Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

You guys think I am kidding when I throw a Mets player under the bus for doing something other than working out and watching game films.  Let’s check in with The Next Seaver himself, Matt Harvey who IS working out and watching game films!

The work never stops 🔥🦇 @mattharvey33 @CraigHansen56 @LIFieldHouseNY #GetOnTheList pic.twitter.com/WOZUPMiP2u

— John Mincone (@JMincone) January 3, 2023

Looks like the former Royals and Orioles pitching star is getting ready to return as Dark Knights tend to do.

With a career record of 50-66 and an ERA over 4 he isn’t quite The Next Seaver yet, but at age 33 I am willing to say there is a lot more baseball left in that arm! For example, Original Tom Seaver went 14 and 2 in strike shortened 1981 at 36 years old.  If The Next Seaver can hand in a 14-2 this year he’ll be just four games under .500 for his career!

Anyone else see that pitch out of Matt’s arm and think it’s a little high and meant to land in the second deck?

Muscle & Fitness caught up with Mike Piazza, who had been doing some Special Forces training to rally for an event in early January which is sure to be televised by Fox!  I don’t know what you’re thinking, but this is for a reality TV show.

On Jan. 4, more than a dozen celebrities will be seen arriving in the desert to endure some of the harshest and most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process in the show “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.” One such household name will be Mike Piazza.

In this new Fox series, there are no votes and no eliminations—just survival for these 16 contestants—including Danny Amendola, Mel B, Hannah Brown, Tyler Florence, Kate Gosselin, Dwight Howard, Montell Jordan, Gus Kenworthy, Nastia Liukin, Carli Lloyd, Beverley Mitchell, Kenya Moore, Dr Drew Pinsky, Anthony Scaramucci, and Jamie Lynn Spears. They joined baseball great Mike Piazza—aka “The Supreme”—as they quickly learned the meaning of “No Guts, No Glory,” tackling intense training exercises that are led by an elite team of unforgiving ex-special forces operatives. (via Muscle & Fitness)

Piazza said, ““After the first few days, I was banged up pretty good. Just from playing baseball, my joints were [already] a little sore. It’s the intensity. That, for me, was the biggest eye-opener. Just general things like athletes’ foot. Wearing the boots and not being able to shower. The living conditions were so brutal. By the second day, I was peeling skin of my feet. Man, I thought I left this behind 10 years ago!”

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While researching this story I came across this Instagram post I hadn’t seen before.

 

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Gee baseball, I can’t understand why these didn’t sell out at the original $360 price point?  What are we even doing?????

Anyway, real deGrom fans know that JDG is committed to winning, and the authentic “diaper’ jerseys suck, so maybe just go with this replica.

Hey it’s a $48 high crown gold Mets cap.  Yay?

Seems like Keith Hernandez’s contract is up and he has yet to sign for 2023.

Barrett Sports Media said Keith’s current deal had him making $1,000,000 a year!!!  (for what, 110 games it seems like?)

That makes me wonder what Gary is making…..

…and you guys aren’t going to like this….

…if I am Jeff Wilpon and I only own a small piece of the Mets, I don’t know if I am sinking that much money into announcers.   Oh you guys will complain, but they can stick in any random duo and if the Mets are good people will watch.

Keith probably shouldn’t overplay his hand here as million dollar gigs are hard to come by,

There could be some hidden value to Keith that we don’t see – is he wining and dining clients?  Does he show up for advertiser meet and greets?  If so, then it is probably a complete no-brainer to bring him back.  But if he’s just showing up to be vaguely interested in the baseball game, and believe me I think he’s the absolute MVP of the booth – maybe the numbers don’t make sense for SNY and they can stick ANYBODY in there and you will still watch.

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I think Keith should go to Apple and do a Keith & Katie cast with Katie Nolan.  We’d likely get Flirty Keith telling stories about clubbing in the 80s, and then he can Old Man whatever nonsense Katie starts talking about.  This would be a massive upgrade over what Apple did last season.

They could also give Keith $500 that he has to live-wager during the game (since Apple insists on telling us odds on everything) – and he gets to keep his winnings.  That could be a fun watch.

Meanwhile you guys would still tune in to watch Gary, Todd and Ron do games.

And then in 2024 you guys will still tune in to watch Gary Apple, Todd and Ron do games.

Then in 2025 you guys will still tune in to watch Gary Apple and Andy Martino do games.

I don’t worry about any of this because I quit watching baseball last season (baseball is boring).  I suggest you open your mind to NOT watching baseball – you will find it is very freeing.  If the Mets do win 101 games you can jump right in to see them play three playoff games and lose to the 7 seed.  That’s what baseball has become.  I will be doing something else..