The Mets Police

From a few days ago…once again Greg Prince crushes.  Joe Frazier is just before my time…like I think that I became  big fan during the first two weeks of June 1977.  I only remember Torre as manager, kinda remember that he was in theory a player-manager, and I definitely felt the anguish of June 15th…and as mentioned previously had met Seaver earlier in my life.

Anyways, Greg has a writing skill that I don’t have…enjoy a taste and then go read the entire thing.

Things certainly felt faster, however. Frazier, Jerry Koosman observed in his new manager’s first May, had the Mets “running, stealing, playing hit-and-run. Yogi wasn’t the type to move the ballclub.” Ed Kranepool agreed that “Joe does all the little things … [He] keeps you in the game. He’s all over the place. He’s in your locker. He’ll tell you something about how to field or how to hit. I like that.”

via Trying to Remember Joe Frazier « Faith and Fear in Flushing.

Stop everything, find 4 minutes and behold the greatness that was Flushing-Meadows Park.  2 and a half minutes in you’ll get a nice long aerial shot of a Mets game in progress, including nice looks at the original seat color scheme.

 

 

You need to pay attention to Ceetar who explains to you What NOT To Watch This Spring.

My take: if Terry is doing his job:  players should get their work in, pitchers should work on things and this is a time to experiment.  (I’m still hung up on why Piazza didn’t play 25 games at 1B that one spring).

If Dan Murphy makes errors at second, relax.

If Pelfrey gets hit, relax.

If the Mets lose every game, relax.

Here’s Ceetar the Optimistic Mets Fan with more.