What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Interesting:
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I like Fake Jeff Wilpon’s idea for “Mets!” jerseys….
I swear I have nothing to do with these.
Here’s another one from 12 Angry Mascots, this one made the rounds yesterday.
At about one o’clock, Seaver went out to the rightfield bullpen to begin warming up. Ed Lynch, the swingman on the Mets staff, was also asked to get ready, in case Seaver hurt the left thigh that had bothered him in spring training.
It wasn’t until the Sunday before the Tuesday, April 5 game that Seaver committed himself to his 14th Opening Day. He’d pulled the quadriceps muscle of the thigh during a spring-training game against the Phillies 11 days before, and he’d missed one warmup game and cut short another tune-up. But on Saturday he’d thrown fine.
As Seaver started warming up, Lynch was pacing back and forth. “All these people were here to see him pitch,” said Lynch, “and if I’d had to start, I could just hear the boos. No, actually, I’d have heard a lot of whos: ‘Who the hell is Ed Lynch?’ “
I mentioned yesterday that I need a new blue Mets cap. Â Here are some I looked at on Sunday afternoon.
Care to take one guess what’s wrong with the first cap? No swoosh for me. It’s too shiny as well.
The second one was never a consideration, but much like a unicorn I had to take a picture in case we never see the likes of it again. It combines the worst of the 70’s with the worst of the ’00s. No thanks.
The third one is a youth hat. The white undershadow is interesting. It isn’t traditional but it’s not awful. Since the franchise seems obsessed with dropshadow, perhaps when we finally all sign the Treaty of Flushing I can hold out for 1983 style blue jerseys, and I can concede white dropshadow to Mr. Howard.
Finally, I apparently forgot to take a picture of the cap I actually like. It is called a “franchise” cap and it looks like it has traveled through time from 1977. The blue is lighter, like from my youth, and the NY is somewhat flat to the cap. This is a stock photo from lids.com I might have to buy this one once I see what Osh41 (my cap consultant) has to say after he reads this. They only had it in medium and I have a giant head so I didn’t get it yet.
What are you guys wearing? Send in some pics. shannon@metspolice.com
The Mets just emailed the database to encourage the purchasing of Mets at Phillies tickets.
I myself enjoy making that trip, and I think it’s smart out of the box thinking. Â I don’t know what the financial arrangements are among the teams, it’s just interesting.