Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

Good afternoon Mets fans, it’s another beautiful day here on the deck as Howie and I get ready for Mets baseball.

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If you go the email route you’ll get one email a day right before lunch, and I never spam or bother you.  If you go Google Reader you’ll get to laugh every time the feed glitches and says an article was written by “Dan Twohig” even though I wrote it.   Dan writes about as much as Beltran plays, and like Beltran when he plays he’s good but he’s sure taking his time settling into his new house or whatever excuse he’s using this week.

Speaking of help….I will be on the road much of this week.   I can do my normal look around the Metsiverse, but what I can’t do is feel the pulse of the city, hear the crazy people on WFAN, hear Howie roll his eyes at what the Mets are wearing, and so on.   If you see something, write something, and email [email protected]    It’s pretty easy for me to cut and paste at an airport.  Media Goon will mind the store in case the team announces a Mazzilli statue or a trade of Jerry and Hojo for Juan Samuel.

Here’s the usual Sunday look back at what was popular and what deserved better.

This dad looks kind of jerky stealing a baseball from a kid. Here’s the dad’s side of the story and then David Wright gave the kid a ball.

The Mets uniform for each game is chosen by…..

I am goingto have to escalate the war on black jerseys.  Read this description of the Mets “true colors”

The Mets had the bloggers over for dinner, were very nice, and hooked us up with nice seats. Now, if only Dave Howard would meet me in Promenade Left for a beer.

Lots of you agree that it is time to Stop the Wave

The electricity surrounding this Strasburg kid reminds me of a young Dwight Gooden.

Orel Hershiser said that Gooden was tipping his pitches in the ’88 playoffs. Somehow nobody care about this.  Are all my readers 24?  There was life before Piazza you know.

If you like Wally Backman and love cursing…try this or this

The Mets apologized to Jerry Seinfeld.

Y’all need to make more fun of Randy’s Mets Jeans

Name the 25 former Mets who managed in the big leagues.   This might be the answer.

UniWatch was a little hard on Wayne Hagin

If all that just isn’t enough for you, I’ll be on with New York Baseball Digest at 9:30pm and I talked black jerseys and such with This Call To The Bullpen earlier in the week.

Before the Mets leave Baltimore, let’s take a look at an excerpt from an article Mets by the Numbers had the other day:

MBTN: Was Lee Mazzilli a good manager? He was once a hero here but can’t even get work as a broadcaster anymore.

Dude named Kevin from Maryland:  To put it bluntly, no. The Birds have had their share of crummy managers (and crummy teams) over the past 13 years, but Mazzilli was the only one that I can remember who lost the support of the team. The front office supposedly hired him because he talked a good game, but rumor had it that he did zilch in the way of game preparation and wasn’t much of a communicator.

Hmmm.   I kind of want to fight this Kevin from Maryland but (a) I can’t fight and he’d beat me up and (b) Lee doesn’t have a job in MLB right now.   Hmmm.

Where are you Lee?

Tom writes:

Shannon – I know that the tour guides at Citi have been saying the pitcher chooses the uniform, but I find it hard to believe that every Friday the pitcher chooses black and that every getaway day the pitcher chooses the road (hybrid) cap, which is what has been happening this season.

Tom I know what you’re saying but two different members of the Mets media department told me the starting pitcher chooses the uniform, the tour guides are saying it, and from what I was told, I won’t be invited to the next BBQ at the Samuels household.

Dickey apparently chose gray with black stirrups this Friday although I expected black.

I also imagine there is some sort of overriding veto. For example, black would be dumb on Mets Hall of Fame Day.

Since I posted the definitive answer to who picks the uniforms I’ve been asked about the socks and caps. You guys are too funny.

The Mets invited me to their home and gave me food and drink. It was the only question asked. I accept the answer.

I also love that “hybrid” cap is now a well used term. I cant remember who said it first. “Statue Technology” is all mine.