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A miserable World Series match-up for Mets fans

October 26, 2009 12:33 PM By MARK HERRMANN mark.herrmann@newsday.com

Quick ReadFor Mets fans, this World Series couldn't have worked out any worse.

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Photo credit: Getty Images | The New York Yankees celebrate their 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in Game 6 of the ALCS. (October 25, 2009)

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The World Series is meant to be a true test, a meat grinder, a gut-wrencher. Check, check and check. This one sets up to be all of that and more, one that demands an answer to the deep, hard question: Which side do you root for, those hated guys or the other hated guys?

This is going to be one tough week for Mets fans. A Yankees-Phillies World Series offers no good options or moral victories....

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New York Yankees. Philadelphia Phillies. Neither. I only cheer for the Mets.