Ok, so you want me to come to New York where I’m probably going to want to see things I have heard of like the Statue of Liberty, and the Empire State Building, and Central Park and Times Square and a Broadway show…..

…and if I do think of “New York City Baseball Stadium” you think there’s nothing more New york than Citi Field?  Now you and I know Fake New Yankee Stadium is fake and new, but the tourists won’t care.

Who approved this?

The Mets do not have toxic players.  Does this look like a toxic situation to you?

Not at all!  That’s exactly how players should treat teh paying customers.

But that’s Lindor, not Vulgar Pete who says HE isn’t toxic.

Some define toxic as “very harmful or unpleasant in a pervasive or insidious way.”  Say for example, being vulgar to a stadium full of fans

Pete may not be toxic, but he also doesn’t tend to make the expanded playoffs.   Keep losing Steve!

 

 

With Noah Sydergaard being let go by the Guardians I thought I’d take a look at the Five Aces

The Aceiest Ace was The Next Seaver, Matt Harvey.  He is out of baseball and finished 50-66 with a 4.42 ERA although he did start an All Star Game.

Then there was Noah Syndergaard aka Thor.   He (has) had a better career than Matt, going 59-47 3.41 although like Matt he’s tagged on a lot of random teams at the end of his baseball card. (Angels, Phillies, Dodgers, Guardians).

The next shiniest object in the room was Zack Wheeler.  Remember him?   He is 84-63 with a 3.44.   He’s 10-6 this year and at age 33 he still has a ways to go.

While you guys were all like ooooh The Dark Knight and Thor, I started calling Jacob deGrom “The One True Ace”.  He’s 84-57 with a mighty impressive 2.43 in the 21st century.  Two Cy Young Awards isn’t too bad….but unfortunately Jake insists on throwing 100 in Spring Training and we all know what happens when you do that.

Then there is the 5th ace, and it took me a minute to remember his name other than my brain thinking “the guy that looked like young Joe DiMaggio”  Google reminds me he is Steven Matz, and he’s on the Cardinals.  54-58 4,25 (more wins that Matt Harvey!)

So Captain Picard, tell me…..how many aces do you see?

I was watching Invasion, Season 2 episode 1, and actor Enver Gjokaj gave me Keith Hernandez vibes in a couple angles.  Here’s a random screen grab I took –  hopefully you see what I see.   Put in some period wardrobe, and some mustache game and our Winning Time type TV show about the 1986 Mets is off to a good start.

The Baseball Is Back crowd needs to wake up.  I get that Trout is out and Ohtani is half-out, but these are supposedly MLB’s two biggest stars.  A third of the T-Shirt army apparently couldn’t be bothered to use their tickets on Friday.  There’s zero buzz on these two baseball stars.  Meanwhile in Times Square….

Messi lights up Times Square! Soccer fans celebrate the World Cup winner’s goal on his MLS debut in the heart of the Big Apple as Inter Miami’s win over New York Red Bulls is shown live (per The Mirror)

 

Times Square just witnessed Messi magic. 🪄🗽 pic.twitter.com/RMohWfPgU6

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) August 27, 2023

Go ahead and show today’s Mets game in Times Square and send me the screenshots.  Go ahead baseball, I double dare you.

Meanwhile, Steve Cohen’s Mets are well into last place and nobody cares.  Apathy is death Steve.  You are losing the fanbase.  You don’t want apathy.  When 1/3 of the Army can’t be bothered, you’ve really screwed he pooch.

Anyone got any leftover Sell The Team t-shirts?