Quick stuff because it’s a rare night to turn Mets brain off:
1. I admit to sometimes being stupid. I couldn’t find the link to the Sweet Caroline poll. Sparks let me know:
The sing-along poll is at the bottom of the Mets.com home page, just to the right of center, in a box labeled “Mets Poll.”
If you can’t see it, it may be because you have a browser app masking it.
and Adam adds
Yep – it’s the poll at the bottom, second box from the right.
Back to stuffing the ballot box for Curly Shuffle – I mean, Meet the Mets.
Either is fine with me. I’m casting my vote to Meet the Mets because I think it has a better chance of winning. My personal choice is Curly. We used to win championships with that playing.
2. As I said I don’t wanna bog down so my quick take on Franco vs. Wright is that Franco just goofed himself out of being a member of the organization, John Franco Day or whatever else he dreamed of. Now he’s in the Gary Carter club.
I’m too lazy to write more so y’all can read about it here:
Wright dismisses Franco’s comments
Ex-Met Franco says team lacks leadership
Franco: Mets lack leadership
John Franco weighed in on the Mets’ woes on the MLB Home Plate channel on SIRIUS XM Radio with hosts Kevin Kennedy and Jeff Joyce. …
I’m heading back upstairs before Mrs. Mets Police yells at me for always watching baseball and being on the computer. I bet some of you can relate.
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Just out of curiosity, who was the team leader back in 2006 when they won the division by 12 games, and to where did he disappear?
I don't buy the leadership thing as much as I buy the "edge" hypothesis. This bunch just hasn't collectively had the passion, the grit, and the fortitude you see in championship-caliber teams, and that's not something one person can force upon another even if you do have a couple of gamers in the clubhouse.
The sad thing is, you get the impression Wilpon prefers the team that way. He's too afraid of his players doing something to embarrass him (well, aside from blowing a 7-game lead with 17 to play) to sign too many tough guys.
As for Wright specifically, I obviously can't speak for his leadership, but yes indeed, he is too much "nice guy" and not enough "bad ass." It's hard to come to any other conclusion when he's giving those all-but-patented deer in the headlights post-loss interviews with his voice cracking. He's a tremendous player, but he comes across as soft. Hopefully, Franco's words will piss him off a little, as Minaya's appeared to earlier in the season.