{"id":2455,"date":"2013-03-05T09:38:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T14:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2013-03-05T09:38:10","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T14:38:10","slug":"mets-owner-as-game-of-thrones-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2013\/03\/05\/mets-owner-as-game-of-thrones-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Owner As Game Of Thrones King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Metspolice tweeted this, and got me thinking. (There may be mild spoilers here, I&#8217;ve read all the books and I&#8217;m not entirely sure I remember which secrets aren&#8217;t revealed in the show yet)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>Are there any other Game of Thrones slash Mets fans?King Joffrey is my new favorite nickname for certain executives.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 metspolice (@metspolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metspolice\/status\/308918408525799424\">March 5, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to want to paint them as bumbling, whiny child-kings, it certainly fits some of the narrative, but I don&#8217;t think Joffrey&#8217;s the best fit. If you think about it a little, the whole Lannister clan fits the Steinbrenner family better. Joffrey is a great fit for a younger George Steinbrenner, demanding things because he is king, chopping heads because he&#8217;s angry, and throwing hissy fits when the opposition has any success.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Wilpons are probably a better fit for Stannis Baratheon. Basically good, but completely unloved and bitter about that lack. He&#8217;s probably the rightful king, but no one really wants to see him on the throne. His actions are guided by a future-seeing witch woman, much like the Wilpons were guided by Bernie Madoff. He suffered a bad blow at the Battle of the Blackwater, but that looks to be behind him now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Daenerys Targaryen is probably the magical next Mets owner that people are clamoring for. This &#8216;rightful heir&#8217; to the throne who many aren&#8217;t even sure actually lives, commands fire-breathing dragons and it&#8217;s her birthright to rule. While she&#8217;s dreamed of owning a major league baseball team one day, she&#8217;s currently involved in other activities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mace Tyrell is Jim Dolan. A scheming manipulator with an interest in power. He controls an important asset in the area (Cablevision\/ Margaery) and is willing to leverage that to gain more power. The threat of the Tyrells taking power is always there, just off the horizon, but there is a good chance it won&#8217;t go well for the kingdom if they do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Who else do you think fits into this Game of Thrones comparison? \u00a0<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ceetar\">Follow @Ceetar<\/a> on Twitter and let me hear your suggestions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metspolice tweeted this, and got me thinking. (There may be mild spoilers here, I&#8217;ve read all the books and I&#8217;m not entirely sure I remember which secrets aren&#8217;t revealed in the show yet) Are there any other Game of Thrones slash Mets fans?King Joffrey is my new favorite nickname for certain executives. \u2014 metspolice (@metspolice) &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2013\/03\/05\/mets-owner-as-game-of-thrones-king\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mets Owner As Game Of Thrones King&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,3],"tags":[2677,2837],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2457,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions\/2457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}