Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

I’m totally encouraging Ceetar’s crusade to nag the Mets into having a wider selection of beer at Citi.

That being said, remember having one beer is cool, two maybe…you don’t need 18.  Spend your disposable income differently in the Metsconomy.

So why was Brooklyn Brewery priced out?  Why aren’t there more Sixpoint beers around the stadium, especially now that they serve the beer in cans? What about some of the other local breweries?  Chelsea? What about Schmaltz Brewing Company which makes the Coney Island Freak line of beer. Interestingly, the Brooklyn Cyclones, the Mets rookie team, plays in Coney Island.  Maybe the Mets could serve Albino Python when the Diamonbacks are in town, or the Mermaid Pilsener to mock the Marlin’s cheerleaders.  What about Harlem Brewing Company’s Sugar Hill Golden Ale?  Harlem is where the Mets first placed, and where the Giants played before them.  Blue Point Brewery is probably the only real local beer outside of the Delta Club.  Their Blue Point Toasted Lager is available at Catch of the Day, but they’ve got other beers as well.

via Optimistic Mets Fan.

From metsingaround.  Who doesn’t like this?

Q for y’all…what time of day is best for me to post videos. I assume you can’t watch three minute videos when at work. Maybe that is an incorrect assumption.

Newsletter issue #2 will go out this week. All you have to do to subscribe is type your email in the box on the right side of the website.

…that difficult period from 1974-1985 that saw the Mets go without a postseason berth.

Not only would Stearns be a worthy emblem for that time, he is legitimately one of the great Mets, regardless of era.

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Stearns played a decade in New York, from 1975-84, and was a lifelong Met, except for one unfortunate appearance for the 1974 Phillies. He was even acquired for another Met Hall of Famer, Tug McGraw. His four All Star appearances were usually the bright spot for Mets fans in an otherwise Met-free series of games, and he was a justifiable choice for the team.

via John Franco gets his due from the Mets; now how about John Stearns? | Capital New York.

You kids today probably know nothing about Stearns.  Trust me you would have loved him.

He got hurt at some point and the joke for like 4 years running was that John Stearns would be ‘back in June.”  He somehow made an appearance on the 84 Mets but I don’t remember it.

I think Stearns would be a great Mets HOFer one day…perhaps he could share it with another Mets player from that era, the great Lee Mazzilli.