Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

Kerel from OnTheBlack ordered me to confess my sins:

Tonight, as I have done for the past few weeks I ignored the Mets game.  I do other things like watch It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia which is what I am doing now.

I jumped on twitter and saw that all the cool kids were buzzing about Dillon Gee’s no-hitter.

So I put the game on.

One pitch.  Home run.

I am the jinx.  It all makes sense now.

If the Mets give me one million dollars I will stop watching their games and watch lots of Phillies and Braves games next season.  You will need to handle the Marlins and Nats on your own.

UPDATED:

Note: Mets third baseman David Wright was scratched from tonight’s lineup with a bruised left ring finger.

Tuesday, September 7

@ Washington

Angel Pagan – RF

Luis Hernandez – 2B

Carlos Beltran – CF

Ike Davis – 1B

Mike Hessman – 3B

Lucas Duda – LF

Henry Blanco – C

Ruben Tejada – SS

Dillon Gee – RHP

and the original lineup below

Tuesday, September 7th
at Washington

16 Angel Pagan RF
3 Luis Hernandez 2B
15 Carlos Beltran CF
5 David Wright 3B
29 Ike Davis 1B
21 Lucas Duda LF
4 Henry Blanco C
11 Ruben Tejada SS
35 Dillon Gee RHP

METS NOMINATE ANGEL PAGAN
FOR THE 2010 ROBERTO CLEMENTE AWARD PRESENTED BY CHEVROLET

Mets to Honor Pagan and Celebrate Roberto Clemente Day
This Friday, September 10 at Citi Field

FLUSHING, N.Y., September 7, 2010 – The New York Mets today announced that Angel Pagan is the club’s nominee for the 2010 Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevrolet.

Major League Baseball presents the national honor to a player who combines a dedication to giving back to the community with outstanding skills on the baseball field. Tomorrow will mark the ninth annual Roberto Clemente Day, which was established by Major League Baseball to honor Clemente’s legacy and to officially recognize local club nominees of the Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevrolet. The Mets will present Pagan with the local award during an on-field, pre-game ceremony when the team returns to Citi Field on Friday, September 10.

Pagan has emerged as a clutch player for the Mets, both on and off the field in 2010. The outfielder has a team-high .295 batting average and has set career-highs with 10 home runs, 60 runs batted in, 143 hits and 71 runs. He’s tied for second in the National League with 33 stolen bases.

Pagan was one of the first players to participate in the Mets “Teammates in the Community Week” in June, helping residents in Spanish Harlem plant trees and flowers in a community garden. He worked side by side with his teammates, community members, and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, whose NYC Service department partnered with the Mets on the week-long series of initiatives.

Pagan has also been a proud supporter of City Harvest, a food and rescue organization dedicated to feeding New York City’s hungry men, women and children. He hit the streets of Manhattan this year to raise awareness for City Harvest’s Skip Lunch Fight Hunger campaign and last December visited Hour Children Food Pantry in Long Island City to help distribute more than 1,000 pounds of food to needy families during the busy holiday season. The native of Puerto Rico has also served as the Mets representative at the Summer Reading Program for NYC’s public libraries and congratulated the Mets finalists in the Major League Baseball “PEOPLE All-Stars Among Us” campaign.

The Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevrolet is named for the 12-time All-Star and Hall of Famer who died in a plane crash on New Year’s Eve 1972 while attempting to deliver supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. The award pays tribute to Clemente’s achievements and character by recognizing talented current players who truly understand the value of helping others.

Fans are encouraged to participate in the process of selecting the national award recipient by visiting www.chevy.com/clemente, powered by MLB.com and created specifically for the Roberto Clemente Award platform, today through October 8 to vote for one of the 30 Club nominees. Participating fans will be automatically registered for a chance to win a trip to the 2010 World Series, where the national winner of the Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevrolet will be announced.

The winner of the fan poll will receive one vote among those cast by the selection panel, which includes Vera Clemente, wife of the late Hall of Famer; Commissioner Selig; MLB Network analyst and former Roberto Clemente Award winner Harold Reynolds; MLB Network analyst, TBS broadcaster and former Roberto Clemente Award winner John Smoltz; Hall of Famer and ESPN broadcaster Joe Morgan; former All-Star catcher and FOX broadcaster Tim McCarver; and MLB.com senior correspondent Hal Bodley.

MLB celebrates Roberto Clemente Day as part of the broader “MLB Going Beyond” platform, which strives to integrate community service and the importance of giving back.

John posted the below in the comments.

I have no idea if John’s version is accurate or the Deadspin version that was widely circulated is accurate or both are or neither are….but here’s an interesting version of the plane ride.

I’ve posted this on the other sites, and I’ll post it again here. Yes, Omar was on Jet Blue Flight 907 from JFK to O’Hare, but no, he was not heckled.

I saw Omar in the terminal before pre-boarding, and I approached him and we had a short, polite conversation, and I had my photo taken with him.

Later, as we began to board many of the Mets fans on the flight approached me to discuss my experience in meeting him. They asked me if I said anything about Frenchy or firing Manuel, etc. I know Omar talked to two (2) other Mets fans who approached him in the terminal, and he was polite as well.

Omar was one of the last to board the plane. He came on board and did not make any rucus nor did he boast who he was. He sat there by himself and he put on his headphones. After the flight landed (when the photo was taken on the Deadspin site), he got off the plane and was talking with three (3) other people with whom he was traveling.

Therefore, long story short is Omar was polite to the two Mets fans that approached him, and the Mets fans approached me to talk about my experience. No one heckeled him at all. The person from Deadspin had a blackberry camera and an idea for a funny story. Would have been great if it was true.

Well now that we’re all back at work and surfing the internet at lunch, here’s some things you may have missed while getting drunk at LBI/The Hamptons.

Fake Mets Yearbook 2009 (video)

Cool Jon Niese article

Omar was heckled on a plane

Someone named Lucas Duda is now on the team, and someone named Dillon Gee pitches every 5th day.  The Curse of the Player’s Choice Jerseys took out Santana and Francoeur.

You also missed the Blogpocalypse.  When I logged in Thursday EVERY post was gone.  Then on Friday my laptop went kaboom.

Several hundred dollars later we’re back in business.  Buy some football tickets off stubhub won’t ya?

Oh, and I want Wally.  I’m not being wishy washy like you.  Man up and decide who you want.