Category: mets

I’m pretty happy with this one, and I think it’s a lot closer to what I have in mind for the proposed series.  I hope you like it and will share/embed/like.

Randy at The Apple knows how to manipulate me into plugging his great site.

The MP has picked up two Fonzie awards today. Thanks to Lee Mazzilli for suiting up and picking up the awards

A new How I Met the Mets this afternoon. Blame Beltran for it being bounced from the 11:30 slot.

The 2011 BP jerseys are on sale. MLB Shop has them for $129…but Modell’s has them for $99. Although I don’t like black, these looked good in person over the weekend.

Note the Modell’s site says “leaves warehouse in 3-4 weeks.”  Way to plan for the spring.

In other MLB Shop news – today they aren’t offering me the “top sellers” option. Is it coming up for anyone else?  Did something draw attention to that option?  Is there a conspiracy against blue caps?

 

A catch-all post to get back in the swing.

Had a twitter discussion about how the Mets should honor Duke Snider. A few thoughts:
– the discussion is how not “if”. It would be wrong to ignore it
– the challenge is the Dodgers thing.
– I think folding it into the traditional Opening Day moment of silence is the right move.
– Duke probably deserves better, but the last thing Fred needs now is another round of the Dodgers stuff.
– I’m not the one who forgot to buy Mets banners in 2009. Had they done the stadium the right way the first time this wouldn’t be an issue.

Counter-argument: I always stick up for team history and Duke was way before my time, so maybe I just don’t get it. Happy to hear from someone who can make the case for a bigger ceremony

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Opinion: Bobby Valentine is not buying the Mets. Neither is Ed Kranepool or Donald Trump or whatever rumor of the day gets a headline. All silly.

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I loved my trip. One thing is really clear, I don’t want to be a beat writer (not that I ever thought I did). Braves Fan and I had an opportunity to talk with a player and we passed. We were wondering what we’d even talk about. “Hey, I like you.”. My beat is wandering around stadiums and team shops taking pictures of alternate caps and bad font jerseys.

Blind item: I heard some things that pleased me. Details some day.

The blue BP jerseys look better in person.

The blue on the regular Mets jerseys looked darker to me. I know logically that it isn’t, maybe it was the sun or that I wasn’t three decks up.

Terry is there to work. I don’t know what other managers do but I imagine myself wandering around eating sunflower seeds and enjoying the sun. He’s very hands on.

Chris Young looked good. Lots of break on his pitches. The Perez guy they brought in, not so much.

Had a 2 second encounter with Fred I will characterize as fun/funny/cool-Fred.

Mrs. Mets Police helped herself to my Mets jacket this morning to dog walk. Hmmm.

Someone did two nice things for me over the weekend. Thanks someone!

Thanks Media Goon for holding down the fort and lending me a good camera. I took 1000 pictures which I need to go through tonight. Mathematically at least one must be ok.

If you don’t read the site on the weekend there are plenty of pictures from the games in the posts below and the subsequent pages.

Later today I will post the Buddy Harrelson edition of How I Met The Mets. It’s the best one and the production is better.

The baseball gods must know Shannon was traveling this weekend. Look what I found on my twitter timeline from Adam Rubin at 3:30 am this morning. The tweet said “Source: Bobby Valentine looks into buying part of New York Mets”. That woke me up quicker then any cup of coffee would.

Here’s an excerpt:

I’’ve talked to a number of people interested in purchasing part of the New York Mets, but I’’m not formally with any group that is actively pursuing this venture,” Valentine said Sunday night.

The speculation of who is going to buy into the Mets keeps running rampant. This is going to be one of those “seasons” for the Mets again. Hopefully good play on the field will make the financial stuff not sting as much for us fans.

To read more about this click on here.

Shannon I hand back the conn back to you today since you have returned from Spring Training.