Mets or the Yankees?

[packs]

In New York there are typically two types of people:

Yankees and Giants fans
Mets and Jets fans

It's weird to mix and match.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by packs

In New York there are typically two types of people:

Yankees and Giants fans
Mets and Jets fans

It's weird to mix and match.

It falls along the lines, generally, as established teams versus expansion teams. Back in the day:

Islanders, Mets, Jets

or

Rangers, Yankees, Giants


Some of the younger fans refer to themselves as fans of “JIM” - (Jets, Isles, Mets).

[bk400]

Originally Posted by packs

In New York there are typically two types of people:

Yankees and Giants fans
Mets and Jets fans

It's weird to mix and match.

Not to speak for the entire state, but there seemed to be a lot of Mets and Giants fans in New Jersey -- particularly those who grew up in the mid-eighties and got to see the 1986 Mets and the 1986 Giants. The Giants, in particular, were the anti-Jets. Personified by Harry Carson, instead of Joe Namath. I'd go so far as to say that I didn't run into any Jets fans growing up -- it was Giants or Eagles.

[packs]

That tracks. New Jersey is a weird place. The Yankees were also pretty awful in the 80s.

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by bk400

Not to speak for the entire state, but there seemed to be a lot of Mets and Giants fans in New Jersey -- particularly those who grew up in the mid-eighties and got to see the 1986 Mets and the 1986 Giants. The Giants, in particular, were the anti-Jets. Personified by Harry Carson, instead of Joe Namath. I'd go so far as to say that I didn't run into any Jets fans growing up -- it was Giants or Eagles.

I'm not for NJ, but was born on Long Island in 1980, so the Mets and Giants were the best NY teams then, and are the ones I have always been big fans of. Just hard not to love the 80s Mets and the 80s/early 90s Giants.