What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Now we’re into the age that I remember. Â Although we’re looking at Angel’s yearbook collection, I own this one myself. Â The price has crept up to $1.25 (25% increase after trading Tom Seaver, are you insane?). Â I think this one has the cool Old Timer’s Day recap – from when the Mets had Mays, Joe D, the Duke and maybe it was Mantle? Â I have to dust off my chocolate stained version of this.
Dad. whereever you are your $1.25 clearly made an impression on me. Â Thanks!
I hereby declare myself Captain of the Mets.
I demand to be activated immediately (release Oliver Perez).
SOMEONE has to give a crap about this franchise, and since nobody else will do it I will.
Fred’s comment about Omar coming back infuriates me. Â Maybe he should come back, but do we have to declare that on an August day when the team is playing .500 ball. Â What if the team goes 0-40? Â Free pass? Â I’m p*ssed the sun came up today!
I can waste a roster spot just the same as Ollie.
If Jerry needs me to pitch in a 14-1 game I can throw 42 mph balls high and outside until the Diamonbacks get bored and swing at anything. Â I can stand in left field in the 21st inning. Â I can be the emergency catcher. Â Fans might even root for a 40 year old fat guy with no skills making the minimum (I will donate my salary minus my mortgage payments to charity).
There’s no veteran to teach the young pups, and Wright and Reyes don’t know a thing about winning, so I’ll just play the role until Omar gets a Hernandez/LoDuca/O’Neill type in here to lead.
I can throw helmets and bats. Â I can yell at umpires. Â I can bait Jimmy Rollins into a fist fight. Â Who cares if I get ejected?
I can say “Hey Pelf, how ’bout some fastballs this inning?” Â I can say “Luis, next time a double play is hit to you try catching it.”
Maybe the other players will get mad at me. Â GOOD! Â SHOW SOME FIRE!
Darryl’s comments from last weekend have stuck in my head. Â Nobody gives a $%@t if they make an out. Â Oh well, we lost. Â Yeah, we wasted the Atlanta series, we’ll just sweep Philly.
Right.
When a player calls my resume into question and I’ll say “yeah but I never spit a 7 game lead with 17 to go.” Â Â Let them get angry. Â I don’t need to be liked.
These are MEANINGLESS GAMES IN AUGUST. Â Again.
This team doesn’t work. Â Sorry, it just doesn’t.
Why is Ollie on this team? Â Why is Castillo on the team? Â Why are they going to let Cora’s contract trigger? Â Why does the owner give the GM another free pass? Â Why is this team playing .500 ball?
This team needs more guys like Santana – who basically says “OK you #%^%#s I will go out and throw 130 pitches today because the rest of you suck.”
I loved Dickey the other night – 35 year old guy with not much talent, but he WANTED A WIN the other night. Â Did you see his quotes about using every trick in the book? Â Called it guerilla warfare? Â Yeah baby!
Me, Johan and RA can do this but we need some help.
Start me at SS tonight and bat me leadoff. Â I can take two pitches and then charge the mound. Â Let Philly know we’re angry. Â I’ll take the ejection and I’ll fire a helmet at the catcher on my way out.
Shake it up Fred. Â Shake it up Omar.
Trade Hubie and Fitzgerald for Carter. Â Trade Terrell for Hojo.
Try SOMETHING.
This doesn’t work.
MEANINGLESS GAMES IN AUGUST, and I as Captain will not stand for it.
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This rant was inspired by this article on Mets Today about cutting dead weight.
ESPN has moved the Sunday August 15th game to an 8pm start.
It is lunchbox day. If you are a parent who picked that game because of the giveaway that’s really annoying.
This is not the Mets’ fault, however the customer is always right.
I propose the Mets offer that anyone who can’t attend the 8pm game be able to swap their tickets for a game later in the season, AND the Mets will hold a lunchbox aside for them.
I bet very few people would actually avail themselves of this, but it would be a smart PR move. Much smarter than announcing Omar will definitely be back on a day when the record is at .500
Keep a few fans happy, it’s not like the place is sold out.
Credit to Craig Carton and WFAN for mentioning this this morning. Perhaps in the future a radio host will mention where he read something when he finds inspiration on the Internet.
Oh, ESPN confirms reports that today is Friday.
Thanks to Will for pointing this one out….Yesterday I was suspicious about the Koosman cover in a year they wound up trading Seaver. Â Will let me know there was a revised yearbook…with a different cover! Â I don’t know of any other instances of that happening…does anyone?
What’s the conspiracy here? Â Get Koosman off the cover in case we trade him too! Â People will love Joe Torre in 25 years, let’s get in front of it!
Joe looks like someone just walked in his office and proposed trading Seaver and Kingman. Â “No, really, what did you come in here to tell me?”
Joe’s gonna look like crap in a black Mets jersey come April.
Note the price is $1 and they traded Seaver. Â This will be relevant tomorrow.
Tim McCarver, Bob Murphy, Brian Cashman, Bill James, and Mike “King†Kelly to Be Inducted in Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame on Friday, Aug. 6, 2010
Housed in Foley’s NY Pub & Restaurant Recognizes Players, Executives, Journalists and Entertainers of Irish Descent
The Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame (www.irishbaseballhall.com) has announced its inductees for 2010: New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman, veteran TV analyst and former player Tim McCarver, longtime New York Mets announcer Bob Murphy, famed statistician and Boston Red Sox executive Bill James, and Mike “King†Kelly, baseball’s first superstar.
The honorees will be inducted on Friday, August 6 at Noon, when their plaques will be unveiled at a ceremony held at Foley’s NY Pub & Restaurant (18 W. 33rd St.), which houses the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame. Voters include past inductees and a panel of baseball historians.
“This deserving group includes successful executives, a beloved voice of the New York Mets, a four-decade player and Emmy-winning broadcaster, and an early legend that time has nearly forgotten,†said Shaun Clancy, president of Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame and owner of Foley’s NY Pub & Restaurant, which features one of the country’s most extensive public displays of baseball memorabilia.
With a blessing from Cooperstown, Foley’s, a popular destination among baseball players, executives, umpires, media and fans, created the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame to recognize players, managers, executives, journalists, and entertainers. Inductees are chosen based on a combination of four factors: impact on the game, popularity on and off the field, contributions to society, and ancestry/connections to the Irish community. The 2010 honorees are:
1. Tim McCarver (Former Player/Broadcaster)
Born in Memphis, TN, Tim McCarver signed with the St. Louis Cardinals right out of Christian Brothers High School and was a two-time All-Star selection (1966, 1967) and World Series champion (1964, 1967). During a career that spanned from 1959 until 1980, McCarver also played for the Phillies, Expos and Red Sox. He was the favorite catcher for two Hall of Fame pitchers: Bob Gibson and Steve Carlton.
After retiring as a player, McCarver became a six-time Emmy-winning broadcaster. He has called games for the Phillies (1980-82), Mets (1983-98), Yankees (1999-2001), and Giants (2002). Beginning with the 1985 Fall Classic, Tim McCarver has provided color commentary for more World Series games on TV than any other announcer in history. He is frequently paired with Joe Buck as the lead team on FOX network broadcasts and also hosts The Tim McCarver Show, a nationally syndicated interview program now in its ninth season. Continue reading “Bob Murphy and Tim McCarver to enter the Irish American Baseball of Fame”