Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

Shannon Shark is the founder of MetsPolice.com, tweets as @metspolice, is an avid fan of Lee Mazzilli and Daniel Murphy, hates black uniforms and is the author of "Send The Beer Guy" available at Amazon.com. #imwith28
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New Mitchell & Ness BP Jerseys in Mets Blue

Well, I’m confident the Mets won’t blow 10-0, Keith is talking about leaving and I’m kinda sleepy…so I’m heading off to Howie & The Pillow and leave you with this:

Mitchell & Ness have new “Authentic Mesh Batting Practice Jerseys” for $80.

As you know, blue jerseys would never sell…only black does….so there’s no reason to click this link and get yourself a 16, 17, 18 or 1.

Speaking of blue, my favorite Met Jon Niese snapped the Horrible Streak Of Wearing Black at 3.   Thank you Jon.

Those of you from uptown might be interested in the Mitchell & Ness NYY #23 in honor of the bench coach of the Dodgers.  (By the way I am looking forward to “the media” writing generic Torre articles on Friday when the NYY’s play the Formerly Brooklyns.)

(Hey Media Goon, if the Mets blow 10-0 delete this post so they don’t make fun of me.)

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Customize Terence’s Mets jersey

Shannon,

As the Brigadier General of the Blue Cap Army, I thought I’d run this idea past you. I got a really great deal on an Authentic Cool Base White Pin jersey on EBay a couple of weeks ago and really can’t decide who to put on it. Here’s where Mets Police comes in: How about we let the Mets Police readership and loyal Blue Cap Army Soldiers pick who I put on it?!?

A couple of ground rules: 1) It has to be a player from the 2007 or 2008 teams (that’s when they started wearing Cool Base AND I WILL NOT put that Pizza Patch on anything that I wear) 2) If a player from ’07 AND ’08 roster, I’ll put on Shea Final Season patch (I have a few) 3) No coaches, and finally 4) It can’t be Oliver Perez, To-mas Glav-ine or Aaron Heilman! (no explanation should be necessary here)

Of course I’ll pay for it and get it “Authentic” customized (probably Stitches in Whitestone) and was thinking, you can come up with 5 or so players (your choice) of ranging abilities and service with the Mets, in those two seasons, (see Ground Rule #4) and maybe put up a poll on the website for a week or so, and let the BCA faithful decide!!

So, whatcha think??

Terence M.K.

P.S. I’ve attached pics of the blank jersey to attest to it’s authenticity

First the pics, then some thoughts…

I love this idea.  It does have black dropshadow, so I worry about anachronisms.  Mazzilli and Youngblood didn’t play in dropshadow…so that narrows the time frame.

Some thoughts:

Finch. I don’t think I’ve seen these.  It’s also an anachronism, but it’s a fictional character anyway.

Alfonzo. You really don’t see these.

Kiner 4. It makes no sense but I think it would be a cool cool move.

Hodges 14. I violated my anachronism rule but I’ve never seen one.  Gil never wore his name either.

Hodges 42. I’d laugh.  Wear it on April 15.   I really am ignoring my own anachronism rule.

My ideas stink..what do you guys have?

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The Mets should have left Gooden alone

Man, if we had had blogs in the 1980’s you would have read a post like this:

Why are the Mets screwing with Gooden?  Is 24-4 and striking out 16 guys a game not good enough?   We’re going to worry about how his arm might feel in 2006?

Now you might be wondering what brings on this rant this morning?   Osh41 sent me this article in SI.

…the Mets committed an unforgivable faux pas: They tinkered. GM Frank Cashen, one of the era’s best evaluators of talent, worried about Gooden destroying his power arm, a la Mark Prior two decades later. Mel Stottlemyre, the generally savvy pitching coach, thought Gooden could be even better with a second fastball — a two-seamer to dip down and result in more groundouts.

Hence, during spring training before the Mets’ world-championship 1986 season, Stottlemyre spent hours upon hours tutoring Gooden on the intricacies of the two-seam grip. “I always thought they should have left Doc alone,” Gary Carter, the Mets star catcher, once told me. “Mel thought teaching him a third pitch would be to his advantage, but he didn’t need it. He needed someone to say, ‘Hey, you’ve been successful. Just keep going at it.’ But they didn’t.”

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.   This still upsets me.   It’s a great article and the article is really about Strasburg.   If you’re say under 30 and are marveling at Strasburg, the Mets had such a pitcher once.

He was known as Dr. K and he had 60 wins at age 21.   The team was going to be a dynasty…and would even have players like Magadan and Jeffries with which to re-load when our heroes got old.

I think I mention it about once a week.  Shea never rocked the way it did when Gooden was young.    Unless you saw it, you’ve never seen anything like it.  Such a shame.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/jeff_pearlman/06/18/strasburg/index.html#ixzz0rWN99uPX