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Wow what a response to the Five Questions For An Average Mets Fan.   As I mentioned yesterday, I’ll post a few a day and get to everyone (it’s a long offseason!) but I want to make sure they are interspersed with other items throughout the day.   Feel encouraged to send your answers to shannon@metspolice.com  Thanks to everyone who has emailed yet and if I haven’t yet written back, I will.

Batting leadoff…here’s Metsfan73.

1. When did you start following the Mets?

1973. Have vague memory of the season and
1973 WS which they lost to Oakland in 7
games.

2. What is your favorite Mets memory? 

1986 post season. Game 6 against Astros, Games 6 & 7 in ’86 Series.

3. What is your worst Mets memory or experience? 

Too many to count, but losing the NLCS in
’88 to the Dodgers was painful.

4. If you could change one off-field thing about the franchise what would it be? 

Wilpon’s sell the team. Liked Doubleday
better. He would do whatever it took to
make the team better. If he wasn’t in
control in 1998, Piazza wouldn’t have been
a Met. Wilpon didn’t want Piazza.

5. If you owned the team starting tomorrow, what is the first thing you would change?


Would bend over backwards to celebrate the
history of this club. Not just Tom Seaver,
Mike Piazza, Jerry Koosman, etc., but the
Marv Throneberry’s and Choo-Choo Coleman’s
of the world. Embrace the history, good and
bad. They both work together to make the
Mets what they are. 

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If you’re new to Mets Police, it’s a Mets blog but I’m a sportsfan and in the off-season my mind wanders a little….here’s a link to the ESPN version of Uni Watch and some really cool New Orleans Hornets uniforms they will wear for Mardi Gras.

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Matt Cerrone over at Metsblog was kind enough to link to the Five Questions topic.  Since I helped myself to the Backman video, this time I will make you click the link Blog: Five Questions about Being a Mets Fan if you’d like to see Matt’s answers.

Thanks so much to everyone who has written in so far – I will get to everyone, I just want to space out the responses to make sure everyone gets a turn to be read and heard (rather than just posting so many that nobody will read them) plus I’d like to continue to intersperse other items.

I’d love to hear from everyone…shannon@metspolice.com if you’d like to answer the questions (which you’ll find if you read down the blog).  Thanks to all who have checked in, I just looked at my inbox and I guess I’m not watching episodes 5 and 6 of The Prisoner tonight.

Here’s Matt’s answers 
and here’s the questions if you need them.

One final set of answers to Five Questions For An Average Mets Fan for today (I want to mix and match with other items on the blog) but don’t worry we’ll get to everyone.  Keep ’em coming at shannon@metspolice.com and remember, let’s play nice and use clean language.

Batting third…here’s Dace

1. When did I start following the Mets?
  1987 (6 yrs old)

2. Favorite Mets memory?
    On my 7th birthday I went to Shea for the 1st time vs MTL in Aug of ’87

3. Worst Mets memory?
   Choking away a 7 game lead with 17 to play. I still don’t think I’ve recovered from that one.

4. One off-field change I could make?
  More Mets signage around citi field

5. First thing I would change if I owned the team?
The attitude of the team. The fact that Jerry Manuel said his team didn’t feel like they should be more up for the series vs the Marlins this past september really bothers me.  Last time I checked, the marlins are responsible for eliminating us on the last day of the season…….2 years in a row!!! They should want to do whatever they can to make sure florida doesn’t make the postseason. Obviously florida didn’t make it, but I would have my team pumped up as possible to get some sort of revenge.

More “5 Questions” tomorrow..and some other stuff coming up soon.

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