It's not just Pedro, of course, it's the entire Mets organization.
I am not denying the existence of a Mets-Yankees rivalry. Trash talking is a part of being a fan, though I think most adult fans who are true fans of the game aren't in it to talk trash.
However, the Battle for New York is largely fictional. The Daily News imagines Torre and Randolph reading the Daily News every day, keeping track of which team is going to get the most free publicity. Then the Daily News decides who wins the Battle of New York by picking which team to put on their back page. While writing a bunch of columns about how important it is to be on their back page. True fans don't really care who gets the back page and they're not going to suddenly switch loyalties because their team has a bad week, or a bad month, or a bad year.
But I guess my overall question is, why do the Mets seem so concerned with knocking the Yankees off their perch? When the Braves have won the division thirteen years in a row? Isn't it possible that this lack of focus at an organizational level hurts the Mets in the long run?
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