I had thrown out some questions – thanks for the answers!
Re: “Did The New York Mets Retired Numbers At Shea Have dropshadow?
(DyHrdMET): From my photos from the last days at a living breathing Shea, I see the black drop shadow on the retired numbers. From my photos from the MeiGray Shea Warehouse in January, I did see parts of the retired number 41 without the black
Personally, I don’t have a problem with the drop shadow. At the risk of being ostracized, I’m actually not completely opposed to using a little black in the uniform. I just think that, if it’s used, it should be limited to the drop shadows and maybe the hybrid (not all-black) hat on the road. Meanwhile, please, no more black jerseys–especially at home.
Re: “A Plan For Neo-Retro New York Mets Uniforms“:
For the love of God please make sure the uniforms have names on them. I despise the Yankees style of just numbers. The Mets will always be the new as the Yankees are to the old. We should embrace the fact that the Mets are the youngest “New York” baseball team. Even if you borrow from the past; any new uniform needs show it belongs in the 2000s.
Personally, I think uniforms looks crisper without names. The TV will use chiron to tell you who is who, and if you can read a uniform name from the Promenade, then you should probably be hitting .360 at shortstop.
DyHard also helped us out with an outstanding question asking if any seats at Citi Field come with free food.
Finally, Vegas Rich’s post-game rant didn’t sit well with someone. (I allow anonymous posts because it’s annoying to make people sign in, but sign your name so we can give you credit!)
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post “Jerry Manuel: Eliminating The Mets From Contention…“:
Oh please. You think Willie was better? You think Valentine was better? They both were a disaster and an embarrassment to the organization. The fact of the matter is that no manager is ever going to get a 100% approval rating. Is Jerry perfect either, no. Should he have had somebody warming before Redding put two runners on in the 7th? Of course. But at least he doesn’t play roulette with his bullpen like Willie did. At least he doesn’t have a carbon copy lineup every single night regardless of the player’s performance like Willie did. At least he has the respect of his players unlike Willie. Willie was by far the worst manaager I’ve seen in my 20+ years of watching the Mets. That guy made Art Howe look like a master strategist.
And can we get off the ‘confidence’ bandwagon? You’re telling me that if Redding would have left after the 6th with ‘confidence’ that would actually make him pitch better in 5 days from now? Please. You’re the same guy that will be whining about the bullpen in September when we have 4 guys with 80+ appearances and arms like jello wondering why the bullpen can’t get guys out.
Lets look at the real reason that we lost last night. We scored 3 runs off a 46 year old pitcher. The offense needs to hit with runners in scoring position so that the pitching doesn’t have to throw with zero margin for error. I think that the real problem here is lack of depth in the infield, and too many mediocre outfielders. Omar has got to make a move now and not wait until the deadline. By then it will be too late.
Don’t throw in the towel yet. Remember how many injuries we have and in reality we have no business even making close games out of this past series. The Phils were healthy and we were decimated yet we found a way to keep it close each night. It’s a long season, don’t fly off the handle on June 11th.
My two cents: you can nitpick any manager. Sure there’s some strategy you could question – but at the end of the day this team is hanging around with an unbelievable amount of injuries.
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