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Old 04-09-2016, 05:06 PM   #5667
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Originally Posted by Vito Cruz View Post


That 1999 one though...ugh. That's probably up there on the list of dumb sports banners. I loved the 1999 Mets and it was the first time in my life that I saw the Mets make the playoffs. But the "& Division Series Winners" bit is just stupid on the level of the Colts AFC Finalists banner. It also makes the 2006 Mets who were way better than the 1999 Mets look worse because their NLDS win went unmentioned.

If they must have a banner for every playoff team it should just say "1999 NL Wild Card Winners", but even then you're still celebrating finishing in second place without technically being a champion of anything. There's not a whole lot more room on the ledge where these things are so maybe a few more division titles will force them to jettison it altogether.

I'm still waiting for the day a team who made it to the Wild Card game and lost puts up a banner just for having technically made the playoffs.
At least its not Tampa Bay type dumb where they raised 2 banners at the same time for 2008 because their excuse was lack of banners on the wall and never doing it before.
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