no kids in the household that answer polling questions on their cell phone.Comment
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Well, there's also this Santana fellow we apparently have. There might be some others to contribute to a good rotation that we don't know.Originally posted by mandrake View Post
Baltimore is getting by this year with their rotation and their lineup. They've hit for power and their pitching staff has done well, assembled from nobodies like Chen, Saunders and bullpen arms like Darren O'Day. No one expected the Orioles to have a winning season, much less in the playoffs. Did anyone expect someone like Lew Ford to be playing in the playoffs?
Why can't I have some damn optimism about this team's future?The Mets have the best, smartest fans in baseball.Comment
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Harvey throws hard with breaking stuff and misses bats. He strikes out over ten per nine innings. He does have a walk issue but I hope it can be corrected. If you manage his usage, he can be around longer than Generation K. And Harvey has even impressed Keith Law and if you can impress Law, you're pretty good.Originally posted by Paulypal View Post
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I'm not naive; this could go south. But prove me this is not a bad thing. How can you not be optimistic about this?
What is the flaw in my thinking and what are your better options, sir?The Mets have the best, smartest fans in baseball.Comment
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I said big market, not big spending. Big market tams will join the spending trend when pressure to win gets crazy. the Mets will spend money.Originally posted by Brooklyn View Post1885 1886 1926 1931 1934 1942 1944 1946 1964 1967 1982 2006 2011
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Pitching related injuries ended Generation K, not poor showing and talent.Originally posted by Paulypal View PostComment
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They werent over-rated at all. They were every bit as good as advertised. Injuries or not they werent that good. It was front office propaganda to keep the fans thinking the team was turning a corner.Originally posted by CokeMachineGlow View PostComment
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