Irish Baseball Fan Rally on June 28 with Joe McEwing

Join us on June 28 at Killarney’s Pub in Hamilton, New Jersey, for a fan rally in support of bringing an MLB series to Ireland. Special guest Joe McEwing will be signing autographs and meeting fans as we cheer on the Mets against the Phillies and raise a toast to America’s 250th Anniversary with our sponsor, Hinch Irish Whisky
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This event is FREE and open to the public — you don’t have to be Irish (or a Mets fan!) to attend. Come on out and show your support for an MLB series in Ireland!

The Mets, as always, waited too long

Congrats to Lee Mazzilli on making the Mets HOF.

I wish I felt more about this.  I idolized Lee growing up.  I own the poster I used in this image.  Lee was everything during those postSeaver  years…

…and yet, the Mets (and MLB in general) have managed to make me not care.  I can’t be bothered to go out there today.  Or watch.  Or stop my other plans to check in on it.  Or summon up 1000 meaningful words about Lee.

I was glad he got to come back in 1986 to collect that ring!

I don’t have it in me to even fake a post this morning, so I will just say congrats Lee, and thanks for all the memories.

 

The Cockfight

INT. JERRY’S APARTMENT – DAY – OCTOBER 2025

JERRY is on the couch flipping channels. ELAINE sits nearby eating takeout. There’s a strange scratching sound coming from the hallway.

JERRY: You hear that?

ELAINE: Sounds like someone trying to smuggle a squirrel through airport security.

The door BURSTS open. KRAMER slides in carrying a pet carrier covered with a blanket. NEWMAN follows, sweaty and nervous.

JERRY: Alright. What’s going on here?

NEWMAN: Nothing’s going on.

The carrier lets out a loud SCREECH.

ELAINE: That doesn’t sound like “nothing.”

KRAMER: Ohhh, that’s just little General Tso.

JERRY: You named a pet after mall food?

KRAMER: He’s fierce, Jerry. Fierce!

JERRY slowly stands.

JERRY: Kramer… are you involved in cockfighting?

Silence.

NEWMAN: You say it like it’s a bad thing.

ELAINE: OH MY GOD!

KRAMER: Ohhh, Elaine, come on! You’ve never seen it! The pageantry! The excitement! The feathers flyin’! The little shoes!

JERRY: Little shoes?!

KRAMER: Tiny little spur shoes, Jerry! These birds are athletes!

ELAINE: This is psychotic.

KRAMER: No, no, no, see, people misunderstand the whole culture. It’s community! It’s tradition! It’s strategy! You should SEE the scouting reports these guys put together.

JERRY: Scouting reports?!

KRAMER: Yeah, there’s this one guy Daveed.  He tracks wing span, aggression index, peck velocity…

The door opens. STEVE enters wearing a Mets hoodie and carrying coffee.

STEVE: Hey. Anybody see—

He notices the carrier.

STEVE: What’s that?

KRAMER:  Cockfighting.

STEVE freezes.

STEVE: …What?

KRAMER: Ohhhh yeah. Big underground scene. Very exclusive.

NEWMAN: You gotta know a guy.

KRAMER leans in dramatically.

KRAMER: Sugar Diaz is there.

STEVE nearly drops the coffee.

STEVE: Sugar Diaz?!

JERRY: The closer?!

ELAINE: Wait, your relief pitcher is into cockfighting?

KRAMER: Not just into it. He’s respected.

NEWMAN: One bird’s named “Fastball.”

STEVE paces.

STEVE: Oh this is terrible. TERRIBLE! I can’t have a cockfighter on the team!

JERRY: Why not? These guys need something to do in October to keep them busy.

STEVE: You don’t understand! If I don’t re-sign him now everybody’s gonna say I’m cheap!

KRAMER: Steve… Steve… this is an opportunity.

STEVE: Opportunity?!

KRAMER: You lean INTO it.

JERRY: No.

KRAMER: Ohhhh yeah. “Citi Field Cock Night.”

ELAINE: NO!

KRAMER: You bring in little rooster mascots. It’s like the Grimace but…birds.

ELAINE (outraged): O.M.G!

JERRY (under his breath): They tried that already.

KRAMER: Feather giveaways! Tiny spurs for the kids!

JERRY: Don’t encourage him!

KRAMER: You get Diaz throwin’ out the first bird—

INT. CITI FIELD OFFICE – LATER

DAVID sits across from STEVE reviewing spreadsheets.

DAVID: Actually… our analytics suggest rooster-related branding increases engagement among males twenty-five to forty-four.

STEVE: You see?!

DAVID: Also, concession sales spike around handheld meat products.

STEVE: We’re onto something here.

LAUREN FROM MARKETING rushes in horrified.

LAUREN: social media says we’ve trademarked “Queens Cock.”

STEVE: WE DID WHAT?!

CHAD THE SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN pokes his head in proudly.

CHAD: Queens Cock!  It was my idea!  It’s already trending!  The T-Shirt Guy says he has an idea for a design.

STEVE: We are NOT doing “Queens Cock.” Absolutely not.

LAUREN: Well the  hashtag IS testing extremely well with males eighteen to thirty-four.

STEVE: NO!

STEVE turns to DAVID.

STEVE: David. Give me something else for the bullpen. Something classy.

DAVID calmly flips through analytics printouts.

DAVID: Well… fan surveys indicate people respond positively to themes of intimidation, chaos, and industrial machinery. Our proposed rebrand is “The Queens Construction Zone.”

STEVE: Ohhhh, I like that.  They could wear constriction hats in the dugout.

DAVID: We also stop calling walks “walks.”

STEVE: What do you call them?

DAVID: Permit delays.

STEVE: Permit delays…

DAVID: And blown saves become “structural failures.”

STEVE: That’s good.  OK let’s do it. No more Diaz.  Now, talk to me about first base…

 

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