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The reason I am convinced the Mets will tap the he-who-makes-vanilla-pudding-seem-exciting Melvin is because, quite frankly, this is what the modern Metropolitans do. Over and over and over and over again. They tempt their fans with Lou Piniella and Dusty Baker, then bring in the woefully overmatched Howe, as they did for the 2003 season. They hear a New York boy like Jason Marquis talk of his desire to return home and pitch at Citi Field, then decide John Maine can fill the rotation slot just fine (admittedly, Marquis has been horrible in Washington. But that’s not the point. When a pitcher who has had double-digit wins for six straight years says he wants to play for you, you listen)…

via New York Mets’ manager will be someone like Bob Melvin – Jeff Pearlman – SI.com.

I cut off the excerpt there but Jeff mentions some other deals and non-deals.  Feisty headline.

I’m starting to wonder if the 2011 manager isn’t Jerry Manuel.

Good morning Mets fans,

Here’s a video I stumbled across at work the other day.

It’s interesting and weird at the same time.   It kicks off with our old buddy Dave Howard (when we catching that game together?) and then shows how Xerox helps the Mets behind the scenes.  That part is actually interesting.

And since I am the Mets Police and have to bust chops I will observe it invites you to “see new Xerox commercial featuring Mr. Mets.”

(That’s a different video than the one which I mentioned above…which is on this site, I can’t embed either one, that might put Xerox out of business.)

@ceetar is always good about hooking me up with a story.  He sent this one – MLB is starting to hook up ordering food via the At Bat app.  Hopefully “the Wilpons” (I just love saying that) can hook it up to Shake Shack.

Actually I am thinking about asking all kinds of things from “the Wilpons” whether its Mets related or not – like can “the Wilpons” get the tourists to keep moving on NYC sidewalks.  Why aren’t “the Wilpons” doing anything about that?

The food-ordering technology, which is being used at a Major League ballpark for the first time, allows the application to verify a fan is within the stadium and then choose from a number of pre-selected meals in the pilot program. Fans can make their purchase with a credit card, and after providing their seat information, their food order will be delivered. The plan is for delivery in 30 minutes or less. But in limited tests, the actual time has been closer to half that, according to Phillies director of marketing and special projects Mike Harris.

via Phillies, MLBAM unveil app-etizing food concept | phillies.com: News.

also the very cool Biz of Baseball has more.

Carter and Duda, 24, may go on to long and successful major league careers — Willie Mays, after all, started his career in 1951 by going 1 for 26

via Keeping Score – For Carter and Duda, Growing Pains at the Top – NYTimes.com.