The Mets Police

Good morning.  I had David Wright on the brain last night, to the point where I woke up around 3am and thought about him and this and us for like an hour.

In a bizarre twist, Wright revealed that even though he was cleared medically to play minor league games, he still needs permission from team doctors to play at the major league level. (via NY Post)

I tweeted last night around 10pm that if they mess with Wright that I would personally lead “the boycott.”

As well discussed this summer, boycotts are unrealistic and the one group of #MetsFansUnited have been so so so so so disorganized and actually embarrassing we should just throw that movement away as it is permanently damaged.

So how can we put pressure on the team?   Well, ironically it is the opposite of boycott, we are going to have to show up.

Here are some ideas for discussion

DAAAAY…..VID.  DAAAAY-VID.   Remember the old Darryl chant?  Originally that was opposing fans somehow taunting Mr. Strawberry.   Let’s use that cadence and chant David while the Mets are on defense.  If we do it while the Mets are up then the Mets will drown us out with their noise garbage.  Let’s make the soundtrack of the game fans just chanting DaaaayVid so you cannot miss it.

WEAR WRIGHT STUFF TO GAMES.   Somewhere over the last 15 years you have acquired a Wright jersey, tee etc, wear it to every game you attend the rest of the way.

THE GREAT WALKOUT.    I am going to need you 7 Line Army Generals to help organize this, and we know Darren has to lay low because of the business.  That’s not a dig, it’s the guy’s livelihood.  We know he’d be down with this but let’s not ask him.   Anyway, and I need to fill out the particulars, but we all walk out.  We start at the bridge, we form a single line and we all walk out.  We leave the game.  We have to figure out a path where it’s noticeable and visible…and unlike the complete disorganized MFU I will make sure the media knows when and where this is going to happen.    So something like a Saturday game, 2nd inning we all get up and we walk out.

Imagine a non-comedic version of this.

WE WANT DAVID.   Whenever the Mets third baseman bats, we chant WE WANT DAVID.  This isn’t anything against Frazier, The Virus or anyone else….we just want David.

SOCIAL.   Minor but grains of sand can become a beach.  Tweak your social media.  I have switched my twitter icon from a 28 to a 5.

So those are my 3am ideas, and I welcome your suggestions to improve or tweak them.

Now, this is actually the opposite of a boycott as a lot of these ideas are asking you to spend and not get full value for your money.  This is where you have to ante up.  Yeah the Wilpons will get a few bucks from that ticket you buy (hopefully on the secondary market, where they still get a cut but less of a cut).  So they will have 2 billion and ten dollars instead of 2 billion.  Let that go.

Putting on the opposition viewpoint – I give it out on twitter, I understand I will have to take it.  “This guy thinks 200 guys chanting will make the Wilpons eat $35M?” – no I don’t.  This guy thinks 200 guys chanting will get the attention of the local TV, newspapers and WFAN callers.  The local media will get the attention of the national media.   It’s not easy, but this is a better plan than silently staying home or showing up with a bag on your head.

We’re going to have to embarrass these guys into playing David Wright.  That’s what we’re going to do, you and me.  David has worked too hard for too long and has always been the good soldier.  Don’t let the Mets do this to him.

My son asked me, “Why are the Mets messing with David Wright when all thats gonna happen is everyone is going to hate them and they’ll wind up giving in anyway?”   My son has learned well.

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Suggestions that have rolled in…

Excellent thoughts here. I’d say making placards of Number 5’s and giving them out for free and encouraging people to hold them up when the 3basemen is batting is also a good plan. Gotta mass produce tho

— Mike Hayes (@godgoogler) September 1, 2018

There will be no Mets Police Morning Laziness today as I don’t want to supersede this post on social.  The Lazineess is basically this, the Mets lost 7-0 and they play today at 4 eastern.

Hey, here’s an article I started on August 14th and never polished off.  Fortunately today is a rainy day with nothing going on and you need something to be mad about.   Meanwhile, the AAA Vegas Team soon to be the Formerly 51s are getting a NEW stadium.

Syracuse, N.Y. — NBT Bank Stadium doesn’t have many fans among the International League’s broadcasters, according to a new poll by the Toledo Blade.

Source: Syracuse Chiefs’ NBT Bank Stadium is pits of IL, according to poll | syracuse.com

A rainy day with nothing going on seems like a good time to share this one.

I actually LOVE this idea.  Yes it’s radical but you idiots destroyed baseball when you looked the other way in 1998 so I no longer care about trying to keep the record book intact.

As you know, baseball is horrible and nobody under 45 cares.  It’s slow and slow and very slow.  The idea below is fantastic…

Here’s the deal. The Catch Up Rule is actually fairly simple. When the game is 0-0 or tied, baseball is played exactly as it is today—three outs per side. But when the at-bat club has or takes a lead, it gets two outs instead of three.

Source: A Radical Pitch to Save Baseball – WSJ

How often does one get to link to a Skip Lockwood article?  Awesome town…nice read if you are of a certain age.  Funny anecdote below.

“I’ll tell you exactly what I told catcher John Stearns the first day I got to the Mets. He said, ‘What do you throw?’ and I said, “I throw a fastball.’ He said, ‘Okay, I’m still listening,’ and I said, ‘You heard it. I throw a fastball,’” Lockwood said.

Source: Skip Lockwood’s Journey | Baseball Hall of Fame

SLACKISH REACTION:  The Donuts Chain pulled the old “hot coffee we just dumped on ice” rather than an iced coffee.  NOT COOL DONUTS CHAIN!!!  You are not fooling me.   I may start a kickstarter for readers to buy me a replacement coffee and maybe a PS4 Pro.

David Wright sort of returns tonight.  He will be around at least.  Part of me thinks the Mets are jedi mind tricking humbly brining him under their watch – that will make it easier for them to act like he can’t play  – but his mind league rehab was up so might as well join the Metsies.

Here’s a nice article about the Mets and 51’s breaking up but deciding to still be friends.  Monday is the end.  I am still unable to find out What Happens To Cosmo?

That’s it.  Even the AAIMBR has nothing.  Well they never have anything, but I think they didn’t even bother to tell us tonight’s SP.  It’s Wheeler.  Pretend they wrote “Wheeler and Mets hope to beat San Francisco!”   I love those guys.  All 74 of them.

And yeah, the Harvey recap was the #1 article yesterday.  That’s why I do them.