{"id":20188,"date":"2015-10-05T07:57:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T07:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=20188"},"modified":"2015-10-05T07:57:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T07:57:46","slug":"baseball-congrats-to-my-mets-and-my-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/baseball-congrats-to-my-mets-and-my-yankees\/","title":{"rendered":"BASEBALL: CONGRATS TO MY METS AND MY YANKEES!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>CONGRATS TO MY METS AND MY YANKEES!<\/h1>\n<p>For the first time in very many years, I get to be happy with post-season baseball!\u00a0 Who knows what the play-offs will actually bring, but for today, I&#8217;m thrilled to be celebrating the fact that both my Mets and my Yanks are in them!\u00a0 You go, New York boys!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20195\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/8821433.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20195\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20195\" src=\"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/8821433-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"The Yankees on the day they made the 2015 Play-offs.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/8821433-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/8821433.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Yankees on the day they made the 2015 Play-offs.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The 2000 World Series was so hard for me, although what more can a New York fan girl want than for her two teams to both make the World Series?!\u00a0 The only problem was that they then had to play<em> each other<\/em>, which was <em>torture<\/em> for me.\u00a0 And I was in New York for the entire Subway Series, so I felt all the craziness up-close and personal.\u00a0 (Like when my friend Andrea and I made a plan to watch Game 2 at the late ESPN Zone, which was located in the heart of midtown Manhattan at the time.\u00a0 When we got there, with just about an hour to go till first pitch, the line was so long that we couldn&#8217;t get in.\u00a0 So, we had to hightail it to her apartment to watch&#8211;in Hoboken!\u00a0 New Jersey!\u00a0 I was a wreck.\u00a0 But, it turned out to be the only game the Mets won in the Series, so I&#8217;m glad I was able to concentrate on it, with no distractions from the crowd of strangers.)<\/p>\n<p>That whole 2000 experience was crazy, and a once-in-a-lifetime one.\u00a0 And I got to live a lot of it with three of my besties from <em>LA<\/em>, (Lila, Andrea, and Joseph,) which made it somehow more special.<\/p>\n<p>I was also in New York when my beloved Yanks won the 2009 World Series, and got easy access to the victory parade because I had messed-up my ankle and had to wear one of those orthopedic boots, even walking around New York, so all the guards felt bad for me, and got me right up front. Those festivities were amazing, and I&#8217;m so grateful to have witnessed it all so up-close and personal.<\/p>\n<p>So, this year, it all starts tomorrow.\u00a0 The Yankees will play in the American League Wild Card game, and the Mets, who won their Division in the National League, will begin on Friday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20199\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/mlbf_504354783_th_45.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20199\" src=\"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/mlbf_504354783_th_45-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"The New York Mets becoming the National League Division Champs, and then celebrating that feat in the picture at the top.\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/mlbf_504354783_th_45-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/mlbf_504354783_th_45-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/mlbf_504354783_th_45.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The New York Mets becoming the National League Division Champs, and then celebrating that feat in the picture at the top.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Okay, I hate to say this out loud, especially because Mr. X will torture me about it for the rest of my life, but, if <em>both<\/em> teams wind-up in the Wold Series again, (knock on wood, from my mouth to God&#8217;s ears, ) I have to root for the Mets.\u00a0 They rarely have a chance like this one.\u00a0 And they&#8217;ve been the most exciting team all year&#8211;truly the &#8220;Amazins&#8221; again!\u00a0 And the Yanks have already been the Champs twice this century, while the Mets have won only twice in their fifty-three-year history!<\/p>\n<p>All that being said, if anyone reading this wants to give me tickets to see the Mets play the Dodgers out here in LA, I&#8217;d be thrilled to take you up on that kind offer.<\/p>\n<p>Whether I get to see any of the action in person this year or not, I wish the very best of luck to my guys, in both leagues. (I have a feeling you don&#8217;t tell athletes to \u201cbreak a leg,\u201d as you do to us actors!)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20198\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20198\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20198\" src=\"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Rodriguez, being perhaps the most grateful Yankee in that celebratory locker room.\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Rodriguez, being perhaps the most grateful Yankee in that celebratory locker room.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I know it&#8217;s strange, but I&#8217;m especially happy for Alex Rodriguez. He&#8217;s handled himself so perfectly all year, and has been such a big asset for the Yanks, that I really do forgive him his past transgressions.<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m ecstatic for Mets Captian David Wright, who battled back from major back issues, that he&#8217;s actually still dealing with. He&#8217;s a true champion for just returning to the field this year! So, I love that he&#8217;s made it to the play-offs for only the second time in his career!<\/p>\n<p>And that Mets Manager Terry Collins did, too. His journey is too long to relate here, but it&#8217;s a good one.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20197\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CMWfmIIUkAA5Y9T-e1444031848585.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20197\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20197\" src=\"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CMWfmIIUkAA5Y9T-e1444031848585-300x181.png\" alt=\"Met Yoenis Cespedes, and his good luck parakeet.\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CMWfmIIUkAA5Y9T-e1444031848585-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CMWfmIIUkAA5Y9T-e1444031848585.png 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Met Yoenis Cespedes, and his good luck parakeet.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And, having been a fan of Yoenis Cespedes, the Mets MVP as far as I&#8217;m concerned, no one was happier when the Mets acquired him in the middle of this season. (Well, maybe except for the canary. Or parakeet, or whatever bird that was.) I don&#8217;t think they would have come this far without him, so I hope both his and Arod&#8217;s contributions continue throughout the play-offs, knock on wood again. I have a feeling that Yogi will be looking out for his Yanks now even more than ever.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And thank you, Mets and Yankees, for one of the most fun, pain-free, happy baseball seasons ever. You guys rock!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONGRATS TO MY METS AND MY YANKEES! For the first time in very many years, I get to be happy with post-season baseball!\u00a0 Who knows what the play-offs will actually bring, but for today, I&#8217;m thrilled to be celebrating the fact that both my Mets and my Yanks are in them!\u00a0 You go, New York<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/baseball-congrats-to-my-mets-and-my-yankees\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20188"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20205,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20188\/revisions\/20205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}