The Mets Police

Here’s a must read from Barrett Sports Media (thanks Sporty for the link!!)

After the Seattle Mariners lost to the Chicago White Sox 10-4, acclaimed Seattle Times Larry Stone columnist tweeted some scary numbers. “83 total plate appearances, which included 25 Ks, 9 BBs, 1 HBP & 3 HRs,” he wrote. “So 46 % of plate appearances resulted in no balls put in play. And it took 3 hours, 45 minutes. Unsustainable.” (via BSM)

which led me to THIS article titled NO STARS, OLD FANS: BASEBALL HAS REAL PROBLEMS.…hey that sounds very familiar, doesn’t it?

In about 20 different sports radio markets, I have proposed a challenge. Come out of a random commercial break and play a generic sound-byte from baseball’s best player, Mike Trout.  Give a T-shirt to the first listener (not the 9^th or 10^thcaller) who recognizes his voice.

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On a different day, try the experiment again. Play a sound-byte from any of the following five former players. Sammy Sosa, Derek Jeter, Barry Bonds, or David Ortiz.  Would anyone listening NOT recognize their voices instantly?   (also via BSM)

I encourage you to read both articles.  The first one mentions the hypocrisy of the Texas Rangers not having Covid restrictions for the opener but THEN doing it.   BTW I tweeted this this morning – in the county in which the Rangers play, cases are up over 40% in the last 14 days.  THAT’S WEIRD ISN’T IT?

Anyway, it’s nice to hear someone else screaming about all this which increases the chances of you guys once again coming round and realizing I was right all along as always.

 

Ooooh we better over-think things and rain the game out early so Marcus Stroman doesn’t yell at us.  THE INMATES ARE RUNNING THE ASYLUM.  GET CONTROL STEVE!!!!   Let’s play some baseball this season!!!

METS-PHILLIES POSTPONED TONIGHT

Game Rescheduled as First Game of Single Admission Doubleheader

Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 13 at 4:10 P.M.

 

FLUSHING, N.Y., April 12, 2021 – The New York Mets have announced that tonight’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies has been postponed due to inclement weather. It will be rescheduled as the first game of a single admission doubleheader, tomorrow, Tuesday, April 13 at 4:10 p.m. The second game of the doubleheader will start approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game, but no earlier than 7:10 p.m, as if a baseball game would ever be played in two and a half hours.

Both games will be seven-inning contests. Tickets for tonight’s game will NOT be valid for admission to tomorrow’s doubleheader.

 

Fans with tickets and parking passes to today’s postponed game will automatically receive a credit in their “My Mets Tickets” account in the amount of the face value of their paid ticket and parking pass for today’s game. Fans can apply the credit value of today’s tickets and parking pass toward the purchase of a ticket to any 2021 regular season Mets home game (excluding the September 10-12 Subway Series vs. Yankees) or to any 2022 regular season home game played on or before April 12, 2022 (excluding 2022 Opening Day), subject to availability.  If such an exchange is made for a higher priced ticket, the credit will be applied toward the price of the higher priced ticket.

 

Complimentary tickets to today’s game and those marked “NO RAINCHECK” have no value and do not constitute a rain check.

 

Tickets for Mets games are available at Mets.com, the MLB Ballpark app, by calling (718) 507-TIXX or by visiting the Citi Field Box Office.

 

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(actually the forecast does call for rain.)

The Mets apparently don’t care about MLB or their stinking rules.  From where I sit, it looks like The Mets break rules AND promote the rule breaking!

Baseball fans know the rule well…

(Note at some point they renumbered the rules, I can’t remember which is the current one.)

Although we can’t see the face on the uniformed individual, it does appear that it could be Pete Alonso.

In the photo the person, possibly Pete, looks like he could be addressing some spectators wither before, during, or after a game.

While on the subject, I have noticed several instances of players from opposing teams fraternizing on the field, obviously in uniform.

Will baseball investigate this incident that the Mets have promoted?  Does MLB not care about this rule?  What other rules does MLB not enforce? Perhaps we could play ten or even thirteen defenders since some rules aren’t enforced.

I hope MLB plays serious attention to this matter in timely fashion!