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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More Jerseys You Can’t Buy: Subway Squawkers: Trouble in Squawker City

The folks over at Subway Sqwakers followed our lead and looked into other jerseys that MLB won’t let you buy.

Subway Squawkers: Trouble in Squawker City – Lisa is a jersey girl

They will let you buy a Yankees #13 with the name Boli.   Why you’d want a Yankee jersey with a name on the back is a conversation for another day.

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The Gary Cohen Curse

Yesterday we discussed The Curse Of Bob Murphy. Yes it’s absurd, but people seem to enjoy my absurd theories such as the Curse of Lee Mazzilli (any way to explain the awfulness that befalls this franchise.)

Today’s theory is based upon The Curse of Bob Murphy, and it’s the Gary Cohen Curse.

I like Gary, he is a fine broadcaster. I liked that the Mets brought him up from the minors way back when. He’s solid and I’ve enjoyed his work on both radio and TV.

The problem is that he has put a curse on this team.

Gary showed up in 1989. The Mets were coming off their best run in franchise history, with a championship and some very good teams in 1985 and 1988.

He started off slow, and could only drag the Mets to a second place finish in ’89. Do you even remember who won the East that year? No it wasn’t the Pirates and it wasn’t the Cardinals. Think harder. Anyway, the Mets lost to them.

In 1990 Gary managed to get Davey fired, and then worked his magic on making New Yorkers hate Buddy Harrelson. Guys like Torborg and Howe who were geniuses elsewhere – became busts.

Baseball had to change the rules to get the Mets to another series. In 2000 the King Of Finishing Second (Bobby Valentine) finished second as expected but because of Selig’s ruining of baseball the Mets were able to get crushed by the Yankees.

In 2003, Cohen became the Mets main play by play guy on radio. (See Curse of Bob Murphy). When the Mets started SNY they made Gary the main guy. Gary is the voice of terrible late-season collapses. The Gary Cohen highlight reel is filled with a Todd Pratt home run and a bunch of crushing defeats.

The Curse of Cohen also applies to St. John’s basketball which really used to be something in this town.

Gary is back behind the mike. Is Jerry Manuel enough of a gangsta to overcome Cohen’s jinxing from the broadcast booth. Will there ever again be a happy recap? Should we trick Gary into taking the Phillies play by play job?

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These Are Not The Yankee Seats You Are Looking For

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The Voice has an article about one fan’s experience with relocation. 
 
The good news:  He makes enough money to sit down low and buy $85 tickets.
 
The bad news:  The pole obstructs the batter and pitcher.
 
Vaguely related:  A coworker and I decided to investigate the “between the bases” seats the NYY’s are advertising.  We decided we’d go partners on a 20 game plan.  $14,000 later we decided not to buy them.

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TIME Has An Excerpt From Torre’s Book (Steroids Chapter)

 
I encourage you to read it.  You’ll see how much of a Verducci book it really is, and the steroids stuff is enlightening.  I’m back on my “don’t act like you didn’t know” kick.
 
Here’s a taste:
 
It was a freak show and baseball loved it. It was the first season in history in which four players hit 50 home runs. Greg Vaughn and Ken Griffey Jr., half of the 50-plus bombers that year, were dwarfed in size, production and attention by Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. Both McGwire, with 70 home runs, and Sosa, with 66, blew away the record 61 home runs of Roger Maris that had stood as the standard for 37 years. America was captivated by the two huge men and the great home-run race. Senator Edward Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, praised McGwire and Sosa as the “home-run kings for working families in America.” McGwire, with forearms the size of a grown man’s neck, 17 inches around, was a gate attraction unto himself, a modern wonder of the world. Ballparks opened their gates early and called in concession staffs to clock in early just to accommodate the thousands of fans who wanted to see him take batting practice. On September 9, Fox scrapped the season premieres of its prime-time Tuesday night shows to televise the game in which McGwire would hit his record-breaking 62nd home run. More than 43 million people watched.

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