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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Looking For Writers

Hi there.  If you’d like to join the Mets Police, maybe you have the occasional idea but can’t be bothered to start your own blog contact me at the email address which you can find all the way at the top of the page up above the Mets Police banner.  I don’t want the spam-bots to get me so I won’t include it here.  You can also just hit comments below.

If you’re a fellow blogger and would like to do the occasional post-exchange (some of us do that and it helps all) hit me up.

At this point in this blog’s growth I have nothing to over you but gratitude and the ability to annoy the Wilpons – but for some of us that’s enough.

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Swanny, Stadia, Manny, Ollie

On another quiet morning in Flushing, I thought I’d take a look around the internet to see what’s out there:

Hotfootblog correctly observes that just about every Mets fan now wants Manny.  Why would a franchise not want to offer the customer the player that the customers want?  It boggles the mind.  It would be very easy for all parties to show up at the press conference and say “we heard how much you wanted him, here he is” and Manny can stand there in a black #99 jersey with a lame patch and I’ll keep my mouth shut.

Forbes magazine also thinks the Mets need to grab Manny.

The Subway Sqwakers blog and the Daily News both observe that as much sense as Manny makes for 2009, he may make even more sense for 2010!

Not surprisingly the Mets are upping their offer to Oliver Perez.   I don’t think any of us are shocked that this is happening.

Craig Swan is 59 years old now and has a dog powered scooter.

My favorite piece out there is from the Amazin’ Avenue blog which has a collection of Mets Sports Illustrated covers throughout the years.   The young Dwight Gooden makes me sad.   It’s a very cool collection, check it out!

Meanwhile in the Bronx, they haven’t signed Manny yet (who will be surprised when they do?) but the great River Ave Blues blog has this virtual tour of Yankee Stadium (and here’s one of Citi Field – what’s up with the yellow hat on the scoreboard).

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Angels Smarter Than Mets (WBC)

The Angels aren’t going to let Vladimir Guerrero play in the WBC because he had an off-season surgery.  This isn’t Vlad deciding not to play, the Angels won’t let him.   They also aren’t going to let  pitcher John Lackey and catcher Mike Napoli play.

Good for them.  The Angels are putting the Angels first.  The Angels aren’t worried about MLB’s desire to market something in March that nobody wants.

Meanwhile the Mets, who would be crazy to let Santana play (and I don’t think they will) are going to head into the spring with Reyes, Wright, Beltran, Delgado, K-Rod and maybe Santana all not in camp…..or as I like to call that list “the whole team.”

Spring is a time for team building.   Camaraderie.   Get to know each other.   Try out some lineup combinations. Feel like a unit.

Why jeopardize your season so Team Italy can win a made up tournament?   Good job out of the Angels.

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