Yes We Can!
Win the National League East, I mean.
Yes We Can! was the rallying cry of the long-dormant Phillies [1] in 1974, popularized by second baseman Dave Cash. Cash apparently co-opted it from Chavez (Cesar [2], not Endy). I always assumed he co-opted it from the Pointer Sisters, whose “Yes We Can Can [3]” reached No. 11 on Billboard's Hot 100 around the time the Mets were rallying behind “You Gotta Believe!”
The Mets won a pennant in 1973. The Phillies finished third in 1974. Then they co-opted the guy who came up with “You Gotta Believe!” Co-opted Dykstra, Brogna and at least one division title from us, too. Once a decade, it's Phillie co-op time.
Turnabout is fair play then. I'm co-opting Yes We Can! regarding the Mets' divisional chances — as long as nobody else is using it in a stadium setting at any point in the next several hours.
After watching last night, I know we can make it work, I know we can make it if we try.
Besides, “Win With Willie!” or whatever our last slogan was [4] didn't really have legs.
Meanwhile, all sincere White Sox sympathies [5] aside, we encourage the Chicago Cubs to be extraordinarily serious over these next four days.
I'm a Mets fan and I approve this message…and I rarely approve of anything the Cubs do.