Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

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Leadoff: links, rain, and a cool Mets uniform variant

Quiet morning in Flushing, I have to slap on my green Mets cap and stand at a parade in the rain, so seems like a good morning for links.   Thanks for the comments on “Why are you a Mets fan?” and I’ll catch up on those when I get back.  That piece was written by Dan – I’ll tell ya, when you can get Dan to actually write something he’s pretty good.  In an hour or so I will post his crazy re-alignment plan which is much crazier than my re-alignment plan

I’m still hopeful about the 2010 season, but it if does tank can we please tank with folks like Ike Davis and Josh Thole in the lineup as opposed to Fernando Tatis types?   I’d rather see the mets go 0-81 in the second half with kids than 30 and 50 with Tatis.  It seems like the Metsosphere agrees.

Fox decided to write a scary headline: Mets biggest question: Is Wright all right? Yes he’ll be fine.  No that’s not the biggest question.

James has a new blog Citi2Shea and he asked if I’d link to some stories.  My blog has benefited from the bigger blogs linking, so I’m happy to pass along the love.   Check out The Ghost of Shea strikes again and a look back to 2006 and What Could’ve Been.  I will be doing some more episodes of Meet the Mets bloggers when I get some free time this weekend.

Centerfield Maz reminds us about Terry Leach.  I bet many of you have never heard of Terry – he was a nice serviceable pitcher who helped the Mets hang around in 1987.  ’87 was like ’09 except imagine if the scrubs somehow chased the Phillies until the last week.  Maz also had this pic of Strawberry.  What’s that jersey design?

I’ll have a new post about rain-outs (waaah the Mets had to waste several hours yesterday, they never do that to us!) in a few minutes.

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New York Mets St. Patrick’s Day attire Part 3

From time to time I visit Modell’s, take crappy photos and get odd looks.  These are from a recent trip.

I don’t “get” the Bay shirt. Is that some sort of Celtic font? I don’t like the way Bay looks. Is Bay Irish?

I do like the green Mr. Met t-shirt. I believe I’ve seen it in blue, which seems a wiser purchase.

The Mets shamrock shirt does nothing for me. What does it have to do with anything?

Then there’s the caps. See, the Yankees do it too…and there’s the green Mets cap I like a little…and then there’s an ugly green orange and white one that somehow says “Italian” to me (swap the orange for red). It’s just not a style of anything “Irish” that I have seen. Major pass. Buy one for a buck when Modell’s has them on sale, put it away for 10 years then email me a pic sometime in the winter for 2020 for a “remember this?” post.

The crappy photo of the green mets cap that’s smushed is my vintage original Irish Day cap from the 1990’s. Number of girls picked up in it: zero.

Tomorrow, we visit Irish Mets attire for the bedroom.

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Mets Yearbook 1966

I’m emptying out the DVR this week, catching up on Mets Yearbook (the fine SNY series where they dust off the old “rain delay” films).  As usual, I’ll type as I watch.

Here in the first few minutes ’66 is not grabbing me.   Murph is in full-blown propaganda mode.  They are playing “winning ball” (um Bob they won 66 games).

This film is more worn than the others SNY has shown.  It has the washed out color that some of your old 8mm films may have (if you were a kid in the 70’s you know what I mean), but I’m happy to see any old film at all.   The washed out color makes it look like Charlie Samuels dressed the team in black.

The Mets went to Greenland to visit troops?   Pretty interesting.

Real Mr. Met (with the paper mache head) just made an appearance with Mrs. Met.    What happened to her?  Did she die?  Are they divorced?  Why wouldn’t you bring her out on Mother’s Day or something.

Murph says there’s something called the “Lady Met Club” – I will have to do some research on that club…but it reminds me that the character was called Lady Met not Mrs. Met.  Maybe they had a fight and broke up.

One of the biggest days of all is “the famed Banner Day.”  Imagine that, Mets fans walking on the field with signs.   Have you ever heard of such a thing?

Camera Day!   That’s a good giveaway.

Why is Mr. Met wearing #56?   He’s walking Elsie the cow around on Borden’s Day.   They’d get killed if they did that now.

Helmet Day – another good giveaway that’s long gone.

Lindsey Nelson just said “yours truly and Bob Murphy” man the microphones.   What happened to Ralph?

“Don Grant” the chairman of the board.  “Don?”

Continue reading “Mets Yearbook 1966”

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New York Mets St. Patrick’s Day attire Part 2

Some more St. Patrick’s Day Mets-wear. Today we look at caps.


I have my “original” green Mets cap from the first Irish night.  I can tell you first-hand that you won’t pick up any girls wearing it.  This green cap has a better shade than mine does.   I’ll have to take one of my crappy pictures for you.

I like this white one.   Like most green Mets caps I don’t know what you do with them after March, and we know from experience that white caps look horrible on the actual Mets – but this cap is attractive to me, especially if we can out it on a pretty chick.

Tomorrow, my crappy photos of green stuff I took at Modells.