We have Tanaka and you don't. Na na na na na.

"A Yankees fan can say whatever he wants about the current state of the two teams. The Mets fans' retort is six simple words: 

'We have Harvey and you don't!' "

Where is the army of overly optimistic Yankee fans who are bragging about the current state of their team?

The Yankees are mediocre at best and everybody knows this.


"That didn't happen. Still, his 102nd pitch to Alex Rodriguez was a 98-mph fastball that the designated hitter — off to a much-trumpeted good start — swung right through. The Harvey-Rodriguez matchup was supposed to be the best thing since Clemens-Piazza in this rivalry, but A-Rod was a meek 0 for 4 with two Ks and two groundouts."

Again ... is there a human being anywhere in the world who knows anything about baseball in the year 2015 ... and this person thought that the Harvey/ARod matchup was comparable to Steroid Clemens vs. Steroid Piazza?

Honestly, it didn't even cross my mind as a compelling matchup.

I enjoyed ARod's little hot streak and am happy that he temporarily silenced the critics.

He's still a 39-year-old washed up DH and it's a bit embarrassing that he has been elevated to #3 in the lineup. (I wonder how a 39-year-old Matt Harvey would do facing a 26-year-old ARod.)

I can't think of anyone who's really a good matchup vs. Harvey, but ARod is a right-handed strikeout machine facing a right-handed strikeout machine.

Everyone knew ARod was going to strike out, which he did ... so maybe it's fun for Mets fans because ARod took steroids and is an arrogant prick? OK. Doesn't really sound like a compelling matchup so much as beating a horse that died a long time ago.



"So forget the nonsense that Harvey — a childhood Yankees fan, remember — would be lose his poise stepping to the mound in the Bronx for the first time. Harvey certainly wasn't going to do the nostalgia thing after the game, answering a question about his memories of coming to the old Yankee Stadium as a kid with a curt, 'I'm a New York Met.' "


I can't forget that nonsense because, like all other people, I never thought that in the first place.


"Maybe the Yankees will take the final game on Sunday night. It doesn't matter."

OK.

It doesn't matter.

That's good, because Mad Men is on at that time.

 
"As far as bragging rights go, the Mets fans will have the edge throughout the summer. They lead the Yankees in 1-0 in Harveys, and in the New York baseball right now, that's the ultimate trump card."

Bragging rights. 

Take them if you really want them.
 

26 years old. Coming back from injury. Team's hopes resting on his shoulders. Firing 97 mph fastballs after 100 pitches. Undefeated in 2015. 17 ks and 2 walks. Dominated in the Subway Series.

I just described Michael Pineda, by the way.