The Mets Police

(I had some leftover reruns from July 4th weekend – it’s actually July 4th as I am typing this, and rescheduling for now.  I’m on the road and Media Goon is in charge for the day.  Hit him up at [email protected] or @mediagoon if stuff comes up.)

Hey remember I was telling you how awesome the Mets Complete Illustrated History is and how you should buy it?

Well, I got to the 1994 page and saw THIS

WHAT?

WHEN?

THIS HAPPENED?

Now for me…1994…let’s see, I was really into my new girlfriend (you know her as Mrs. Mets Police) and I had gotten a full-time job, and the Mets sucked and we didn’t have the internet, so I could see how I missed this….

…but in 3 full years of blogging and ranting about how Mr. Met Prime (you can see him in the museum) is way cooler than Swishy (the modern faux-Mr. Met) not one of you mentioned this.

WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME?

I kind of like him better than Swishy, and I’ll you one thing – Mr. Met 1.5 would never charge you to print out tickets at home.

Since I’m on the road and had this leftover rerun from July 4th weekend I figured I’d use this one tonight.

Mike from Bayside just sent me the coolest thing ever.

Behold…Tom Seaver, August 1977.  Think about that that means.  Watch, then let’s discuss.

It just looks so wrong. The red. The Reds. It looks unholy. I can deal with pictures of Tom in other ballparks, but there he is, pitching in my youth wearing the wrong color.

What the hell is happening when the ladies are dancing on the dugout?

Laura aka MetsMom, let us know that the Mets Party Patrol is now working up in the Promenade area.

My husband and son were at last night’s game and reported that the Party Patrol was in Promenade tossing t-shirts to the crowd.  I’m happy to report that my husband was able to get one for my son (he’s moving up in the competition for most fun parent at a Mets game, though I’m still in the lead).  Nice job by the Mets.  It’s nice to see them getting some of the “perks” to the common folks upstairs, not just the ones who are at field level.