Let’s open up the fake mailbag:
Fake letter #1 says: Â Hey Shannon, love the blog. Â I notice you didn’t post the cool thing I sent you a few days ago. Â Jimmy.
Jimmy, thanks for pretending to write. Â Well, I argue with lawyers all day long and had a cold kicking my tail earlier in the week but get this – remember how I mentioned the Mets Police HQ renovation a few weeks ago? Â Well tonight I got home in a good mood and was looking forward to blogging and one of the kids had overflowed the toilet and took his or her time telling Mrs. Mets Police about the flood….so the brand new family room ceiling is ruined. Â AWESOME. Â So I agree, I am behind on my blogging.
Fake letter #2:
Shannon, nobody gives a crap about your homelife. Â What happened to the hard-hitting chop-busting stuff you did in 2009? Â You’ve gone soft. Â Jimmy.
Well Jimmy, the franchise has fixed a lot of sins from 2009. Â We now get to enjoy the wonderful new museum, and there’s more “Mets stuff” at the park. Â So that’s not worth bitching about.
I also have to remind myself that not everyone has read the blog from the start…so maybe you missed a few things. Â I’m still mad that Dave Howard won’t admit that there are Obstructed Views at Citi Field. Â Some day Dave will take me up on my offer and sit in the first three rows of the Promenade and we’ll talk about it. Â I’ll pay for the tickets, beer and hot dog. Â Let’s hang, Dave.
Fake letter #3:
Shannon, you write like 7 posts a day. Â What has been the most popular post of the last 365 days? Â Dan.
Dan, the most popular post of the last 365 days has been Pictures of the 1986 Tickertape Parade which were taken by Dan Twohig who helps me out from time to time
Fake letter #4
Shannon, just curious – what was the #2 post of the past 365 days? Â Different Dan.
Well different Dan, the second most popular was the time The Mets Respond To Our Letter which was also written by Dan Twohig. Â Hey, wait a second…
Fake Letter #5:
Shannon, do you write anything anyone reads, or does Dan do it all? Â Â Call me Nad.
Nad, I guess I get credit for Incorrect Information on 1986 Fan Brick which is #3…but of course that’s because I got a tip, and then the Times picked up the story….
Fake Letter #6:
Shannon, even though Dan does all the work and you coast off tips – how can I subscribe via Google Reader or can I get a free daily email? Â Shannon.
Hey Shannon, great name. Â Â Yeah, you can get a free daily email with all the articles by clicking here, ditto on Google Reader.
Fake Letter #7:
Wow this is some amazing blog. Â Do you do an audio version or a podcast or anything? Â Zimmy.
Zimmy, we do have a podcast which you can grab here or listen on Blogtalkradio here or the player on the right side of the main page. Â The next show is Sunday at 6:30
Actual Letter #8:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tezza_pics/sets/72157624553834434/
Dark Mets Blue (like we remembered it), Green underbill, White cotton sweatband, no MLB logo on back and Blue button (“Squatchie” for the UWers)….Heaven.
Terence M.K.
Terence those are AWESOME.
Fake Letter #9:
Shannon, you’re putting on weight again. Â What the hell was with wolfing down a whole pizza at 8:30 tonight? Â And are you going to be on the computer all night? Â Wouldn’t you rather come upstairs for some kissin’ instead of watching Mets-Diamonbacks and blogging about some caps you saw? Â Mrs. Mets Police
Have you seen what the kids did to the ceiling?! Â Be right up…
First of all, thanks for getting “Freefallin'” stuck in my head too this morning; I hate that song. Secondly, I like all your little “homelife” comments – they make your blog much more personal than most other sports blogs, and usually give me a chuckle. (Totally sorry about your family room ceiling – THAT SUCKS!!) Thirdly, just want to say I’ve been reading your blog for quite awhile and I love it. You have your own unique style of humor, information, opinion and personality going on here, and I think you should keep doin’ what you’re doin’. (Maybe cut down on the pizza a little, tho. LOL.)
Love the fake mailbag. Can I steal the idea?
The agony of a season falling apart.
http://www.citifieldnine.com/2010/07/mets-tear-out-my-heart-again.html/
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Maybe it’s time to start thinking about DFA’ing the kids. Or send them to Buffalo to spend the rest of the summer with Bob and Mindy?
Will – double hilarious.
I NEED that cooperstown Met hat. Does anyone know where I can get it? I’ve searched all the big outlets, new era, lids, ecapcity, hatland….
…that’s too awesome.
LOVE that hat. Just did some quick searching:
http://www.mickeysplace.com/york-mets-1969-cooperstown-collection-p-2762.html
Sweet!
Max,
I got it at http://www.mickeysplace.com in Cooperstown!