Terryble attitude from some Mets fans

November 22, 2010November 22, 2010

Terryble attitude from some Mets fans

Good morning Mets fans,

I’m not sure what to do this morning. I always do a morning post, and I have a few cards I could play, but I don’t want to “waste” something while we wait for news from Sandy, or an official press conference announcement, or a story of Wally punching a clown.

In the meantime…

Mark Simon tells us of the three other managers who went 11 years between stints. How did they do?

Omar has lots of job offers.

I’m finding I have no patience for the discussion of who will be the manager after Terry. Can’t this guy just manage until he’s 77 and then let Josh Thole replace him? I really don’t get the doom and gloom.

He may not have been your first choice but I don’t understand the negativity before he’s even announced. Ya Gotta Believe, right?

November 21, 2010November 21, 2010

Rubin says the Mets have selected Terry Collins as manager

According to ESPN, Colactus it is. Discuss!

(Sorry Wally, I was rooting for you.)

November 21, 2010November 21, 2010

The hardest part

Good morning Mets fans,

Ain’t much in the papers (I did read one story that suggests that Jeter will re-sign with the Yankees. Good job Scoop.)

Mets Today nailed it:

.. Mets fans are either disinterested in, or don’t want, Collins or Melvin. If either is announced as manager, it will be received with the pomp and circumstance of a cricket concert. No one will care. No one will feel one way or the other. And when the tough times occur in 2011, the fans will start blaming the guy they didn’t want in the first place — whether it’s fair or not. They’ll lose faith in “the plan”. They’ll think the Mets just sold them yet another bill of goods. They’ll get angry at first, and then they’ll stop caring. In turn, they’ll stop buying tickets to games at Citi Field, and starting talking about football — just as they did this past summer.

High stakes poker for Sandy. I’ll get behind whoever he picks, but the above scenario is very realistic.

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Junior’s Baby Sister showed up for breakfast in her blue Mets cap. Lots of hope for this one.

This week on Mets Police: obviously the manager is the big topic, expect this and every blog to spend three days on this. I’m particularly looking forward to 37 tweets all saying “Mets expected to name xxx manager” on Monday.

Later in the week it’s time for the (somehow) annual tradition of Mets Turkeys. Email your suggestions to shannon@metspolice.com Yes, I already have Ollie on the list. Ollie is having an awful season in the Mexican Winter League which is troubling because I went 7 and 5 there myself last winter.

I have some ticket stuff for the next week (keep those suggestions for columns rolling in) but I’m holding them because the combination of manager and holiday will distract everyone.

I’ll likely do Holiday Filler and recap Mets blogs I dig….suggestions to shannon@metspolice.com

I’m still working on the sister site Sports Police in between work and a full calendar of children’s sporting events. I think we could use a solid basketball guy over there if you are interested.

I’m on twitter @metspolice (and @nysportspolice)

Keep the faith Mets fans…even the losers get lucky sometimes.

November 20, 2010November 20, 2010

Has Lee Mazzilli become a True Yankee?

Oh no.

It was one thing to see Lee in the Bronx in the 70’s. Another to see him sitting next to Joe Torre (a job’s a job.)

Then Lee didn’t get a time at bat with Sandy when he was interviewing random people like a Red Sox bench coach and a guy who was fired by the Mariners.

But this….this we cannot ignore.

Here is Lee Mazzilli at Fake New Yankee Stadium’s Fake Gate 2 helping out at the food drive.

I can sort of explain that one away. After all, Lee is a man’s man, arguably the greatest person who ever lived…so OF COURSE he is helping to provide food for those in need. It would not surprise me to learn that Lee was at the Diamondbacks food drive….

However…how can we explain away this? In that link you will fin Lee Mazzilli presenting Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly with a key to the Yankees clubhouse.

The key to the city? That makes Mazzilli the Mayor of Yankeetown!

Lee representing the Yankees at two events? What happened to Reggie Jackson, Roger Clemens, Johnny Damon, A-Rod and all the other true Yankees (Jeter is not presently with the organization of course)….they sent Lee Mazzilli?

The Yankees are sending Lee Mazzilli as a team representative?

Gooden throws a no-hitter in the Bronx, Straw wins a ring there and now Mazz is the new Joe DiMaggio?

What has happened? Sandy, while I’m all depressed you might as well announce Bob Melvin. Nothing can hurt me now. I have let go. Wear black uniforms at the press conference and invite a random hockey player for no reason while you’re at it.

November 20, 2010November 20, 2010

Youngblood

Coughy McDropstuff (formerly known as Mrs. Mets Police) decided we should all be up EARLY today. So far this morning I’m about as useful as Oliver Perez. While I find something to make my brain work, here’s something I found last week while I was in Comic Book Mode.

One man. One day. Two teams.

The animated adventures of a 4th outfielder turned All-Star.

No?

Oh…Youngblood is a superhero team that starred in their self-titled comic book, created by writer/artist Rob Liefeld. The team made its debut as a backup feature in the 1987 one-shot Megaton: Explosion before later appearing in its own ongoing series in 1992 as the flagship publication for Image Comics. Youngblood was originally published by Image Comics, and later by Awesome Entertainment.

Kids, as the Daily News tells us: On Aug. 4, 1982 is a Joel Youngblood will never forget. On that date, the former Mets outfielder made baseball history by getting hits for two different teams in two different cities. And both hits came against future Hall of Famers – Ferguson Jenkins and Steve Carlton.