Wow, I think I was flying out of town for my gig with MI6 when this got announced (I also think the Mets didn’t send me a press release, a fellow blogger confirms they didn’t get one either) so I was kind of surprised this morning to stumble across this:
One thing I think this majorly overlooks is that Mets owners Steve and Alex Cohen destroyed the very nice physical Hall of Fame. Remember we used to have that nice museum where the store has now expanded. That’s one of the all time crimes in franchise history, and something people like Howie Rose should be more outspoken about. The museum should be put back.
As for the inductees:
Mazzilli? One of my all time favorite Mets, maybe my #1. Nine year old me would definitely had him at #1. You youths won’t get it. You’ll look at the stats and be confused because you grew up in teh Steroids Era.
Lee was ALL WE HAD. He was everything. And one night at the All Star Game he gave Mets fans something to rally behind. He’s also one of the very few humans on the planet with a Mets World Series championship to his name.
Bobby V? I mean sure, why not. Of course in his managerial career he managed teams to first place as many times as I have (zero) which is a fun fact that gets ignored because he feeds the press. I get celebrating the 2000 era gang. Is he the best choice? I dunno, but if Al Leiter is in for some reason, why not Bobby V.
And Beltran? I never really had an opinion on him, he was just kind of there. I guess he shows up on any Mets all time team that gets made, so sure let’s put him in. He also managed the Mets for five minutes.
As for the image? This is insane. Beltran should be in the middle, not Mister Wild Card. (Man, the Mets love Wild Cards.)
And in the Cohen era, why not put someone in who got tarnished for cheating, and now everyone looks the other way. This is America in 2025. No consequences for anything. Sometimes they even give you a casino.
Congratulations to the newest members of the Plaques In The Hallway Club. Someday maybe we will have new better owners who put the museum back.
Now STOP. We’ve gone from not honoring the past to retiring everyone’s number and everyone who played for 5 minutes getting a hallway plaque. We don’t need to have Jacob deGrom Day or sticking a Matt Harvey Plaque in the hallway. Just do nothing for like 15 years now. Seriously.
Anyway – hey Mets, send me a press release and maybe I’ll cover stuff.
(It is believed by The Blognoscenti that there are two mailing lists. Mailing List A which has all the low rent stuff, but for stuff like this some sort of More Senior Person sends these out, and that person only sends it to high falutin’ Old Media outlets.)