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I had written this for leadoff Monday but after an hour of looking around for inspiration for something for today (and failing) I’m going to play this card now and let tomorrow solve itself:

I was really taken back by Saturday’s suggestion that the Mets would move Jose Reyes in the middle of the season.

Whenever I had pondered moving Reyes I always imagined it as an off-season thing, not at the trade deadline.

Trade deadline moves can sting.

You’re pretty familiar with the Midnight Massacre in 1977.   Many of you  remember how it felt to hear Dykstra and McDowell were shipped away – and at least there the Mets in theory got a good player.

If you missed those, this one will feel different than an aging Keith Hernandez or an aging Mike Piazza not returning.   This won’t be Pedro in a Phillies uniform.   This one will be weird.

How are you going to feel when August 1 comes and Jose is in another uniform and Sandy tells you he got “Dan Norman, Doug Flynn and Steve Henderson” in return?   I’ll tell you right now that fans are going to lose their minds.   Even if “Norman, Flynn and Henderson” turn out to be the best three players the Mets ever have, August 1 will feel empty.

Whatever you think of Reyes, there is no denying he is way up the career leaderboard in many of the offensive categories.

As I thought about the idea of trading Jose midseason (in a scenario where the Mike-Pelfrey-as-ace Mets are out of it) makes sense.

If he is playing well, he brings value.  If they re-sign him he’ll probably be pricey.  Maybe the Moneyballers and the VORPians think there’s a better way to spread the dollars.

If he isn’t playing well – why re-sign a shortstop who is going to cost at least $11 million?

This sure is an interesting scenario.

I will stand by what I’ve said in the past:  Jose Reyes will one day win the American League MVP.

Thank you to Ceetar sending this over to us today. New ticket packages are always a good thing to see. Does this interest any former Plan holders out there that didn’t want to renew a 15,40, or full season plan?

METS ANNOUNCE NEW HOLIDAY THREE GAME PICK-A-PACKS
FOR 2011 SEASON

Packs Start at $60

Holiday Pick-A-Packs Are On Sale Now Online at Mets.com

FLUSHING, N.Y., December 3, 2010 – The New York Mets today announced that new Holiday Three Game Pick-A-Packs for the 2011 season at Citi Field are on sale now online at Mets.com. Packs start at $60.

Fans can build their own Packs by choosing one game each from the “Premium,” “Classic” and “Value” game pricing designations.

Holiday Pick-A-Pack availability includes seating in the following categories: Caesars Club, Left Field Reserved, Promenade Box and Promenade Reserved. The fans’ choice of seat category will apply for all three games in a Pack, subject to availability.

The three-game Packs provide fans access to games of their choice months before single game tickets go on sale.

Season Tickets, 40-Game and 15-Game Plans are also on sale online at Mets.com and by phone at (718) 507-TIXX.

I was sitting in the recliner bouncing between The Office, Thursday Night Football and Mets Yearbook 1982 and Junior blurts out of nowhere, “I hate Don Zimmer.”

What?

How does he even know who Don Zimmer is?

Kids, (and I think that might be every reader except Greg Prince from Faith and Fear) if you think the recent run of Mets teams has been awful you have no idea.

If you want to really grasp the nadir of this franchise you need to watch Mets Yearbook 1982.

Mets Yearbook 1982 is fascinating.   They didn’t even try to hype the team or players.  Here’s the quick summary.   They beat Steve Carlton in the road opener.   They beat the Phillies again in the home opener.  Neil Allen had two saves.

That was it for season highlights.  Imagine 5 years so bad that by the end they couldn’t even be bothered to talk about the season.

So how did they kill time?   By telling us it was the 20th anniversary of 1962 and telling us about the starting lineup from 1962.

“Why do you hate Don Zimmer?”

“Because he stole David Wright’s face.”

“His face?”

“Base!”

Oh.   It bothers Junior that Don Zimmer played third in 1962.  Hilarious.

Back to Mets Yearbook 1982.  They filled time by showing 62 and 69 and talking about Tom Seaver.  I was going to make fun of that but then I realized they did the same thing I do here on the blog.  When I have nothing to talk about I dust off the last championship and Tom Seaver.

Mets Yearbook 1982 mentioned a whole boatload of prospects.   Kids, you haven’t heard of any of them except for Ron Darling and Darryl Strawberry.   I have heard of them.  I paid money to watch these “prospects” in 1983, but believe me you have never heard of them.

Other random notes:  the blue uniforms look nice to me.   There’s a shot of Shea in its in-between phase:  the squares are gone but the blue siding wasn’t up yet (and the neon players would come later).  It looks like Generic Stadium.

The film also spends a lot of time hyping Diamond Vision.   Being someone who attended games in 1982 – yeah Diamond Vision was very cool.

Yearbook 82 wraps with the news that Tom Seaver would be returning home in 1983.  I know where I was on April 5, 1983 and it is my favorite Mets memory of them all.   Fortunately Tom would forever be a Met because only an idiot would let him go a second time.

Anybody out there live through any of this or are all you guys and gals 25?

Remember yesterday’s post that asked about the accuracy of Brooklyn Dodgers caps and if they are actually Bakersfield Dodgers caps?

11th and Washington has explored the subject and has done a much better illustrative post than mine.

Dan did such a great job that Honor Among Bloggers comples me to send you there without even a teaser.  Trust me.

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As of this writing nobody has yet told me that the RA Dickey version of the uniform looks better than the dropshadowless Seaver version.   Go ahead, I dare you. See yesterday’s post.