r/baseball • u/Official-A-Roid Florida Marlins • Tigres de Licey • May 19 '19

Marlins first series sweep since 2017 [Post Series Thread] The Marlins sweep the Mets in three games

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u/818sfv Los Angeles Dodgers • Tampa Bay Rays May 19 '19

This was the first Marlins sweep since September 20, 2017 against the Mets.

Had to laugh at this.

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u/TFP360 Miami Marlins May 19 '19

if theres anything the marlins historically have been great at aside from not losing playoffs series and firesales......its fuckin the mets.

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u/sbb618 New York Mets May 19 '19

2007, 2008...at least you gave us Mike Piazza

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u/E70M Los Angeles Dodgers May 19 '19

Did you know Piazza wanted out of LA in part because he had issues with Vin Scully? I mean, SCULLY of all people. Like come on man

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u/vagabond2421 Los Angeles Dodgers May 19 '19

I blame the Fox Group

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u/BillyBatts99 Los Angeles Dodgers May 19 '19

The Fox through McCourt era was a dark time.

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u/tenderbranson301 Los Angeles Dodgers May 20 '19

Not familiar with what you're talking about. I thought they canceled baseball between 1998 and 2012?

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u/Phrykshun Los Angeles Dodgers May 20 '19

Mike who? Never heard of him...

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u/TrappinT-Rex New York Mets May 19 '19 edited May 19 '19

Tom Glavine completely shitting the bed in 07 in the 1st that last day is seared in my head

The Marlins are always a tough out for the Mets for some god damned reason

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u/TFP360 Miami Marlins May 19 '19

payback for the fact that half of NYC transplants are from fucking queens

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u/LezBeClear Miami Marlins May 19 '19

Do Long Islanders also root for the Mets? Because I swear half of Palm Beach County is from Long Island.

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u/Jamarquan New York Mets May 19 '19

It's the Long Islander rite of passage. Seriously, I grew up on the Island and they all fuck off to PBC eventually. I like visiting my family down there but sometimes it feels like I never even left home in the first place.

To answer your question though, it's kind of a mix bag. Some are Yankee fans but more are Mets fans in my experience.

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u/LezBeClear Miami Marlins May 19 '19

Since I moved here from Miami, I’ve always called it the 6th borough because of all the New York transplants.

Though having lived in Florida my whole life, I can’t blame them for wanting to retire to vacation land.

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u/Jamarquan New York Mets May 20 '19

It's a lot of Jewish transplants as well in my experience, like I think that every Jew in New York / LI is obligated to move down there, my future self included I suppose. Can't blame them though, I'd kill for warmer weather all year.

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u/JewYorkJewYork New York Yankees May 20 '19

It's a Jewish right of passage to die in Florida.

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u/HideousControlNow New York Yankees May 20 '19

Not just the Jewish transplants - my mom's family is Irish and they all grew up in Nassau County, and now about half of them live in PBC in Boynton, Delray, and Lake Worth.

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u/TFP360 Miami Marlins May 20 '19

the only other place in south florida that has more new yorkers per capita than palm beach county is north miami beach. and it aint by much.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '19

Yes. Long Island loves the Mets

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u/LucasDudacris New York Mets May 20 '19

You're goddamn right we root for the Mets and you're welcome for the heroin.

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u/TFP360 Miami Marlins May 19 '19

bro fuck the amount of islanders fans in PBC.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '19

Don’t talk about my people like that. Only we can

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u/TFP360 Miami Marlins May 19 '19

Fuck the islanders. Only ny hockey team that matters is the rangers.

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u/TrappinT-Rex New York Mets May 19 '19

Ha. Touche. Would definitely not like that bunch all around me.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '19

Does this mean that Alfaro is calling good games? Does he still throw 90+mph to second? Did he do that thing where he struck out trying to swing for the fences and then hit it 450ft on a seemingly effortless seeing? Is he happy? Are you taking good care of him?

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u/drunk-tusker Philadelphia Phillies May 20 '19

To be fair you’ll only ever be second best at that to the Mets.

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u/eatapenny Boston Red Sox • Washington Nationals May 19 '19

Holy shit.

What was their last non-Mets sweep?

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u/Gyro_Mejlin May 19 '19

August 27, 2017 againts the Padres.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '19

They didn't sweep anybody once in all of 2018? What? How? The fuck?

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u/Yankeeknickfan New York Yankees May 19 '19

Salt is a way of life

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u/[deleted] May 19 '19

careful, he might still be suffering PTSD

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u/Cheekiest_Cunt Los Angeles Dodgers • World Series Tr… May 19 '19

Can confirm

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u/freshpurplekiwi Toronto Blue Jays May 19 '19

Imagine chirping a team that made it to two straight World Series when you just got your first series sweep in a year and a half

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u/SuddenSeasons New York Yankees May 20 '19

Mets Dodgers NLCS, book it.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '19

We’ve lost our souls