The Mets Police

Last decade there was a player named Daniel Murphy. I liked him a lot and thought he was a good baseball player.  Some younger fans knows as Millennials invented some new stats to show that Murphy wasn’t good.  One of those stats was WAR.

Nobody seems to talk about WAR these days now that it is inconvenient.

According to this morning’s WAR – Jeff McNeil has a 2.0 WAR, where as Pete Alonso has a 109th best 1.0 making him as irreplaceable as fellow MLB great Brendan Donovan

But hey you are probably over WAR now that it’s inconvenient, and will just quote OPS.  We can throw WAR on teh scrap heap with other “advanced” stats that people used to quote like Defensive Runs Saved (remember that?) or Pythagorean Record.

I don’t want to hear from you guys about HR and RBI – when I used to quote the traditional stats you told me I was doing it wrong.  Next thing you know you guys will be looking at SP Wins and ERA.

I feel bad for anyone who booked a trip to see the Mets and had an evening flight home.

ESPN Sunday Night Baseball Schedule Update: First Place New York Mets vs. Los Angeles Angels on June 12

ESPN today announced its game selection for the June 12 edition of Sunday Night Baseball Presented by Taco Bell. The red-hot New York Mets and Pete Alonso will visit the Los Angeles Angels and Shohei Ohtani in ESPN’s exclusive, national game of the week.

The Sunday Night Baseball team of Karl Ravech, analysts Eduardo Perez and World Series Champion David Cone and multi-platform contributor Buster Olney will call the telecast on at 7 p.m. ET exclusively on ESPN. Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown will precede the game at 6 p.m. ET.

Sunday Night Baseball is also available on ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes and the ESPN App.

I just saw the news of the children murdered in Texas and feel sick to my stomach.  People get really upset if I get “political” on twitter so I will do it here today – sorry that I am against mass murder of kids.  Maybe, unlike Sandy Hook, this time Congress will do something.

The Mets are tied for the major league lead with 29 wins…The Mets are seeking to become the first team in MLB with 30 wins…It would mark the second time in franchise history that the team was first to 30 wins…The 1988 Mets recorded their 30th win on May 22…The Mets were the first team in the majors to both 10 and 20 wins…Prior to this year, the Mets have been the first team to both 10 and 20 wins just once before, doing so in 1976…If the Mets win tonight, the Mets would be the first team to 10, 20 and 30 wins for the first time in franchise history…It would be the first occurrence in the major leagues since the 2016 Cubs accomplished that feat.

 

 

 

As someone born into the Late 70’s Mets, I remember Joe as a coach.

Centerfield Maz has a nice write-up if you’d like to know more about Joe including his garden in the Mets’ bullpen.

$70 on MLB Shop. I think you’d be better off just customizing some Blue and Orange Nikes