Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

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How about the Mets wear pink caps for Mother’s Day?

For Mother’s Day MLB and the Mets will break out the pink bats.   How about pink caps?

They already break out Stars and Stripes caps, why not pink?

If you’re going to do it – commit!

Clubs at home on Mother’s Day will host their Honorary Bat Girl during scheduled on-field celebrations; visiting Clubs on Mother’s Day will select another date in May to recognize their local winner. The program was developed to raise additional awareness and support for the annual Going to Bat Against Breast Cancer® initiative, a joint partnership between MLB, its licensed partners and Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest breast cancer organization, taking place on Mother’s Day.

Hundreds of Major League Baseball players will use pink bats produced by Louisville Slugger, the Official Bat of Major League Baseball, stamped with the MLB breast cancer logo on Mother’s Day. Many players also will wear pink wristbands and the symbolic pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness will be displayed on player uniforms, as well as on all on-field personnel.

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A little run of black Mets jerseys being worn

I don’t meticulously keep track but it was thrown around on twitter last night that the Mets have worn black jerseys 4 days in a row.   Santana goes today and however such decisions get made, he tends to pitch in black.

What is going on????

Help me Howie Rose, you’re my only hope.

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NJ.com Mets blogger audition

This one has been around for a while, but it was off my radar until yesterday when I was emailing with Matthew Artus who writes the Always Amazin’ blog on NJ.com.  Bascially, they are looking for bloggers.

I’m tempted to enter myself, but even though I post 85 times a day, when it becomes on deadline it becomes homework so I’m sitting this one out.   However, it might be perfect for you.  Info below and more info here.

If you feel like writing every now and then, I very much welcome and encourage guest posts.   That’s as simple as emailing me at [email protected]

What (they are) looking for:

  • A fan’s voice – Show your Mets passion. But please be the fan we’d want to sit next to at the game, not the guy we’d talk to the usher about.
  • A conversational approach – Engage other fans. Invite comments. Ask questions. be an avid commenter on other posts around the Mets section.
  • A sense of humor

Ready to show us your stuff? If you don’t already have one, get your community account, then go to the blog and get busy.

  • Consistent production – This contest is open for a while, and the season is even longer. Show you can do 3-5 posts per week. Posts are usually better when they’re short, sweet and on a single topic, rather than when they’re long and encyclopedic. Got a few things to cover? Do a few posts. this approach will also help you pace yourself.
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    54 Pictures from a Buffalo Bisons game

    I’m still mad at the Bisons.

    During the off-season I emailed to ask if they credential bloggers.  No response.  I would have happily accepted “you’re a jerk and we hate your website” but silence annoys me.  I mean even the Mets sent me a media guide (thanks!!!!) and I’ve been poking them with a stick for a few years now.

    Anyway, Mets Police are everywhere.

    You know who can follow directions?  Mike from Googling God. If you’re religious or spiritual or anything check it out.  What I hate about his site is that every day something in my RSS feed catches my eye and I think “oh, that’s interesting, I will send it to Mike.”  Almost always he is the author.  Ok, plugs are done. Go visit.

    Anyways – Mike can follow directions.  I said “there’s no such thing as too many pictures…”

    Mike says:

    My trip to Coca-cola field. Bisons against Louisville.

    Game Recap: Knuckleballer R.A Dickey pitched 8 innings of junkballing mastery, scattering 6 hits and striking out 7 keeping the Bats (Louisville’s monicker) mystified before departing up 3-2. Elmer Dessens came in to close out the 9th and if he’s looking to resurrect his career as a closer, he’s crazy. Dessens got slammed and before you could say Lake Erie, the Bisons trailed 4-3.

    However, the Bisons rallied back in the bottom of the frame. Chris Carter hit the first pitch from Louisville closer Jon Adkins for a sharp single into left field. Fernando Martinez splintered a broken-bat liner into right and Ruben Tejada loaded the bases another single to right.
    Bisons 2009 MVP Jesus Feliciano then made the inning bizzare when he lined a pitch off of Adkins’ glove who promptly kicked the ball away from his glove and the tying run scored. That brought Jason Pridie to the plate but he didn’t have to take his bat off his shoulder because Adkins fired a wild pitch to send Martinez home with the game-winner.

    Here are 28 photos–more coming from the iphone later (Camera battery died in the 4th inning)

    1) Scoreboard
    2) Not a capacity crowd
    3) Left field angle from my seat
    4) R.A. Dickey (knuckleballer–who threw a great game until Elmer Dessens came in and was horseshit)
    5) Jason Pridie CF
    6) Jason Pridie CF
    7) Jason Pridie CF
    8 ) Jason Pridie CF
    9) Mike Jacobs 1B
    10) Mike Hessman 3b
    11) Chris Carter RF
    12) R,A. Dickey P
    13) Fernando Martinez LF
    14) Fernando Martinez LF
    15) Josh Thole C
    16) Josh Thole C
    17) Martinez may steal…
    18) Scoreboard of Thole
    19) Ruben Tejada SS
    20) Tejada scoreboard
    21) R.A. Dickey P
    22-25 Chip the Buffalo Mascot
    26-28 Conehead the beer vendor

    Lastly, good food and great prices. Hot Dogs were adequate but better buys are the fried bologna and cheese sandwich (a Buffalo delicacy) as well as Beef on Weck.

    Hot chocolate is a major sell as it was colder than a welldigger’s (bleep).  (Shannon here – I try not to use foul language, and I just had to bleep the religious guy.   Sheesh.) The field is not far from the water and hence the wind off the Lake swirls around the stands. Small crowd on a Tuesday night –probably gets more crowded as the summer grows warmer and school is out. Lots of kids and the usual activities.

    A nice field that I will go back too. Conehead the beer vendor is friendly and gets to know people’s names. More later.

    He then sent more pictures but didn’t comment, so you’ll have to figure out on your own what they are.   In typical Mets Police fashion most of them are blurry.   Pictures are below, and if you’re on the main page click “more” – pictures slow down the site so I don’t want to have 54 on the main page.

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