Category: mets

Wow Alex, who could have predicted THIS!  And nobody cares about the DJ either?  I am SHOCKED!

Also, I love that they call it “Mid-inning activations” as if non-marketing people have any idea what you’re talking about.  Very telling about what the org things of the customers.   Well, that and that they market the guy who told the customers basically to go to hell.   You’re just a wallet.  Shut up and activate.

You just wait until the baseball game is just something for the Pit Boss to comp as if you’re getting something and they aren’t just giving you unsold inventory for that $100 you just lost at the blackjack table where the public parkland used to be.

Thanks to Secret Source for sending this one over.

David Wright probably is the Truest Met of them all.

Of course Tom Seaver is The Franchise, but fate was cruel and took him away from us twice….but fortunately fate was kind and didn’t have a healthy Tom Seaver start Game 7 of the 1986 World Series for Boston because I think we know how that would have went.

David Wright never let us down.

He didn’t boo the fans.

He isn’t vulgar.

He didn’t sign with Miami six minutes into free agency.

He played his entire career, WITH HONOR, for the New York Mets.

All the other Captains have a bunch of other teams on their baseball cards…but not David Wright.  He’s Mister Met.

Congratulations Captain on your number being retired.  Hopefully the Cohens won’t be cheap and will keep yours nicely painted.

Vulgar Pete still being vulgar.  Great brand you have Steve and Alex.

The gesture of placing one fist into the crook of the other elbow, while raising the opposite fist, is often a rude or offensive gesture, particularly in Southern Europe and Brazil. It can be similar to giving someone the middle finger or telling them to “get lost”. In some regions, it can also have sexual connotations.

this is giving like the choreographed dance you do with your cousins to ask your mom for a sleepover pic.twitter.com/PiveIPFq30

— travis (@newdorkmets) July 15, 2025

As the theory goes – MLB.com has posted a video.  (I haven’t seen the video on MLB.com but that’s how the theory goes).  In that video you will see the great Mets Captains Hernandez, Carter and Wright, as well as John Franco who was captain for some reason (and who for some reason seems to have been non-person’d during the Steve and Alex Cohen era, but that’s a topic for another day).

I am hoping this is a fan created video – as the clips of the previous captains have some VHS sheen to them, and the timeline is out of order,  If it IS a fan made video, then the fan is an idiot.

The end of the video includes Lindor, who of course did this to Mets fans.

Below is Javy Baez on the cover, the other player that did this to Mets fans, but everyone seems to have forgotten how this was covered.

But over the years “Mr. Smile” has worked the media – being accessible always helps, isn’t that right Barry Bonds? – so everyone with a microphone ignores things like the booing or this financial story.  Don’t ask questions, don’t rock the boat, keep your access.

So here we are.  David Wright’s big day. Are we going to pass the Captain torch to someone who obviously disliked Mets fans?  And would the Mets do that on DAVID’S DAY?

I’m going to continue to fight the good fight for the soul of the Mets.  We’ve actually gone backward here since the Wilpons left – the museum is gone, the uniforms have gotten worse, and the Mets have won ZERO championships here 5 years into Steve’s promise…..so sure let’s make the cornerstone a guy who was an a-hole to Mets fans.   People show their true colors when times are bad.

You can name Lindor captain, you can rename the team the Lindors, you can unretire #41 and issue it to Donald Trump.  Do whatever you want.

Booooooo

Francisco Lindor may just be the next captain of the New York Mets pic.twitter.com/K2u35szxDF

— Mets Batflip (@metsbatflip1) July 16, 2025

I used to LOVE the All Star Game.  In my DVD Closet I have every game from like 1993-2013 on VHS, then DVD-R, and some thumb drives with digital files.  I decided to stop after the Citi Field game as it was becoming a “thing.”  I had it in my mind I was going to go back some day and watch all these old players from my youth but that day hasn’t come yet.

I don’t watch much baseball these days, its a slog of a sport run by wanna be Casino Magnates who market players who are jerks to the fans…all kind of a turnoff.  So as a semi-casual here’s some thoughts.

I LIKED the pregame festivities.  I knew people were going to HATE it, and they did, but look its Atlanta and baseball has already lost the “me” crowd (Bill Simmons being an example), the younger millennials, and Gen-Z – so they have to try to do something to get people interested.  More importantly it was fun, so good job.

Joe Davis is fine and all but it might forever seem like Joe Buck is on vacation and Davis is just filling in.  He’s like a half-step short of feeling BIG GAME.

The uniforms – jeez MLB is good at not getting things right.  yes they wore the correct tops and bottoms. but MLB had to mess with the caps.  At least now we know that an orange brim cap looks lousy with the traditional Mets pinstripes.  Note the cap I used as the stager image for this post is NOT the one they wore in the game.  In olden times I would have done a bunch of screen grabs but its just not worth my time any more – as I have shared previously, the changes to Twitter have really stopped the circulation of posts (can’t even easily auto-post any more) which cuts down traffic…and people don’t really go to websites any more (well apparently YOU do but many people don’t) so my motivation is down….plus I barely watch baseball these days.  The ;last time I watched a game was during that Phillies weekend, or maybe the Monday after.

Speaking of which – the best way to follow baseball now is an Apple Watch.  Select your favorite team (say, the Mets) on the default Apple Sports App and just watch the play by play come to your phone.  No commercials.  No Gary Cohen running one of the best Mets of all time out of town.  No Gelbs.  It’s great.

It was fun to root against Lindor.  I don’t root against Mets, but I will root against people on the NL All Star Team.  Also, I countinue to hope he gets jury duty and misses significant time.

The game started after 8:25pm eastern.  Baseball loves catering to the West Coast Fan.  How’s that working out?  I turned it off at 10pm.

I woke up to learn that the game was settled by some version of Home Run Derby?  What are we even doing?   I’m sure this will get rave reviews and it will be what happens in the regular season within 10 years.