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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Catching up with my Yankees friend

Long time Mets Police readers may recall that I sometimes chat baseball with a friend I call “Mr. Sunshine.”

Sunshine is a Yankees fan. He knows the Yankees will always win and has bought into every last piece of Yankee propganda that bleeds pride and tradition. In Sunshine’s world Johnny Damon was a true Yankee and steroids are things that only happen to other teams.

Sunshine is still convinced Torre will get the ’08 Yankees to the playoffs – something like that. No I didn’t make an error in that previous sentence.

Now that baseball is back so is Sunshine.

Sunshine was asking me about the Yankee ripoff name of the spring training home of the Mets. To me it’s Thomas J. White stadium but perhaps Mr. White was discovered to be a member of Al Qaeda or something and now we have Tradition Field (?). It’s tradition right? Or is that the Yankees’ park? Point conceded to Sunshine.

We also discuss tickets. For about an hour yesterday Sunshine threatened not to renew his Yankee tickets because he wanted to be closer or out in the sun or something. Sure enough he called last night to let me know he’s back in. Yeah, no kidding. Shocker. The new fake Stadium is awesome too.

Sunshine actually has a good deal going because Mrs. Sunshine enjoys the Yankees too and goes with him to games. Every game. She even drives!

Mrs. Mets Police wouldn’t go to Flushing even if I were the starting pitcher, and I’m not kidding because I actually did start a game last September but you were watching Sanchez and missed it. We lost.

Sunshine is one 2 for 4 away from telling me Granderson (is that the new guy?) is a true Yankee. Sunshine will start a 47 year old Jeter and tell me he can still go to the hole.

As Yankee fans go, this one is fun without the usual obnoxiousness. How is the Yankee fan in your life?

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(link) Faith and Fear on Obstructed Views

Faith and Fear wrote at length about the Times article, recapped Dave Howard’s previous statements and threw the MP a nice compliment.

I figure y’all would like hearing about the obstructions from someone else, and I feel good seeing others do it so I’m not just the whiny kook.

Thanks again to Ceetar for the heads-up on the Mets admission, and again for today’s Times story.

Go read Faith and Fear.

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You don’t want to be related to someone that has done something illegal

“….you don’t want to be related to someone that has done something illegal.”

I’m glad I found that quote and I will tell you in a second who said it.

I’m glad you enjoy my blog but there’s lots of days I am writing it just for me. It’s therapy. I used to waste this stuff on 4 knucklehead buddies on an email chain, but taking the conversation public has really been enjoyable, especially now that I have new friends in the comments section.

This was going to be one of those soul searching articles written just for me. Then I found the quote.

It bothers me that the FBI talked to Reyes. Now it bothers me to learn they talked to Beltran.

I accuse noone of anything. I’m just saying it bothers ME.

I look at the other names and I see A-Rod and Tiger Woods. You start a list with those two and I half expect the next two names to be Ghengis Khan and Colonel Green (that’s for you Trekkies, everyone else look it up).

I think of every half-rumor of the last 20 years. I think of how Canseco was called a moron when he wrote a book. I think of 1998. I wonder what the FBI is after. I worry. I wanted this to go away not add another name.

I think about my confidence when it comes to anything related to the Mets and medical treatment. I worry.

So far the commenters on the blog think the story is nothing. Do you?

“Like I say, you don’t want to be related to someone that has done something illegal.”. Those are the words of Carlos Beltran

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Four questions for Mets fans

It is a quiet morning and I have a few stub-thoughts but nothing that would be more than a 5 word post.

As I tweeted, I wish the Yankees would let Mike Emrick take over as their radio announcer (great job yesterday) – and that led me to appreciating our guys, which made me realize I have four quick things on my mind which I thought I’d ask you:

1. Howie Rose or Gary Cohen?
2. 90.5 wins: over/under
3. Reyes and the FBI: nothing or something?
4. The name of the Mets manager on September 1, 2010?

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Great video of the Twins new ballpark Target Field

If you spend any time on Mets Police you’ll dig this great video of the Twins new ballpark.  Take a look at the wood-back seats.  How cool is the giant retro shaking-hands thing?   I love how they numbered the gates!  Someone might have to call the Twins Police about the railings at the front of the sections (go about 4:38 in) but looks like they did a better job on staircases than some other stadiums.   Some of the stands look Yankee Stadium III-ish.  Here, take a look…

I guess after the Marlins get their ballpark it will be a while until the next new one.  Thanks to Jesse for the tip!