Mailbag: Valentine, Mr. Met, Gil

Some good stuff came in last week – I like this first one because Sparks agrees with me about the great Valentine myth:
Sparks has left a new comment on post “Jerry Manuel: Eliminating The Mets From Contention…“:

If I have to read from one more person what a pitiful roster Valentine had to work with, I’m gonna scream. Yes, the outfield lacked a “big” name, but you know what those late-Valentine-era Mets DID have? Only the best defensive infield in the history of the game and lineups that regularly featured 6 or 7 guys batting near or over .300, anchored by Mike freakin’ Piazza. Oh, the horror of showing up at the park and having to see that every day!

Sure, the Mets won the wild card twice and made the Series once. Great. They also blew the wild card a third time at the very end (1998, the original Mets Choke–remember those Cubs playoff t-shirts that still had the Mets skyline logo on them?), and were in control of the division late multiple times only to let it slip away.

Bobby Valentine was an adequate manager, but offering him up as the cure for what ails these Mets is silly, and quite frankly, ironic. 

I don’t remember such shirts.  Anyone got an image of that?


Reminds me, so when I went to Wrigley it was baking out and I needed a cap.  Screw it, I’ll go Cubs for the day, I have no dog in this fight….and the Cubs had “1984” written on the back.   I couldn’t do it.  That one still hurts.

Just got back from a game in section 502, row 4. While luckily the bar was not an obstruction, amnyone going up and down the steps would block the whole pitcher to cathcer. Extra nice with someone with a hot dog cart on his head. Avoid the 500 level if at all possible. 

Radie has left a new comment on your post “Mr. Met and Lady Met Got Married? Nobody told me….“: 

Cant recall a wedding but there was at least one other ESPN commercial with the kids. I been looking for a while, but cant find it. And I want to say that Mrs. Met was in yet another one with Mr. Met minus the kiddies.

For a while over at HotFoot we were trying to get the Mets kids and Mrs. Met to come back and be at the games… There is NO WAY that people wouldnt go nuts over them.

Plus with the family friendly Citi Field, I can see tons of Families having picture taken with the Mets Family. 

Gil Dodges has left a new comment on your post “New York Mets Uniform Survey Part 2“:

Uniforms: originally designed to recognize the Bklyn Dodgers (neck thread) and NY Giants (NY hat logo). Black is trendy & stupid. If you must do a color, do blue or orange jerseys – those Mets colors are 1964 NY World’s Fair/Opening season at Shea colors. makes sense. Pinstrips were an important Met fan favorite in the 60s b/c they showed the damn yankees that they don’t own the pinstripe franchise.

and oh yeah – it’s beyond time to recognize Gil Hodges, even if the Hall of Fame won’t. Since the Metro NYC traffic reports refuse to acknowledge the Mill Basin Bridge as the officially renamed Gil Hodges Bridge, we should. Put a “14” on it and say “Thanks to the miracle 69 Mets.” 

And yet they have bought into the nonsense renaming of the Triboro.   That’s not a political statement, I just hate when things get renamed, like I will when Citi Field gets a new name some day after a bank merger.

Posted by Gil Dodges to The Mets Police at June 16, 2009 10:55 AM 


Posted by Radie to The Mets Police at June 16, 2009 3:16 PM 


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One Reply to “Mailbag: Valentine, Mr. Met, Gil”

  1. "I don't remember such shirts. Anyone got an image of that?"

    It just so happens someone is selling an example of one on ebay right now:

    http://i16.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/10/30/43c0_1_b.JPG

    That's what happens when the t-shirt people are secure enough in the standings to settle upon a team-specific design only to have the team in question blow it.

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