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Megdal to Accept Fans Nomination For Mets GM

By:Media Goon

This is from a press release from Mr.Megdal.

After receiving thousands of votes over the course of 18 grueling primaries at blogs dedicated to the Mets around the Internet, Howard Megdal will graciously accept the nomination of New York Mets fans to be the next General Manager at 6:15 PM Thursday night in Parking Lot E at Citi Field.

Megdal won every primary he entered, with a vote share of 65 percent or greater in 17 of the 18 contests, and averaged a vote share of greater than 74 percent. Considering that Metsblog currently rates the fan confidence rating in the team at 9 percent, there can be no greater sign that Fred and Jeff Wilpon are listening to the wishes of the fans than by making Howard Megdal the next General Manager of the New York Mets.
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I Survived the Mets-Pirates series (Times)

Aw man…I missed this the other day.  Fun stuff from the Times:

One idea: offer a prize to anyone that can prove they went to all four games. Maybe a T-shirt that reads: “I Survived the Mets-Pirates series.’’ Or one that reads: “Aaargh! Pirates vs. Mets, Sept. 13-16, 2010.” That one works as pirate talk, and as commentary.

The article comes with a nice mockup of the T.

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Schmidt on Wright – A Nice Guy

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet and talk briefly with Hall of Fame 3B Mike Schmidt.  Of course what happens when a Mets blogger meets the greatest Phillie of all time?  We discuss the Mets current third-baseman.

Given the recent discussion (relatively recent) on where Wright ranks in terms of all-time third-baseman I had to ask Schmidt what his opinions were.

Schmidt said that Wright was “…a nice guy.  He’s a good young player, in fact I was just up in New York and saw him.”  Schmidt continued that he liked the way Wright plays, but when asked if he thought Wright had a chance to be an all-time great, he down-played that idea:  “It’s way too early for that don’t you think?  He’s got a long way to go yet.”

As a side note – Schmidt (greatest player I ever saw play IMO) is tall (maybe 6’2″) but is of human proportions.  Just saying