The Mets Police

Mike Piazza, winner of zero championships, has some advice for the current Mets.

In a social media post, Mike imagines that a team has to hang in there and stay together. Sounds like Mike is hoping the guys can rally.

I was out in the yard this morning getting ready for a hot weekend and then it hit me – the reason I haven’t been watching the Mets!

(Well aside from stupid day games and odd start times)

The weather!

I enjoy sitting on my deck with a nice beverage and tweeting with my fellow Meta fans. This spring it has been cold and miserable and I’ve yet to sit outside on a warm evening. Inside, baseball is too boring for to watch so I don’t.

I started to look forward to watching them outside this evening – but alas a stupid west coast trip so no Mets for me.

It’s ok, I really haven’t missed it at all. But that’s another topic.

Man do I wish Whitey Herzog was still around to stir things up….

Look at Lindor here.  He appears to be in the field of play.  Pete appears to not have scored yet.  I’m pretty sure you can’t place a player on the field of play in front of the catchers position while the play is still alive.

Here’s Lindor arguably assisting the runner.

 

I don’t think you’re allowed to do that.

If I am the Cardinals I protest the play.

I’m going to lose the argument and the umpires are going to tell me to get lost, but in the spirit of gamesmanship I would make everyone stand around for 5 minutes and get really mad at it.  Imagine how mad you are right now reading this.  Oh man would I get in Pete’s head.

Whitey would do it.

I would also question if the umpire is being forced out of position by out of control Mets players.

Per Rule 5.10(k) I would ask the umpire to ask these players to leave the field as the rules say they should confine themselves to the bench.  Unfortunately there is no harsher penalty other than a warning.

I miss you White Rat.  You knew how to stir it up.

 

I regularly criticize Gary Sterling Cohen for his very lazy catchphrase mailed in home runs (to the track, to the wall, it’s outta here) – and here’s why.  He CAN be better, he just usually chooses not to.

Here’s what Gary can do when he wants.

PETE CALLS GAME!!! 🐻‍❄️ pic.twitter.com/6P9U7ETr1G

— New York Mets (@Mets) May 19, 2022

Never mind the situation – whats interesting to me is how Gary calls this off the bat. Look how quickly he has decided it is gone. No track, wall nonsense. Too often a ball is obviously gone and he goes into the catchphrase…here he gives a good honest great call and there can only be one verdict.

VERDICT: Scully

Not good.  Mets insiders tell Mets Police…

UPDATE ON MAX SCHERZER

Max’s images showed a moderate to high grade internal oblique strain. A general timeline for an injury of this nature is 6-8 weeks.