Metro, MTA Fire Shots On Twitter Ahead Of Dodgers-Mets Series
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The Mets and the Dodgers won't meet in the National League Division Series until next week, but the postseason rivalry is already underway on social media.
Metro Los Angeles and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York (MTA) took to Twitter not long after the Dodgers clinched the NL West with an 8-0 win over the Giants and let the trash talk begin.
You got us on the numbers, @MTA. Assuming your riders remember how transit works. pic.twitter.com/rpYc9JjGNZ
— LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) September 30, 2015
Don't worry, @MetroLosAngeles – we sweep our subway just like the @Mets will sweep the @Dodgers
— MTA. Wear a Mask. Stop the Spread. (@MTA) September 30, 2015
A friendly wager, @MTA? Perhaps your famous New York pizza. #Dodgers #LolMets pic.twitter.com/5g1vpMBuZF
— LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) September 30, 2015
.@metrolosangeles Happy to wager on who wins the series. Care to wager on who gets more fans to the ballpark?
— MTA. Wear a Mask. Stop the Spread. (@MTA) September 30, 2015
It's at this point the whole exchange appeared to backfire on MTA after at least one Twitter user called out the agency for not keeping its subways clean.
@MTA @metrolosangeles I'm more interested in you actually sweeping the subways.
— Donna Vox (@Donnavox) September 30, 2015
The matchup will pit the two teams against each other in the postseason for the first time since the 2006 NLDS, when New York swept the Dodgers in three games before going on to lose the NLCS to the Cardinals.