New New York Sun?

(Note: Two posts for you today. The first, appearing below, is about an article in today's New York Sun. The second, appearing immediately after this post, is about how Mike Pelfrey should factor into the Mets' plans for the postseason.)

It’s not often that an article perfectly reflects your feelings on a given subject, and still less often does that article appear in the New York Sun.

Off a tip from the ever-trusty Gothamist, however, I came across the article “Mets Surpass Yanks in the Broadcast Booth” by Tim Marchman in yesterday's New York Sun (link available by clicking the title of this post).

For those of you not familiar with the Sun, it’s basically New York’s other conservative rag, New York’s other broadsheet, and New York’s only infrequently read daily.

I haven’t seen the circulation numbers on the Sun recently, but when a paper resorts to sending copies to people whose complimentary office subscriptions expired more than three years ago, you know it's getting desperate.

(That would be my house receiving free copies of the Sun every day this week, courtesy of my brother’s long since expired subscription.)

Back in the day, the Sun had about as sorry a Sports section as you can imagine. It basically consisted of AP printouts, with the occasional column by Wallace Matthews (who defected to the Sun in the wake of the Mike Piazza-gay controversy at the New York Post, aka, New York’s conservative rag) or another columnist to add some hint of individuality.

It’s been years since I read the Sun (the last time must have been when my buddy Nails was working there years and years ago), but this article from Marchman may just be enough to convince me to go back every now and then.

The Sun was always an extremely attractive paper, and back when Nails was cranking out articles on Oreo cookies and whatnot, it actually had some pretty good content. Who knows, perhaps the Sun could one day be what the Post is to me: a second rate newspaper with a worthwhile Sports section.

Whether that happens or not, I do give this article a hearty endorsement. If you've ever stood stupefied as you listened to Michael Kay call a game or as YES ran a sickeningly pompous promotion, you owe it to yourself to read this piece.

And to Mr. Marchman, a hearty bravo!

The news was not all positive out of Gothamist, however. Like many other sites, they have now highlighted the Quinnipiac University poll (Link: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x11370.xml?ReleaseID=939) in which 46% of New York City voters responded that they would root for the Yankees in a Subway Series vs. 37% who would root for the Mets.

Pathetic. Just pathetic.

- A.F.O.M.G.