Mets Mailbag: Steve Somers, Sweet Caroline, Curly Shuffle

DyHrdMET has left a new comment on your post “Padres File Complaint Against Mets Citi Field“:

do you think now the Mets are going to let Gary, Keith, and Ron broadcast a game from the stands like they did last year?

Absolutely, and they’ll be placed in a good spot where they can see, so they won’t know. More on that in a second….

And lay off the Padres. You wouldn’t want to start 2 games 24 hours apart on different coasts/time zones either. We had that last year going to San Francisco. It wasn’t fun. Lay into the idiots who scheduled the Padres for our home opener in the first place.

While it was dopey to schedule the Padres (if you’re going to have a SoCal team in for Jackie Night why not have the Dodgers?) I don’t feel bad for people who fly charters and have to play a game at 4:05pm as opposed to 7:05. Sometimes I have to travel for business. I close my eyes on the plane, suck up the 6 hours sleep, and then get over it. It was dumb.

Brian has left a new comment on your post “Padres File Complaint Against Mets Citi Field“:

Steve Somers is a smart guy, and no shill. So, even though I wasn’t listening lasnight, I’m sure he was being sarcastic–probably at the expense of pro-Citi media as much as the Wilpons and the Mets themselves.

I actually had heard him do it on other nights before I mentioned it. He really believes we’re being whiny. I don’t think Steve is evil, I just think he doesn’t have the information. He’s on the air when the Mets are home, it’s quite probable he’s never been to the Promenade.

Similarly I don’t expect that Keith, Ron and Gary are walking up to the Promenade and sitting in the third row. They just don’t know what’s going on. Keith barely wants to finish the game some nights, I doubt he’s going home and reading Mets Police.

Steve’s monologues are some of the greatest radio around. Very amazing stuff (no pun).

Casper from 516 knows of “The Lee Mazzilli Curse“:

I love the idea of Mazz coming back, I’m Latino and I respect old coaches like Sandy Alomar Sr. but I feel all he’s doing is collecting a paycheck from Omar. We need some new blood.

“Paint The Wall Blue Already (Newsday)“: brought up that everyone hates Sweet Caroline.

It must be “Meet the Mets”…..we have our own song, why not use it!!!????????

Not bad. I prefer that as a “run on the field” song. They should bring back the Curly Shuffle. That was original, and reminds me of the good teams from the 80’s – you know, the ones the Wilpons don’t know about even though Fred owned the team.

DyHrdMET has left a new comment on your post “Paint The Wall Blue Already (Newsday)“:

I thought I read somewhere that there was a physical reason why blue wasn’t used on the fence. something to do with the fabric or weight or something.

I heard that too. Does that make any sense at all? Is blue heavier than black?

i think it should be blue, but the color scheme they have is sharp, and if it’s a nod to the Polo Grounds (it’s not the 500ft CF that I wanted to see), i’m ok with it.

What about this? Make the outfield wall the autograph wall.

didn’t they settle on the Monkees’ “I’m A Believer” last year as our 8th inning song? It worked for me, but I can see why it wouldn’t be good any more.