Sparks is entertaining me this morning. He has written a fun parody song to Don’t Worry Be Happy. Head on over to Third Coast Mets Fan and listen to the Bobby McFerrin video and enjoy all the verses to the parody, one of which I have mentioned here.
The Mets Police remind you that the Wilpons pay all their bills on time and this link to a parody song in no way is meant to suggest that there are any financial shenanigans in Flushing.
The one time the Wilpons owed me money was in 2007 when I had laid out some money for playoff tickets. My money was promptly returned.
I like today – I don’t have to think of anything, I can just link to everyone else’s awesomeness. Hey, it worked for Drudge.
Anyways…as we have discussed, Greg Prince and I are like-thinkers, except what I say in two choppy sentences he says in beautiful essays.
He has a big case for The Return Of Banner Day from which I now excerpt just a small part
Watch those film clips from the not-so-sublime years covered in Mets Yearbook. Do the banners say, “The Mets suck and we don’t like the Mets, when are they going to get better and they suck and you suck and everybody sucks”? No, they do not. It is always relentlessly hopeful and ridiculously optimistic. Mets fans, it might surprise Mets management, desire and seek reasons to believe. If they can’t believe in an imminent improvement, they want to believe in themselves. They want to believe there’s a reason they tromp on out to Citi Field when the non-believers around them ask, “Mets game? Why are you going to THAT?” We know why, and we want to show it from the heart. We can buy licensed merchandise (and we will, pending pricing) and some of us can blog up a storm (and we do), but we all want to be reminded that something makes us unique — and Banner Day, a Met creation, is one of those singular sensations that belonged first, last and always to the New York Mets. To the Mets and their fans, technically, but we tend to think they’re one and the same.
That’s a small part of a much longer must-read, but how can you not agree with even that paragraph.
If the Mets are concerned about “You suck” banners here is my suggestion: Make it a contest. Online. You submit your banner slogan…the Mets pick X….the top 10,000 entrants show up at the park with actual physical banners, they walk on the field, then the judges can pick the winner in x categories (kids, old ladies, funny, original design, whatever). If someone submits an inappropriate banner then don’t pick it. If someone shows up with a banner that wasn’t entered in the contest then tell them they should have read the rules.
Think about it – when you put a message on the scoreboard those are screened, right? I can’t have DiamondVision (I am not calling it BankVision) say “Go Astros! Fred Smells HA HA HA!” can I?
Someone has to approve it. Apply similar logic to the banners.
If you’re worried about bloggers saying “The Mets are afraid…” Please, you’ve met us. we’re actually nice. And so what if someone does.
Is someone on WFAN gonna do it? Yep. Get thicker skin if you’re gonna operate a ballclub in this town. So some DJ says “the Mets are afraid of You Suck signs” at 2:15 in the morning. Who cares.
I know you guys look forward to hearing from Ken Rosenthal during Fox broadcasts of Mets games, so I thought you’d like to know that Ken thinks the Mets should trade Reyes now.
While April 19th seems early, maybe 10-20 record won’t be. If Sandy is going to rip off the band-aid, why wait until July and have a summer of distracting drama (oh wait, this is the Mets, that will happen anyway) when you can get that over with on May 10th?
Unless you think .590 ball is here to stay.
Now I lived through 1977 so I assure you that neither the Reyes Drama nor the After Effect will be pleasurable. It’s just a matter of where to split the season. The only way out is to announce Reyes has re-signed and I doubt either party will do that in season.
At 11-5 this would be a non-story (at least for another 2 months). At 5-11 expect to hear lots of this.
One gleam of hope Mets fans – remember a fellow named Nomar Garciapara? Leader of the Red Sox? You know, that inept franchise that never won? Check his baseball card.
It’s one thing when some kook in a Lee Mazzilli jersey writes about attendance, but since Perception Is Reality the Mets cant be too thrilled about The Times writing about $3 tickets available on the secondary market.
I’m sure Dave Howard is right that sales pick up when the weather gets better (Media Goon failed at convincing me to come tonight), and as we pointed out last week the numbers for the first home stand were comparable if not better than 2010.
That pesky 5-11 start though….that’s a problem. 11-5 and I probably say yes to Goon on a rainy night. 5-11 and 85 degrees and I probably say yes. A dreary night in the rain against the Astros? That’s a tough sell.
The Record has a nice article about Wright’s leadership, and how he’s in effect The Captain
Colactus says:
The label of captain, I don’t think it’s necessary,” Collins said. “I think he can still do that without the label. I rely on these veteran guys, but I just don’t want them to think that there’s a distraction to get them away from what they need to do to prepare themselves to play.”
I kinda like Captains. The C looks terrible on a Mets jersey (especially if the back says Franco), but I like having a guy. I like clutch hitting more.
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