The SF and NYC mayors bet civic pride and Willie Mays jerseys for the Wild Card Game
When the Giants and the Mets face off tonight in Citi Field, it will not just be a battle of baseball teams, but of civic pride. Silicon Valley vs Wall Street. Burritos vs. Pizza. Seinfeld vs. Full House. And now the mayors are jumping in.
After San Francisco mayor Ed Lee voiced his support for the Giants:
Rooting for our @SFGiants tonight as they take on #NYC's @Mets! #BeliEVEN
— Mayor Ed Lee (@mayoredlee) October 5, 2016
New York mayor Bill de Blasio decided to start talking some trash:
Prediction: @Mets will prevail over @SFGiants tonight. @MayorEdLee - SF does a lot well but NYC has you beat when it comes to baseball. #LGM https://t.co/REVSQAh6ri
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) October 5, 2016
The food fight soon begun as Lee then turned to the rainbow bagels that are infecting New York:
Hey @BilldeBlasio, there’s only one “b” that NYC does better than SF, and that’s bagels, NOT baseball. @SFGiants will win tonight! pic.twitter.com/Fj4V023UCs
— Mayor Ed Lee (@mayoredlee) October 5, 2016
Refusing to back down, de Blasio put his money where his mouth quite literally is: He bet that if the Mets lost, he'd send the rainbow concoction to the bay:
You got one part of that right, @MayorEdLee. I’ll bet you @Mets win tonight…and I'll put our latest bagel innovation on the line. #WildCard pic.twitter.com/Wh9U6KahDq
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) October 5, 2016
Lee then countered with coffee:
A bet for @BilldeBlasio: If the @Mets win, I’ll send you @PhilzCoffee but since the @SFgiants will win, go ahead & send the bagels#WildCard pic.twitter.com/VOCKklPJB4
— Mayor Ed Lee (@mayoredlee) October 5, 2016
But that wasn't enough. de Blasio took it up another level with some expert Photoshop work: The loser would wear the winner's version of a Willie Mays jersey:
Let’s up the ante. Loser wears the winning team’s Willie Mays jersey for Halloween. I think you’d look good as a @Met, @MayorEdLee. pic.twitter.com/7V3hTWK7U7
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) October 5, 2016
Lee was happy to accept:
Now you’re talking @BilldeBlasio! Hope they make one tall enough for you. #SFGiants #WildCard pic.twitter.com/UtvTFJMQfd
— Mayor Ed Lee (@mayoredlee) October 5, 2016
If getting our municipal leaders to wear baseball jerseys is wrong, I don't want to be right.
