Mutts (New York Mets derogatory nickname)

The New York Mets baseball team is sometimes called the “Mutts” (dogs), usually by Yankee fans or other non-fans of the club.
 
 
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mutts
a term used to insult the mets

The mutts stink.
by terrell mateo Jun 7, 2003
 
 
Google Groups: rec.sport.baseball
From:  JOSEPH ALOYSIUS MCVEIGH
Date:  Wed, Jul 8 1992 3:06 pm

Joe Baldino, Mets fan, has a strong feeling that the Mutts will win the East.
 
 
Google Groups: alt.sports.baseball.atlanta-braves
From:  G. M. Lupo
Date:  Tues, Aug 10 1993 8:43 pm
 
The Braves are in New York tonight playing
the Mets, now being called by some commentators up here “the Mutts”.