Posted on by Shannon Shark @metspolice

I can’t figure this Mets team out

This Mets team confuses me.

Now they look good again.  Then they’ll go to Milwaukee and turn into pumpkins.

We do know they are good at home.  I’m trying to figure out why?  Is it it that there are plenty of poser teams that just hit 380 foot home runs in bandboxes (oh say Citizen’s Bank Park and Fake Yankee Stadium) and when you actually have to hit one deep it turns into an out?

Why am I most confident in R.A. Dickey  and Takahashi?  I’m like “oh cool, it’s R.A. Dickey Day!”

That’s odd.

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With Mets Police HQ’s basement all gutted I have been forced to leave my computer in places where Mrs. Mets Police uses it.  Really annoying.  She seems to not understand what SHUT DOWN means.

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I get lots occassional notes from folks who let me know they like the site.   Last night I snapped a picture of a dude in a McEwing jersey and sure enough, the nice man saw himself on the blog and sent me a note.  That’s fun.

As I mentioned this morning, I haven’t been doing any hard-hitting stories because I don’t make crap up.   The Mets built a museum, have been fan friendly and are somewhere between interesting and winning.

Sometimes I worry that people will drift away from the site, but then I get the emails – and I guess people enjoy the ebb and flow of what we talk about here.

Tomorrow is one of those days where I’m jersey obsessed.  I spent the night hunting for a Stars and Stripes jersey and I found all sorts of things. That’s what tomorrow will be out.

Philly is in a closed door meeting.  Awesome.  We’re in their heads.  That probably means Pelfrey will give up 8 in the first tomorrow.

2 Replies to “I can’t figure this Mets team out”

  1. The park does have a lot to do with it I think.
    You can hit home runs in it but you really have to get all of the ball to do it.

    I think also that the park is harder to field. Just look at all the lazy popups that fall just over the shortstop’s head and in front of the outfielder. The expanse of the outfield makes those types of hits possible and we do seem to be getting them a lot. It would appear the mets are much more used to it and making those same plays where visitors are not.

    It is a pitcher’s park for sure and you beat a pitcher’s park by playing fundamental little ball as we did the past two days against Philly.

    Someone gets on, you steal a base, move the runner over and a single or sac fly scores them!
    Something smart Jerry Manual said was in this park you have to throw strikes! The park is too big to worry about the long ball what you have to worry about is pitching behind where you are more likely to throw something down broadway where you can hit the the big bop or and extra base hit. stay ahead of the batters and the park will help keep the ball playable.
    That has been the key to our success at home!
    The problem is going to be that strategy only works at home and we only play half our games at home!

    And I also would like to point out that the Phillies have been just awful hitting ever since they lost their binoculars!

    1. Actually, that’s not something smart Manuel said. It’s something incredibly stupid if they’re actually doing it. Pitching to contact is a horrible idea, and will only backfire in other parks, and often in Citi Field too when they start hitting the ball hard. Sometimes a walk is better than a pitch down the middle.

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