Category: mets

Set the DVRs:  Omar Minaya is on whatever the 7pm show on SNY is called (Hot Stove?) and then at 7:30 it’s Mets Yearbook 1976!

The ’76 mets won 86 games!  Young lefty Jon Matlack won 17 games, and Jerry Koosman won 21!

Dave Kingman hit 37 home runs back when 37 was a lot (it once was kids), and these youngsters Stearns and Mazzilli look very promising!

If Seaver can rebound from 14 wins, I bet 1977 will be one of the best years in Mets history!

I was so down in the dumps yesterday about this franchise that I wanted to write about something positive.  I couldn’t think of anything, other than trotting out the old yesteryear story, so I appealed to my friends on twitter (@metspolice).

Sadly, nobody had anything.  Sure I got some good laughs: the best suggestion was “Aaron Heilmann isn’t a Met” which was right up there with “Angel Berroa turned 30.”   On facebook, I heard there was a good turnout at the blood drive.

Personally, I’m excited about the McFadden’s bar coming to left field and perhaps some plans for the Blue Cap Army for Opening Day.

You may notice I have gone three paragraphs without mentioning anything positive about the actual team.  Yeah, that’s the problem.  I’m not feeling it this week.

However, over at Big League Stew on Yahoo today is the day where ‘Duk is going to link to Mets blogs, and I want to make a nice impression for the newbies.   Can anyone think of anything happy in Flushing?

If you are a newbie, here’s some links from past articles to help you get the vibe of Mets Police:

• Pictures from the 1986 Tickertape Parade
• The Mets respond to a letter from The Mets Police
• It might make financial sense, but it sure is annoying to think Bobby Bonilla will get $1 million a year from the Mets from 2011-2035.
• The “about” page that explains what this is about.

Quick note..

I’m going to go ahead with the plan for Mets fans to gather on the morning of Opening Day.  The idea is for us to just meet up, hit the new Hall of Fame together, and then hey why not let’s go check out the bar.

Once I get the hang of this new site design I’m going to add an rsvp form because I want to see if we can amass a significant number of people to get free pretzels at the bar or something.  I’m going to reach out to some folks, (if you’re reading this and you think I mean you – yes, I mean you.)

In the meantime, if interested hit comments.

(Sorry about this one, I am working using a system where I can post via phone and this was up all day as if I wrote three paragraphs and stopped.  The full version didn’t take….give this one another shot).

I’m really wondering about the Mets brand this morning (something that has been talked about in the blogoverse recently.)

It doesn’t exist.

In the mid 80’s there was a swagger. I think Keith Hernandez personifies it. If you throw another fastball I will punch you.  There was a swagger.  It was very New York.

These days most of us feel the brand should be pitching and defense.  To do that you need pitchers.

The brand has become choking, injuries and perceived incompetence.

I hate to bring up certain other teams, but that team has one mission: Win the World Series.   Not “meaningful games”..win the World Series.  To do that, they understand you need pitching.

Let’s assume Omar is right and the core is back and healthy.  That core was 4 players, down to three and already down to two.  Say they get to October.  Then what?  It’s a long time between Santana starts.

I don’t want to pretend all summer that the Mets are in a wild card race.

Win. The. World. Series.

There is no bugdet.  There is no plan.   There is no brand.