Not only Do those San Deigo and New York Teams Suck...But I Don't Not even Know What Their Stupid Names mean...
Feel free to humor me...
cause I really dont care what you say if You're not a Phillies Phan.
2007-09-28 16:33:04 · 11 answers · asked by kennyk 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
The San Diego Padres and the New York Mets have meanings behind their names. The Padres is a religious name, spanish for Fathers, ever hear them called the Friars. The Mets is a shortened form of the Metropolitans, or city-dwellers.
2007-09-28 16:39:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
From the team history section of the New York Mets website:
March 6, 1961 - The New York Metropolitan Baseball Club Inc., formally receives a certificate of membership from National League President Warren Giles. The Mets' name was judged by club owner Joan Payson as the one that best met five basic criteria:
1) It met public and press acceptance;
2) It was closely related to the team's corporate name (Metropolitan Baseball Club, Inc);
3) It was descriptive of the metropolitan area;
4) It had a brevity that delighted copy readers everywhere;
5) It had historical background referring to the Metropolitans of the 19th century American Association. Other names considered included Rebels, Skyliners, NYBs, Burros (for the five boroughs), Continentals, Avengers... as well as Jets and Islanders, names that would eventually find their way onto the New York sports scene.
Just think, if things had gone a little differently, tonight you might be asking what an NYB is.
2007-09-28 17:24:23 · answer #2 · answered by bencas9900 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I thought a Phillie was one of those frozen balls of snot you see on some guys mustaches in the winter. A Padre is a Monk and a Metropolitan is a Met.
As you can see I'm not a Phillies fan. I have an education beyond grade three so I don't qualify to be one.
2007-09-28 16:39:38 · answer #3 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well the "Mets" is a shortened name for the Metropolitans that is there full name New York Metropolitans. i didn't know that they were the NY Metropolitans until my mom told me actually, and i heard it on ESPN once i believe, and i don't know what a Padre is. expect that it means father in Spanish as many people have already said.
2007-09-28 16:59:01 · answer #4 · answered by feenafee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Padre - Father in Spanish. Term used for the clergy
Met - Short for Metropolitan
Philly - Drunken female horse
2007-09-28 16:42:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, how typically arrogant and ignorant. "Padre" means "father" in Spanish, as in "Priest" It's a tribute to the large Hispanic population in So Cal (I'm sure you don't get that either.) "Met" is short for "Metropolitan" an allusion to a big city.
2007-09-28 16:39:49 · answer #6 · answered by playmaker4747 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You dont know what a padre is? OMG you must be retarded! That means father (like a friar) in spanish, dumb one.
2007-09-28 16:36:53 · answer #7 · answered by lonewarrior 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i know only 1 out of those 3 names and thats padre which is father in spanish (sometimes in spanish churches it is used by parishoners to mean 'priest')
2007-09-28 16:39:19 · answer #8 · answered by Allergic To Eggs 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
"Padre" is Spanish for "father"
I'm not sure what a Met is supposed to be.
2007-09-28 16:46:41 · answer #9 · answered by Jack C. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ROFL....
I know the meanings of both, but they've already been explained.... don't know why but this tickled me...haha
2007-09-28 17:02:49 · answer #10 · answered by Jacki 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋