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Five Questions For An Average Mets Fan (Fan #76)

As weall get ready for the Luis Castillo Ball Drop, here’s Matthew with today’s 5 Questions:

1. When did you start following the Mets? 

I have pictures from 1971 as a toddler in a Mets’ hat and uniform. Dad – a former Giant fan – was at opening day at Shea, 1964.
2. What is your favorite Mets memory? 

At Shea as a college freshman in the upper deck for game 6 in ‘86. Got the tickets one hour before the game when a friend’s flight got canceled. Felt like the building was going to collapse. Didn’t leave the parking lot until about 6am.  

3. What is your worst Mets memory or experience? 

The last 2.5 years. Seriously. Worse than having to root for Kevin Kobel and Frank Taveras. There have been so many individual moments – both on and off the field – since Beltran K’d looking that I’ve stopped counting.
4. If you could change one off-field thing about the franchise what would it be? 

Replace the Wilpons with owners who care about winning, not about “putting a good product on the field.”
5. If you owned the team starting tomorrow, what is the first thing you would change? 

My pants. It would be pretty exciting. More concretely, I’d probably replace Minaya with someone who had a clear, long-term plan and the baseball acumen to make the Mets into a larger, richer version of the Twins: a smart, competitive franchise that hustles, understands the game, and is self-sustaining.

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1986 New York Mets Pennants

Morning all, I’m a little slow off the draw today having slept til 8!  (It’s loud here most mornings at Mets Police HQ).

I don’t want to bog the site down with the drive to 250k visits but a big thanks to Matt over at Metsblog who threw Mets Police a major hookup link last night, Matt even posted a pic of his ’86 banner which inspires me to share mine….

Until my coffee kicks in you’ll need to turn your head sideways.  Back in September 1986 I was so excited that the Mets actually won anything I rushed out and bought this gem.  In some ways it’s kind of cooler than the more common WS banners.

Here’s my version of the ’86 World series pennant.  In between the ball logo (the one with the NY on it, note the modern version doesn’t have the NY) and the word Champions is a list of all the players.

That yellow one is a Steelers banner, not that I’m a Steelers fan but when I was a kid the walls of my room were covered with pennants – lots of NFL (for 10 years my “Oakland’ Radiers one was cool, then they went back) and there was an Orioles one I remember.   I don’t recall how they were acquired, you’d have to ask mom, but I still have them.

I’m often tempted to bring this into work but I fear some knucklehead will take them, so they are in the basement until I trust Junior with them.

Speaking of ’86 here are Dan’s pictures from the 1986 Tickertape parade.

Thanks to all those helping with the drive to 250k…there was lots of love on Twitter, I’ll thank those folks over there @metspolice

(I think my S is not working so well, already caught two s-related typos.  Maybe I need more coffee).

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Proof: New York Mets uniforms should be blue

A challenge from Osh41 who writes:




Post this and tell metspolice fans to check out the mets shots and defy them to say the uni’s now look better then they did back in the old days
http://www.thatsmyboy03.com/

The link is amazin’!   One of the best baseball photo galleries I’ve seen on the web.  Here’s two quick shots to prove Osh41’s point, but click the link it’s great!


Come on Charlie…does this not like 50,000 times better than anything the Mets have worn in 30 years?

So nice…come on Dave Howard…make the change for 2011.

Is this really how you want your baseball team to look?

This will be the (probably) final complaint about the black uniforms of the decade.  Here’s to hoping that in 2019 black uniforms are a wonderful curiosity from the past, only worn on Old Timer’s Day to welcome back the ’00 NL Champs.  Orange, Blue and You, right?

If you haven’t joined The Blue Cap Army yet you should.  It’s free and fun.

Osh41 has defied you.  Go ahead and click comments.   


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Mets Police Decade In Review: Time for MLB to get serious about drunk driving

This week I’m going through the archives for a look back at some old articles…this one seems like a good reminder for EVERYONE tonight.   From April 12th 2009, Dan tells MLB it’s time to get serious about drunk driving.



Last week, 22 year old Nick Adenhart was killed in Los Angeles when another 22 year old, driving under the influence, drove his van into the car Nick was in. People shook their heads, said things like “he was just a kid,” and MLB mourned his loss.
Last October, 23 year old Joba Chamberlain was arrested in Nebraska for driving under the influence. People shook their heads, said things like “he’s a kid,” but neither MLB nor the Yankees did anything.
Last year, 35 year old former Angel Scott Spiezio pled guilty to DUI and hit-and-run charges.
In February, former Yankee Jim Leyritz was jailed in connection to a DUI case where he is being charged with vehicular manslaughter.
In April 2007, Cardinals relief pitcher Josh Hancock, driving with a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit, was killed when he ran his Ford Explorer into teh back of a flat bed truck.
In March 2007, Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa was arrested for DUI in Florida.
In Ocober 2008, Colorado reliever Luis Vizcaino was arrested for driving under the influence in Tampa after driving 71 in a 45 mph zone.
In October 2007, Tampa Bay’s pitching coach was arrested on DUI charges after rear-ending a car near Tropicana Field.
In March 2007, Toronto pitcher Gustavo Chacin was arrested for drunk driving in Tampa.
These were just examples I found after a 5 minute Google search – in other words these were the easy ones.
But is baseball doing anything? Is Bud Selig doing anything?
No
Bud is too busy thinking about maybe punishing Alex Rodriguez for doing steroids.
Baseball now has tough penalties for steroid and drug use. Yet when it comes to alcohol abuse they continue to look the other way.
Don’t get me wrong, steroids are a problem – but obviously alcohol abuse among players is a problem. And really always has been, going back to Babe Ruth. The difference is that steroids have never killed innocent bystanders – alcohol abuse has.

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