The Mets Police

Well fans, the best owner in sports has delivered on what the Wilpons often couldn’t: meaningful games in September.

On this September 1st, and Year 4 of Steve;s 5 Year Promise to Win The World Series, the Mets find themselves up two games for the 4th wild card and just two back of an actual playoff berth.

We are likely to hear fromSteve tonight!

After the Mets finish the sweep of the worst team since the Cleveland Spiders, Steve will tweet something about a great road trip and how the fans should come out to support the team

That’s Steve’s Usual Move after a good series.  On teh other hand, he disappears during losing streaks.

i suspect that Steve will find the fans don’t show up for him.  The place wasn’t that full this summer, and the days are shorter now and school is back and so is football

The Mets players have done a good job co-opting the media and spinning the narrative that this season –  spending $300M to ga e an Ohtani-less team led to the 4th wild card by a panic move safe face manager – is a success

Mendoza isn’t the worst, but he does stand there every day and talk to the media so they leave him alone

Mr. Smile could punch your grandma in the nose but if he wears cool xlothes and talks to the media then he’s in the MVP convo for the 4th wild card

The Pete Alonso narrative is out today with the “even in a down year…” narrative   Well, let me point out that “even in up year”  that Alonso Baseball usually gets you 4th place   How about we put the ball in play?

Ohtani’s not here, seemingly because Steve didn’t think he’d come  Did anyone try?  Nobody brings that up, because Steve too feeds the media.  Jeff WIlpon never learned that trick.  Steve shows up in a Mets cap and plays “Uncle Steve” and the media goes away happy.

The “Soto is totally coming to the Mets” story is out there now.  Surely Uncle Steve is going to open his wallet just like he did for Ohtani.

Why would Soto come to the Mets? To play in New York for the 4th wild card misfit little brother?   Why wouldn’t he stay in a lineup with Judge I’m a tiny park and cruise to the Hall of Fame and then enjoy the spoils of 40 Old Timers Days in the Bronx?  What’s appealing about Queens?

Anyway, OMG makes for a nice headline and social media   Enjoy the 4th wild card and this meaningful game in September

We will hear from Steve later today.

Greg Jefferies was one of those players who was a 3B but tried playing second to help the team.  Despite hitting well, people would give him a hard time for playing second.

Anyway, you can ask him about that at the Queens Baseball Convention.

Tickets and pricing will be available in a few weeks on QueensBaseballConvention.com

This year its on December 7th., also the anniversary of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

I mean, they are just scanning your face to make your life better.  What are you worried about?

From last week via QNS.com

A small number of protesters gathered at Citi Field…to campaign against the New York Mets’ use of facial recognition technology at ticket points throughout the baseball ground.

The protest, organized by Fight for the Future, Encode Justice NY and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP), took place outside at around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21,…

Campaigners distributed flyers to fans during Wednesday’s protest in a bid to spread awareness of the use of facial recognition technology at Citi Field.

They also delivered an open letter to the Mets calling for a ban of all biometric data collection at Major League sports stadiums.   (via QNS.com)

MLB.com tells us

Coming into Saturday’s games, there were still only 11 players with more home runs than he’s hit this season, such as Judge, who seems to hit another home run every day and seems well on his way to getting to 60 homers and beyond this season. Giancarlo Stanton has hit 22 homers for the Yankees this season, five fewer than Alonso but in 42 fewer games. Mark Vientos, the Mets’ young third baseman, has hit 20 homers in 81 games for his team. That’s 48 fewer games than Alonso, who has played all 129.

Man, I don’t know the Mets could ever replace Pete Alonso.  At least they have this MVP Francisco Lindor leading them to the 4th Wild Card.  Did all the media get their talking points last night?  Every article is Lindor MVP…but never forget Mets fans…never forget….

The Mets have been doing OK against better teams.  Nobody likes a victory parade more than Steve (well, except a World Series victory parade – this is year 4 of the 5 year window)

I predict that if the Mets win tonight we hear from him based on his usual patterns.

If they lose, we won’t.