Steve Phillips Signs Lou Gehrig To 1939 New York Mets

Back in the Steve Phillips days I used to joke about this with friends…had the Mets existed in 1939 they surely would have signed Lou Gehrig as a free agent. (Yeah I know there wasn’t free agency..roll with the bit, ok?)

I can picture it now….Steve and his prized free agent standing in front of a black Mets logo at the Polo Grounds. The Mets selling us season tickets based upon the idea that we’re going to start winning now…the Iron Horse never misses a game, hit .295 with 29 home runs in 1938 etc….

I mean no disrespect to Mr. Gehrig, but it seems exactly the kind of signing this franchise has a tendency to make.

I think it’s cool that baseball is replaying the speech tomorrow…I hope someone broadcasting the Yankee game gets in a good dig about how “it was just over there across the street where…”