Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

Looks like Bud Selig – and for that matter the Baseball Writers of America – are once again proven hypocrites.

Selig wants to essentially punish those accused of using steroids by wiping their records from the books, or at the very least noting their numbers with asterisks. Meanwhile as we saw in the recent Hall of Fame voting, the BBWA continues to shun Mark McGwire, even though a few years ago everyone agreed he has Hall worthy numbers.

Meanwhile, there already is at least one player in the Hall of Fame who openly used steroids.

Jim “Pud” Galvin

During his career Pud used the “elixir of Brown -Sequard” – testoterone drained from the gonads of an animal – before games. The use was reported in the Washington Post in 1889:

“If there still be doubting Thomases who concede no virtue of the elixir,
they are respectfully referred to Galvin’s record in yesterday’s
Boston-Pittsburgh game. It is the best proof yet furnished of the value of
the discovery.”

And it worked. Pud was the first 300 game winner in major league history, and was selected to the Hall of Fame in 1965.

So the door has already been opened. Put in McGwire, and when thei times come, put in Sosa, Clemens, Bonds, and A-Rod. Time to move on.

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Multiple reports out yesterday say that Jerry Manuel is thinking about batting Jose Reyes third.

WHAT??????

I came to like Jerry last year, but even the thought of doing this makes absolutely no sense. Reyes (or as my Mets Police colleage calls him Over-Reyes) does not have eitther the discipline or the tempermant for that slot. Plus, why would you put your fastest player in the three hole? Can anyone show me where that has happened before?

If this is the type of decision Jerry’s going to be making in 2009, I really fear for this season.

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Well, all that is left of Shea is one lone section now. I went out Saturday afternoon and was struck by how surreal it all was. About 2 dozen people or so were out taking pictures.

Three things I noticed:

1. I found it amusing when a fellow fan noticed that the last “neon guy” was the pitcher, considering Shea was such a pitcher’s park
2. You will see in the pictures that the NO SMOKING signs on the ramps are still there
3. Another sign still there is the one for the Auto Ticket Kiosk. Given they sold every other thing at Shea I’m shocked these weren’t auctioned off as well

I’ll be back out at Shea later today and Monday morning with more pictures. in the meantime enjoy these (30 in total this time)

Shea Feb 14 Feb 14, 2009 by Mets View Album Play slideshow

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I’d like to tell K-Rod to STFU but I try to keep the blog clean.

No Met should be running their mouth to the World Champion Phillies.

The same Phillies who refused to roll over and die the last two years

K-Rod says the Mets are a different team. Yeah, the Wagner jersey now says Rodriguez on the back and there’s a guy to pitch the 8th but it isn’t like this is a vastly different team than the one that let us down on September 28th.

The team to beat is the Phillies. Remember that and stay hungry.
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The Miami City Council failed to approve a new $515 million stadium for the Marlins yesterday.

Again.

It seems that since the Marlins came into the league in 1993 they have been trying to get funding for a new ballpark and it keep getting denied.

You know, someone hits you once and you don’t do anything, ok, there may be a reason. But when you keep getting hit time and time again what do you do? You do something about it – either fight back (in this case maybe build your own park?) or you get out of the way (move).

Just because a city is big doesn’t mean it can support a major league team. Miami is a perfect example of this as has been shown time and time again.

It’s time for the Marlins to admit that South Florida can’t support them and move to Portland.

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