Hello Mets Police readers. Shannon mentioned on Twitter something about needing help and I raised my hand, so here I am.
About Me: I’m a 37 year old Mets fan living in Princeton, New Jersey. I have a four year old son and another on the way this November. I’ve been a Mets fan since 1983ish, when as an eight year old Long Islander I broke the heart of my die-hard Yankees fan Dad and became a Mets fan just because the other kids in Cub Scouts were Mets fans. He had done nothing to deserve such punishment. He took me and my brother to countless Yankees games, played catch with us, coached our little league teams, but still I chose the orange and blue. I am sure my own son will at some point repeat history to become a Phillies fan, but, I digress. I have not missed an Opening Day in at least 20 years, even though I moved from Long Island in 2004 and was living in North Carolina for the 2005, 2006, and 2007 Opening Days. My favorite manager is Bobby Valentine and will always remember the time he gave my friend a shoulder massage at the old Bobby V’s in Willets Point. I attended Mercury Mets night, and the equally sad Last Game at Shea. The best game I ever attended was the first Subway Series game in 1997 in the Bronx when Dave Mlicki outpitched Andy Pettite.
While living as a Mets fan in college basketball crazy North Carolina, I started a Mets blog called Tales of a Transplanted Mets Fan. Still there, if you’re curious: http://transplantedmetsfan.blogspot.com/
In 2008 I moved to Princeton, New Jersey, started a new job, and had a son. There just wasn’t enough time for blogging between all of that. I also kind of lost my niche, now that I was a no-longer-transplanted Mets fan. I enjoyed the process, but I truly can’t commit to running a site in the way I would like to be – fully committed.
However, I still think I have something to offer the blogging community, and I am a big fan of Mets Police. I don’t understand “fans” who spend their entire waking moments in the Metsblog comment section or on twitter griping about the team. If you don’t enjoy being a fan, why waste your time? Even though I don’t agree with how this team has embarrassed itself time and again for years, I still love the game, I still love going to games (honestly down to about 3-4 times a year for the last few, commuting from Central Jersey ain’t easy), and I love talking or writing about the games.
So I hope you’ll enjoy my contributions to Mets Police – I’ve got stacks of old pocket schedules and magnetic schedules to scan and post. Nice to meet you, and Lets Go Mets!
