The orange looks so boring.  This would look better with a blue NY, and probably even better with a layered NY with the blue and orange. layered (see bottom for an example)

The aforementioned layered look

 

Then again maybe it wouldn’t

Earlier today, Mike Piazza honored those who defended the United States, our way of government, and protected us from fascism and authoritartianism.

Please seek help if you feel like you want to do this.

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Congratulations to next Mets manager Carlos Mendoza on being untouchable.

Absolutely untouchable.   

Here’s why?

Steve can’t fire him.  Stearns can’t fire him.

Why not?

Is Steve going to tell his customers – ya know, I was wrong about all these GMs, and I keep getting the manager wrong, but this new guy to replace Carlos (probably Joe Maddon, since the Mets will want an experienced veteran next time) – this new guy, HE is the right choice.

Can’t do it.

Carlos can lose 110 games this year and as long as he isn’t caught with the wife of one of the beat reporters, he’s likely safe.  (Here at Mets Police we strong believe Mr. Mendoza would never do such a thing, it’s just an illustration of what it might take).

110 losses – hey it’s part of the process.  New culture.  Boy, Buck and Billy Eppler really set us back but blah blah…..

UNTOUCHABLE.

Carlos should use his powers for good.  He can tell people to buzz off.  He doesn’t have to play nice with the media.   Or even David Stearns.  Is Stearns going to tell Steve – hey I blew it on manager twice already.  

Play whoever YOU want Carlos…you’re untouchable

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In other news, did you see the Wax Job that John Heyman gave David Stearns?  Jeez…

The headline: David Stearns already making strong first impression with MetsI

I’m sorry….WHAT?

What impression….that his Brewer-Bro played him and now Stearns has to pretend he wanted Carlos Mendoza?   Steve has to act like he fired Buck to bring in Carlos Mendoza?

Can we maybe not put Stearns in the Mets HOF yet?  At least not before we put in JOHN Stearns.

The article even says of the Former Wilpons Intern:  One agent even said he seems “like a new man.”

OK Jon, you can have access to the new boss.   Congrats.  Sheesh.

I was reading Intelligencer this morning and thought you might find this article interesting.  They wrote the below, I added some paragraph breaks to make it easier to read on this blog.

In the 2010s, the then–U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, Preet Bharara (now a podcaster for New York’s parent company), built a case that SAC was trading on inside information. One portfolio manager went to prison for enticing a doctor to leak the disappointing results of a study of a biotech company’s Alzheimer’s drug — information he used to make trades. According to evidence in the legal proceedings, Cohen suddenly switched his position in the company from long to short after talking to the portfolio manager.

He was not prosecuted, but SAC as a company pleaded guilty to federal securities- and wire-fraud charges, accepting a record $1.8 billion fine.

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Cohen in a related civil case, which he told me was “aggressive,” considering that the worst thing the government could prove after so much investigation was that his employee had committed crimes. “I ended up getting a ‘failure to supervise,’” Cohen told me. “I would call that a misdemeanor.”

Cohen settled with the SEC, agreeing to a ban that temporarily prohibited him from managing external capital. He continued to invest his personal wealth and, after a few years, was able to start anew with Point72

In another section they mention

On opening day, Cohen invited a bunch of Queens politicians who had a say on the casino out to the ballpark. He took a selfie by home plate with Borough President Donovan Richards and City Councilman Francisco Moya. State Senator Jessica Ramos, an outspoken young progressive who grew up in Astoria, was also there for the festivities. “As a Mets fan,” she told me of Cohen’s investment in the team, “who couldn’t be happy?”

Anyway, it’s a very interesting read if you want to check it out.