This is weird.  Why did the Mets cut a giant 17 into the grass?

Citi Field is ready for Keith’s big day on Saturday.

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— SNY (@SNYtv) July 7, 2022

I know a lot of you like weirdly colored Mets caps with ten thousand patches all over….Culture Kings has you covered with this mess.

I actually put on baseball for the first time in over a month and….. it is boring.

I was into the Max Scherzer of it all. And I was enjoying the Reds rookie making Lindor (boooo) and Vulgar Pete look terrible – note to all opposing managers, if you throw Pete a two strike pitch low and away he will flail at it every time – also I hope the other playoff teams don’t have left handed pitchers

Anyway the game was fine enough and then the Reds started making pitching changes with two outs in the 5th and the game then started becoming more and more slow.

I’ve suggested this before but here’s what baseball needs to do…

Pitching changes are announced from the dugout like a pinch hitter. We don’t need an old guy walking to the mound to get a baseball to hand the baseball to the next guy.

Much like a batter the new pitcher should come in ready and immediately. None of this warmup pitches nonsense. We don’t take practice swings, we don’t get test runs to second base and we don’t have someone hit us a few grounders. Are you ready or not?

Then there is the baseball problem of home runs and Ks. This game desperately needs Herzog ball to return.

So baseball, I know you’re always trying to court the Casual Baseball Fan – which is me now thanks to your mismanagement – and the product wasn’t interesting.

Hey maybe the Mets DO listen to me…

The Post has this headline:

Mets weren’t totally thrilled with Jacob deGrom’s rehab start

Showalter hinted there had been discussions with deGrom about “dialing it back” with his fastball this early in the rehab assignment. But it’s also possible adrenaline took over. (via NY Post)

Last night I watched Jurassic Park and realized the movie is an allegory for the Mets, and I am Jeff Goldblum

’47 shop is selling this.

It’s so black it makes the regular black cap look like it’s in The Wizard of Oz.