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Honoring Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso “inspired” glasses, and other stupid things on the Mets Promotional Calendar

My friends the Mets sent this over.  First the press release, then the snarky commentary!

NEW YORK METS ANNOUNCE 2023 PROMOTIONS SCHEDULE
The Mets promotions schedule includes 23 giveaways, 12 theme nights and the Mets Hall of Fame induction.

FLUSHING, N.Y., March 8, 2023 – The New York Mets today announced the club’s 2023 full promotions schedule for home games at Citi Field. Individual tickets for all home games at Citi Field are currently on sale and can be purchased online at Mets.com/Tickets or calling 718-507-TIXX.

The 2023 promotions schedule features 23 giveaways, 12 theme nights and the Mets 2023 Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The giveaways begin during the Mets opening series against the Miami Marlins on Saturday, April 8 with a Citi Field replica presented by Delta Air Lines.

The first of the bobblehead giveaways features the Francisco Lindor grass growing bobblehead presented by Northwell Health on Saturday, May 20. Other bobblehead giveaways will feature Howie Rose sound bobblehead presented by Audacy on Wednesday, May 31, Starling Marte Black Panther bobblehead on Monday, June 26, Mr. Met as Indiana Jones bobblehead on Tuesday, June 27 and an Edwin Díaz trumpet bobblehead presented by Hyundai on Tuesday, August 15.

New for 2023, there will be four sports jersey nights including a Mets basketball jersey on Tuesday, July 18, Mets soccer jersey presented by Citi on Thursday, July 27, Mets football jersey presented by Jake’s 58 on Wednesday, August 9, and Mets hockey jersey presented by Premio on Tuesday, September 12. Apparel giveaways will continue with Pete Alonso inspired neon sunglasses on Sunday, June 4 and Max Scherzer inspired two-toned sunglasses presented by Citi on Wednesday, August 16. A Father’s Day bucket hat presented by Nathan’s Famous on Sunday, June 18, MLB Network hat on Wednesday, August 30, Mets corduroy hat on Saturday, September 2, Buck Showalter inspired windbreaker on Thursday, September 28, Mets crossbody bag on Friday, September 29 and a tie-dye headband on Saturday, September 30 will round out the schedule for wearable items.

Other giveaways during the 2023 season include Handmade by Robots Knit Series Mr. Met presented by Bamba on Saturday, April 29, Handmade by Robots Knit Series Mrs. Met on Saturday, May 6, Topps baseball cards on Wednesday, July 19 and a Kodai Senga glow-in-the-dark ghost fork ball presented by Hyundai on Friday, August 25.

The first of the Mets theme nights will begin on Saturday, May 6 with Mental Health Awareness Day. The Mets will host Pride Night on Friday, June 16 where all fans will receive a Pride themed hand fan presented by Justworks, Black Legacy Game on Monday, June 26, Filipino Heritage on Thursday, June 29, Irish Heritage on Sunday, August 13, Korean Heritage on Monday, August 14, Japanese Heritage on Friday, August 25, Women’s Equality Night on Saturday, August 26, Taiwanese Heritage on Sunday, August 27, Chinese Heritage on Friday, September 1, Jewish Heritage on September 3 and Hispanic Heritage presented by Hijole on Friday, September 15.

On Saturday, June 3, the Mets will induct infielder Howard Johnson, LHP Al Leiter and broadcasters Gary Cohen and Howie Rose into the Mets Hall of Fame in a pre-game ceremony. The four new additions will bring the total membership of the Mets Hall of Fame to 34. Jay Horwitz will also be honored with the Mets Hall of Fame Achievement Award for his contributions to the organization.

Additionally, the Mets will host DJ Nights every Friday from Memorial Day through Labor Day and fireworks nights the first Friday home game each month during those months. The fireworks night on September 1 is presented by Toyota.

Taking a look at the celebrations – hopefully the Mets will go all in on the stereotyping.  I know many of you LOVE this look….

…so hopefully Mr. Met and the Mets will do something similar to honor Japanese, Chinese, Jewish and/or Hispanic heritage, because there’s nothing wrong with the above, right?  So go all in and see what happens, Mets.

Also, bad news for people of Italian heritage (including Matt Harvey and Donald Trump Supporter Mike Piazza), it looks like the Mets are not interested in you this season.

The Mets will also have Pride Night where they will show their commitment to the cause by presumably NOT wearing Pride uniforms even though a few MLB teams have done so in recent memory.

On to the giveaways…these first few are fine..

Then we have this.  The Mets have the batting champion, a Polar Bear guy, Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, Brandon Nimmo and they go with the asshat that booed his own customers.  Plus the Mets think they are being coy doing this against the Cleveland Baseball Team – but that’s a setup for Amed Rosario to roll into town with MVP stats and its LOLMets time.  Good. Bring it on Amed.

Then there’s Howie. Everyone loves Howie, except of course the early 1990s Mets that wouldn’t let Howie air until well after the official broadcast, but every likes to pretend that didn’t happen.  The Mets love Howie!

Then there are these…”inspired” by Pete.  It’s too bad there’s no like cool thing you could do with Pete, like if he were a teddy bear or something.

Moving on, let’s see how committed the Mets are to the pri…..Jesus Christ Mets, are you kidding with this???? Could you at least TRY.  How about a cap day but the NY is in rainbow.  Or you know, take the field in pride jerseys to show you mean it.

Idea for the Mets to borrow…

This item is NOT being given away

These next two are PRETTY COOL.  See Mets, if you do good things I will say good things.

These next things are also VERY COOL.  Nice job Mets.  Hey @mediagoon I will take your soccer jersey since you hate soccer.  XL please.

There is also a hockey jersey on the schedule but the Mets graphics garage didn’t get around to making a mock yet.

Finally, the Mets continue to make comment on people’s appearances, which is weirdly out of tone for 2023.  Odd choice here…

Not only is it weird, it’s not useful. Are you going to wear these glasses ever again? No.  All the Mets are doing is creating plastic waste.

Max is into supporting dog adoptions…why not do something like that Mets?

Anyway those are the 2023 Promotional Events.  I won’t be attending any, after all, baseball is boring and too many teams make the playoffs.  Have fun!

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It’s a $46 Tritone Mets Cap – is @mlb just insane?

Time out – hey everyone at baseball – do you understand how many caps I own? I can go the rest of my life never buying another cap and I would rarely need to repeat (although I usually pick one cap to sacrifice to the Sun God {and sweat and sunscreen gods} every summer).

$46 just makes me want to tell your sport to hose off…..and I already don’t attend games and last summer even stopped watching a team that won 101 boring unwatchable contests. Hey remember when 5 guys pitched a no-hitter? Yawn. I watched the next night and then called it a season.

$46? What are we even doing guys?

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MetsPoliceBot: a look back at Mets players injured in the World Baseball Classic

I asked the Chatbot to handle today’s post.

A few things –

ChatGPT has gotten faster!  The below took like 20 seconds to generate.

Also, everything laid out below sounds right to me, but if its not yell at the bot not me.

The prompt: Write a blog post in the style of MetsPolice.com that summarizes injuries suffered by Mets players in previous World Baseball Classic events.

By MetsPoliceBot

With the upcoming World Baseball Classic just around the corner, we thought it would be a good time to take a look back at some of the injuries Mets players have suffered in previous editions of the tournament.

The World Baseball Classic is a premier international baseball tournament featuring teams from around the world. The tournament is held every four years and showcases some of the best baseball players on the planet. While it is a great opportunity for players to represent their countries and compete against the best, it can also be a risky endeavor for teams and their players.

Let’s take a trip down memory lane and revisit some of the injuries that have befallen Mets players during past World Baseball Classic tournaments.

In 2009, the inaugural edition of the tournament, Mets third baseman David Wright suffered a rib injury that caused him to miss significant time during the regular season. Wright was playing for Team USA and suffered the injury while diving for a ball in a game against Puerto Rico. The injury caused Wright to miss the first 14 games of the 2009 season.

The 2013 World Baseball Classic saw a trio of Mets players succumb to injuries. Starting pitcher Johan Santana, who was pitching for Venezuela, suffered a shoulder injury that would ultimately end his career. Outfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis, who was playing for the Netherlands, suffered a knee injury that required surgery and caused him to miss a significant portion of the regular season. Finally, infielder Justin Turner, who was playing for Team USA, suffered a calf injury that forced him to miss several games.

In 2017, the most recent edition of the tournament, Mets infielder Asdrubal Cabrera suffered a knee injury while playing for Venezuela. Cabrera had to be helped off the field and would later undergo an MRI that revealed a strained patellar tendon. The injury caused Cabrera to miss several games during the regular season.

While injuries are an unfortunate part of any sport, they can be especially frustrating for teams and fans when they occur during non-league games. While the World Baseball Classic is a great opportunity for players to represent their countries, it is important for teams to balance the risk of injury with the potential benefits of having their players participate.

That’s all for now from MetsPolice.com. We hope you found this look back at past World Baseball Classic injuries suffered by Mets players informative. Be sure to check back with us for more Mets news and analysis. Let’s go Mets!

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Matt Harvey: 2 scoreless innings (The Dark Knight Returns Yet Again)

Hey what a nice start for Team Insurrection Italy and The Dark Knight.  Mets fans will be clamoring for Matty Baseball to return to Queens before you know it!  Man, the World Baseball Classic sure is awesome.

I’m not really sure who the Uni Lions are.  Maybe these guys..

The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, stylized as Uni-President 7-ᴇʟᴇᴠᴇn Lions, also known as Uni-Lions, are a professional baseball team playing in the Chinese Professional Baseball League.

Wow. Impressive. Congratulations to The Dark Knight and Team Insurrection Italy manager and Donald Trump supporter Mike Piazza.