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I’m looking back at some of my favorite posts, here’s one that suggests that without Murph there can be no happy recaps.   From 2/24/09 it’s The Curse of Bob Murphy

I was watching highlights of the 2000 World Series last night and a few things came to mind.

1.  I have no attachment to that team or the players on it whatsoever.  I know this is controversial especially for a Mets fan, but that team just lacks something.  It’s hard for me to get excited about Al Leiter and Todd Pratt.  Sorry, that’s how I feel.

2.  It’s funny to hear everyone talk about how historic that World Series will be, and how people will be “talking about this one in 40 years.”  Somehow I don’t think so.  It’s kind of a forgetful one to be honest.  Sort of like the 1973 World Series – you tend to think of the season more than getting beaten by the A’s.

3.  The black uniforms with black hats are so so so horrible.   It looks like a softball team showed up.  What were the Mets thinking?

4.  There’s one significant Met who I think was on steroids.  I floated this once before but I know if I voice the name I will be lynched.  Deep down you know who it is, don’t you?

5.  John Franco.  Why is he in camp?  Is he there to teach K-Rod and Putz how to shut down a team 1-2-3-4-5?  You know, sprinkle in a double and a walk just to keep it interesting?

6.  Bob Murphy.  Wow Murph was good.  I’ve kind of gotten used to Howie (he who sees 40,000 in the stands when there is clearly not) and all the Gary Cohen imitators they have trotted in and out – but Murph was so much better, which leads us to…

THE CURSE OF BOB MURPHY.

With no Murph there can be no happy recaps.   The ending must always be a disaster since Murphy isn’t there to happily recap it.  How could the Mets have gotten into the playoffs on September 28th without Bob to tell us about it.   No, the team is destined to have Howie Rose express disappointment.

How can the Mets solve this?  I don’t have any ideas.   A Murph-bot?   Have the production guys whip up a “The Happy Recap” intro for Mets Extra?  Get rid of Willie?  Oh wait they did that last one – I’m pretty sure that’s what the curse was all along.

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Once again Peter hooks me up…if you click here and look down at the bottom of the page you’ll see three different videos related to the 2010 Mets marketing which has the theme “We believe in 2010.”

A few points:

You have David Wright telling me that “we believe in ORANGE BLUE AND YOU.”



Awesome.  Then let’s wear orange and blue and you’ll get the me part.  “Orange, blue and you” is now in your marketing so let’s keep the black jerseys and especially those hideous blue/black caps in the closet.

“We believe in comebacks.”  Ok, I’ll roll with you.

“We believe in two thousand and ten.”  Pet-peeve of mine, drop the “and” – plus it’s time to say “twenty ten.”  I’m off-topic.

I can’t embed the video.   As I discussed last week, if I were able to embed an MLB.com video, baseball would likely go out of business.  Why would they want to make it easy for me to share a marketing campaign with you……

…and then make you sit through a 30 second ad to see it.   I know we have to monetize everything (and yes I try to make a few bucks here and there on this site…wouldn’t you like to buy some Jets tickets over there on the right?)…but it’s a marketing campaign, don’t you want people to see it?

Is it me, or do they whip out “believe” a little too often, I’d argue that it’s ours but Tug took it with him to Philly.  (Speaking of Tug, come back this afternoon for a look at cool Tug jersey).

Orange, blue and you.   I am sure I will be quoting that about 10,000 times in Twentyten.

In case you’re wondering…here’s some quality yet suspect Wikipedia:

• “Inaugural Season at Citi Field” (2009)
• “Last Season at Shea” (2008)
• “Your Season Has Come.”(2007)
• “The Team. The Time. The Mets.” (2006)
• “Next Year is Now” (2005)
• “The New Mets” (2005)
• “Catch the Energy” (2004)
• “Always Believe” (2002)
• “Amazin’ Again” (2000)
• “Are You Ready? New Year, New Team, New Magic” (1999)
• “Show Up At Shea!” (1998)
• “Believe in the ’98 Mets!” (1998)
• “Generation K” (1995)
• “Hardball Is Back!” (1992)
• “Excellence. Again And Again” (1989)
• “Lets Go for it Again” (1988)
• “Lets Do it Again” (1987)
• “Baseball Like it Oughta Be” (1986)
• “Catch the Rising Stars” (1985)
• “There’s No Power Shortage Here” (1983)
• “The Magic is Back” (1980)
• “You Gotta Believe!” (1973)
• “Meet the Mets.” (1962)

Again, click here to get closer to the video – hunt for the needle in the haystack (bottom right), then sit through an ad, then buy tickets.

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Oh man the internet is fun.  I’m half-asleep this morning on that first cup of coffee and I see a bunch of ‘David Wright to Red Sox?” type items on twitter (I’m @metspolice).

Seems that this guy wrote one sentence in the Globe.   Here’s the sentence:

1. Seems like David Wright is no longer a great fit for the Mets (because of Citi Field), but he would be for the Red Sox (because of Fenway)

That’s nice.  It even makes sense.  Sure David Wright banging balls off the green monster is a good idea.  Peyton Manning would be a great QB for the Browns next season.   Now let me tell you why I think Jose Reyes will be the first man on Mars….at 26 years old he is just coming into his prime.  His natural athletic ability suggests he’ll more easily adapt to a long-term space mission than you or I…plus with the Mars mission being at least 15 years away he can finish ou his Mets career before focusing on NASA in his 40’s.


Can you imagine what would happen if the Mets announced Wright were traded?  I’ll even give you a Seaver deal…you can have John Lackey, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury and two prospects. 


Actually if the Red Sox called with that you’d have to look at it wouldn’t you?  Ha!


Anyway, all this is for a 3am call to WFAN.   


I find myself in a weird place this morning….my brain thinks that Reyes/Wright/Bay/Beltran/Francoeur/a decent Castillo can carry Murphy and the catcher.   Then again me, you and Sports Illustrated had the Mets winning the 2009 World Series.  It all comes down to pitching.


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Here’s an article that breaks down baseball attendance over the years, and it may surprise you kids but the Mets owned this town a few times over the years.

Not for one moment would I pretend that an enormous number of “fans” that attended Shea from 1985-1992 bothered returning until the late 1990’s. We can all agree that success breeds attendance. The point is rather a questioning of the undying loyalty that is preached in New York and around the country from the vast majority of Yankees “fans”. Had the Yankee fan base truly been comprised of die-hards, the 1985-1992 attendance swoon would have never happened.

Read more in The Truth About Yankees Fans.

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Mike said the Mets will announce Bay next week, assuming nothing turns up in the physicals.  I guess that’s big news but I feel cheated.

We now resume complaining about obstructed views and uniforms and have turned WFAN off.

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