I know you’re an #imwith28. Get the tee.
Actual shirts will be right side up and less wrinkly. I forgot to unpack from Florida. But I got your attention.
Get your green #imwith28 t-shirt for St. Patrick’s Day
Dueling Brews: Another Beer Idea For Citi Field (link)
Things seem quiet in Flushing, at least until Santana throws great (in which case the beat writers will be confused) or he doesn’t (in which case they can dust off the pre-written story about how it is tough to come back from surgery.)
I may watch it, may DVR it.
I caught a little of Josh Lewin yesterday but Howie wasn’t there so I couldn’t really tell. He seems conversational which is a style I like.
Meanwhile, Ceetar has a good idea…
We know which teams are coming in for each homestand. Why not have two rotating taps, one serving beers local to New York minus the Bronx and one serving beers from the city of the away team. These two taps would ‘duel’ until one was empty, becoming the winner. I’m not quite sure what the beer would win besides an announcement that it’d won, but it’d be a fun way to introduce Mets fans to the brews of their enemy and provide the beer-loving masses, who’s size is underestimated, with some nice beer to drink while watching baseball.
The first homestand features the Braves and the Nationals. I don’t know what the availability and distribution rules are for acquiring beer from far away places, but Terrapin is an Atlanta brewery that you can find in New York, so it’d be a good choice. Washington DC is a little tougher, and perhaps the toughest baseball city. Baltimore has some options, but that’s a different team. Shenandoah Brewing bills itself as Washington DC’s only brewery, but as far as I know they don’t distribute to New York. Flying Dog is nearby, but it’s based in Maryland and equidistant to Baltimore. On the other hand, AL is junior league baseball and it doesn’t really count.
Overanalyzing the Flushing Flash image
Long time readers may recall the time we debated whether or not one of the fellows in one of these images was “Jeff Wilpon checking his nails” or not. Or how I like to nitpick what’s going on…so I thought we’d overanalyze this one.
I think the guy in the bottom right corner is photoshopped in. There’s something about the image at the top of his head against the white t-shirt that doesn’t look right to me.
I’m also suspect that everyone in the shot is wearing Mets gear.
Now let’s look at the glove in the bottom left. Is there a kid in the row in front holding up a foam finger and a glove?
Presumably it’s the woman who has the yellow Livestrong bracelet. The kid has his hands up to his mouth. The man with the hybrid appears to be clapping. Whose glove is this?
Then I became obsessed with the nice lady in the middle. Not only does she seem nice, she seems to be holding up a sign…or is she…
Well look at that…a little kid is smushed in there..and she’s helping him hold the sign. Who knew?
What’s the point of this post? Nothing really. But these always generate comments. Go.
Mets Spring Training Chaplain Wears Many Hats, but Carries One Book – NYTimes.com
Here’s one I didn’t get to while I was down in PSL but found interesting.
Dickey said Neiman, who did not study at a seminary, tended not to delve into complex theological issues. Instead, Neiman’s primary strength, Dickey said, was drawing lessons from his own eventful life.
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Daniel Murphy has talked openly about his spiritual awakening this winter, one that helped him emerge from an emotional downward spiral induced by the second serious leg injury of his brief career.
“When you end up in the valley, you only have one place to look, and that’s up,” Murphy said. “I’d gone through an injury, come back from it, and I had the same thing happen, and I realized I wasn’t at peace with my life.”
via Mets Spring Training Chaplain Wears Many Hats, but Carries One Book – NYTimes.com.
On 50-Year-Old Tape, Sounds of Mets’ Awkward First Steps – NYTimes.com
Today’s best read, on the 50th anniversary of the Mets’ first spring training game.
It wasn’t Ralph Kiner or Bob Murphy or Lindsey Nelson, all of whom were on hand for the start of what would be their long collaboration chronicling the team’s fortunes.Instead, the first voice coming out of the radio belonged to none other than Howard Cosell, still emerging at that point as a larger-than-life personality in American sports.
via On 50-Year-Old Tape, Sounds of Mets’ Awkward First Steps – NYTimes.com.
