On 4 Oct 2008 at 10:13, "Joe Szilagyi" szilagyi@gmail.com wrote:

On a side note, a question for whoever first used "Meet the Metz" in regards to these news articles:

Was that a reference to Meet the Mets, the fight song of my beloved and hapless New York Mets?

I believe I was the first to use that phrase, and yes, I was indeed inspired by that tune. While I'm a Yankee fan (boo, hiss, you probably went), I did on occasion watch telecasts of that other New York team when I was a kid, and at one point at least they started with that song, complete with lyrics. (The Yankees' theme song was at that time, the late '70s, played only in instrumental form at the start of telecasts, so I actually learned the Mets lyrics before I knew those of the Yankees.)