What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
The 4th of July Caps are out and while high crowns are hideous…
…this doesn’t look bad in low crown. So I hitched a ride with Media Goon to Modell’s and I got myself one. I think this will be this summer’s “beat the hell out of it with sun, sand, and sunscreen” cap. Each summer one cap gets sacrificed.
So the Mets and The Beat are all excited about this “Churve” symbol…
Props to the Mets’ scoreboard people, who have this churve animation pop up every time Joey Lucchesi throws his signature pitch.
MLB’s pitch-tracking data reads it as a curveball. Dominic Smith recently said Mets players want to see the churve get recognized. pic.twitter.com/7iRpizrIGQ
— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) June 13, 2021
However, the Mets might want to read this article called “The OK Hand Gesture Is Now Listed As A Symbol of Hate” on NPR.
…the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights organization, added 36 symbols to its “Hate on Display” database including the index finger-to-thumb sign that in some corners of the Internet has become associated with white supremacy and the far right.
Here at Mets Police the only things we hate are black uniforms and Pete Alonso’s vulgar t-shirts and hashtags, so we encourage the Mets to renounce hate and to educate themselves on The Churve. The media too.
Now do I think the Mets were like “Hey let’s post some symbols of hatred” – of course not. However, now they would have no excuse to do it again. Just pick something else guys.
Starting tomorrow, the Mets are offering a 25% discount on all tickets for all games excluding the Subway Series…Simply enter promo code “Dad” when checking out at Mets.com/FathersDay. Are the Mets kind or advanced sales not where they want them to be?
No word yet from Steve Cohen if he wants Pete Alonso’s LFGM two middle fingers t-shirt to be the brand or not. Gonna assume yes.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!: James McCann celebrates his 31st birthday today…He is 16- 43 (.372) with eight runs, four doubles, four home runs, 12 RBI, three walks and a 1.170 OPS over his last 12 games…Over his last 17 games, McCann is batting .310/.365/.638 with nine extra-base hits…McCann hit one home run over his first 33 games with the club and has hit five in his last 15 games.
Pete Alonso has one home run, three RBI and FIFTEEN TOTAL BASES AT HOME this year. Fifteen. It’s June 13th. Wow. As a comparison, Jacob deGrom has 7.
HIS NAME IS FRANCISCO LINDOR: Francisco Lindor is batting .314 (16-51) with 14 runs, three doubles, a triple, three home runs, six RBI, four walks and a .963 OPS over his last 13 games…He is batting .259 (21-81) with 16 runs, five doubles, a triple, three home runs, six walks and seven RBI over his last 21 games. Now you frontrunners who booed him love him.
Billy McKinney is batting .302 (13-43) since joining the Mets…He has 12 RBI and a 1.106 OPS in 13 games with the Mets…His 10 extra-base hits through 13 games with the team are tied for the second-most in club history with Joe McEwing…Only Pete Alonso (12) had more in his first 13 games as a Met.
NF Jeff McNeil is slated to start a rehab assignment with the Brooklyn Cyclones today…McNeil has been on the IL since May 17 with a strained left hamstring…RHP Dellin Betances is also set to start a rehab appearance with the St. Lucie Mets today…He has been on the 60-Day IL since April 24 with a right shoulder impingement…OF Albert Almora Jr. is currently on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Syracuse…He went 0-2 with a walk and played 7.0 innings in center field for Syracuse last night…Overall, he is 1-10 with a home run, a walk and two RBI in four games on his rehab assignment…Almora Jr. has been on the 10-Day IL since May 12 with a left shoulder contusion.
Today’s starter who is Joey Lucchesi, who the media told me had a great spring because the media somehow doesn’t understand how spring training lineups work.
On this day in 2012, R.A. Dickey set a new franchise recorded for consecutive scoreless innings, surpassing the previous franchise record of 31.2 scoreless innings by Jerry Koosman in 1973…It was the first of two consecutive one-hitters by Dickey as the Mets defeated the Rays, 9-1, in Tampa Bay… Dickey allowed an unearned run on one hit and struck out 12 in the masterpiece… The Mets collected 14 hits in the victory, including three by Andres Torres…For cool photos and interactive history information on the Mets, please visit the Mets Virtual Vault at metsheritage.com.
Steve, is this what you want the brand to be?
You’re in charge. Pete works for you.
Pete Alonso debuted a new shirt before today’s game.
He said it’s already available on https://t.co/lkkp8jCRf6. pic.twitter.com/ezLQxUIVTP
— Justin Toscano (@JustinCToscano) June 11, 2021
A few people were giving me the business on twitter last night asking why I am like this. I shall answer.
Once, a long time ago, last century, before you were born, the Mets won the World Series. It was really great. They came from behind in Game 6 and 7 and I think I saw an actual miracle. Anyway it was great.
The Mets had this you pitcher, he was the best you’d seen in a long long time. You’d even think of Tom Seaver when you saw this kid.
Then he didn’t show up at the parade. Nothing to worry about, we were told. He just overslept or something.
35+ years later I am still waiting to feel that amazing feeling again.
Fast forward to last night – and I keep thinking of one of Springsteen’s newer songs. “One minute you’re here, next minute you’re gone.”
One minute JDG is mowing down everyone and knocking in the runs himself. As fun as baseball gets. Then suddenly he’s out of the game and the next thing I know I am googling scary things about flexors.
Then I watched the postgame. Oh, Jake know all week that he didn’t feel right but it’s ok he knows how to manage it. Deep down inside I think of the kid who overslept to miss a parade. Am I really supposed to believe this story? How many skipped starts and short starts does Jake get before I’m allowed to worry without twitter getting mad at me. Maybe he comes back in 5 days, maybe 10. Who knows? But will he be right? Will the Mets take care of him and save him from himself, or will they giggle as he throws 102 to some 19 year olds in a rehab start like that’s not insane?
So that’s why I am this way. I’m content to be the crazy old wizard out here in the desert who has seen it all. I’ll watch as you kids put Matt Harvey and Pete Alonso in the Hall of Fame, and they can go hang out with Strawberry and Gooden there.
Do you really think the Mets are going to handle this correctly? Even me asking that question will make people mad. That’s OK, I’ll go back to my cave. I like it here. You kids go fight the Empire. I know the First Order will just replace it. I’ve seen it all…..including a Mets World Championship.