The Mets Police

We’re running the Primary Election this week to see if y’all want Howard Megdal for Mets GM.

You can vote in the center orange column of the main Mets Police page.  (If you’re an email subscriber or on Google reader you’ll have to come visit the site).

ESPN New York (which is bringing it this week) published Megdal’s case…from which I excerpt.

For example, there will be a return to such traditions as “Banner Day,” “Old-Timers’ Day” and “Helmet Day.” Theme dates will provide entertainment value and a gift people actually want to take home. The Mets will no longer limit giveaways to “the first 25,000 fans,” or worse, “the first 5,000 fans 12 and under,” leaving some children who might be attending their first Mets game with the twin disappointment of getting stuck in traffic, then getting to watch other children play with the toy they were too late to receive.

New promotions will be introduced. Much as Broadway shows often have “student rush” seats, the Mets should put aside a few sections right behind home plate — the ones near the field that cost way too much — and let anyone with a valid student ID purchase a seat in them for $10 apiece on the day of the game. For a temporary tiny revenue loss, the Mets get the advantage of reaching out to their youngest fans, making potential customers for decades. They also make it clear that, unlike their rivals across town, the Mets aren’t looking to milk fans for every last dollar. Best of all, what is now a tomb-like feel to the area closest to the playing field will become a raucous home-field advantage for the team and a three-hour advertisement during every ballgame for how much fun it is to come to Citi Field.

Now that’s change I can believe in!   Also, in exchange for my support Megdal has promised Lee Mazzilli Poster Night II.  All fans will receive a replica of the original Lee Mazzilli poster.

Megdal’s plan is a little nutty, but when you read the article I bet you’ll support his cause.  I hope you’ll join me in voting YES to Megdal.

More on ESPN

Megdal for GM

Please note I asked “Where was Tom Seaver?” not “Where the hell was Tom Seaver?”…

…however, I keep wondering where Tom was.  Perhaps he was visiting family, feeding the homeless, taking a day of prayer, playing golf, tending to the vineyards…maybe he wasn’t invited, maybe he felt is weird since he was in the Red Sox dugout, maybe he wanted Doc & Darryl to have their own spotlight…I dunno….

…but I feel like he should be at things like Hall of Fame Day.

Does he owe us anything?  Am I trapped in the romantic aspects of baseball?  Do I need to realize that playing baseball is just a job and people move on with their lives?

More troublesome is what MetsBlog reported yesterday via Evan Roberts….supposedly Pagan, Wright, Davis and Francoeur were the only players to “greet” the Fab 4 of their HOF induction.

Maybe I’m just getting old.  There’s a bunch of people born in the 70’s and 80’s playing for “my” team and most of the fanbase seems like it was born in 1992.

It must be me.  You see that picture?  It makes me happy.  I want to feel like that every day.   If you feel that picture you understand what I’m trying to do here on this dopey site.