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Most Popular on Mets Police (March 14th)

I’m having bizarro day.  Isn’t Daylight Savings when you’re supposed to wake up later than usual?  I’m up early.  Maybe I’ll go slap on a black Mets cap and take good photos.  Here’s the weekly rundown of most popular:

Despite this being a Mets blog, video of the Yankee Stadium upper deck being knocked down was viewed many times.

Re-alignment was talked about a lot.  Here’s my sensible plan, then Dan had to go all nuts with his.

Some pictures of McFadden’s, under construction at Citi Field.  I think these pics show where the new fan bricks are going.

Nice job by Dan on Why are you a Mets fan? I’m actually thinking about a 15 game plan now.

I’d like to see standings flags on top of Citi Field. I was surprised to learn that they had been replaced by American flags in the final days of Shea…not sure when that switch happened, but I see the evidence in my photos.

I’m really surprised you guys are digging Fake Jeff Wilpon:  here’s episode 1 and 2 if you missed it.  I have nothing to do with it, I just find it funny.

I was surprised people clicked on this one, I thought I was just being cranky: Do the Mets bosses really think this uniform looks good?

Older but popular:

The C fell off the Citi Field sign.

Here’s some pictures of Yankee Stadium’s demolition. It’s too bad there’s no way to partially gut a stadium and make it newer.

From a 2009 videogame, Citi Field with blue walls.

Here’s the info for Single Game Tickets and Promotional Dates

Luis Castillo’s baseball card is pretty funny.

The Mets have quietly admitted there are obstructed views, a story now picked up by the Times, NBC, and Post.  Dave Howard, where’s my apology?

This regularly gets clicked: It might make financial sense, but it sure is annoying to think Bobby Bonilla will get $1 million a year from the Mets from 2011-2035.

Pictures from the 1986 Tickertape Parade

The Mets respond to a letter from The Mets Police

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Mets Yearbook 1980 is coming

Thanks to Manny for the heads-up:

Just wanted to let you know that by using the directv application on my iPod touch I found that SNY is scheduled to finally show a different Mets Yearbook.  The 1980 yearbook is scheduled to air on Tuesday, March 23 at 6:30 pm and Wednesday, March 24 at 4:00 pm.  That team stunk but I loved that team.  Heck, what did I know back then, I was only eight years old.

Will they talk a lot about first baseman Lee Mazzilli?   Will they mention a young scrubby pitcher in the bullpen named Mike Scott?  Will they show pictures of John Pacella’s cap falling off after every pitch.  That’s not me exaggerating.  It fell off after every pitch.  The Mets even asked MLB if he could go cap-less and the answer was no.

I love this series, and I’d love to see a deliberately cheesy modern-version hosted by Howie Rose.  I can see/hear it now,”The 2009 season got off to a great start with a 2-1 victory over the Reds…”

Random thought: the Mets didn’t really interrupt the Jason Bay press conference to hand him a Rangers jersey, did they?  I made that up in my dreams, right?

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New York Mets St. Patrick’s Day attire Part 4

Today we look at green Mets attire for the bedroom. The shirt? I think it would look nice on any pretty Mets fan. As for the boxers – after you’ve been down in the basement blogging for two hours, show up in a pair of these and you’re sure to get lucky. What woman can resist a fat blogger with an NY on his shorts?

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Want to Realign? Look to the Premier League

So Bud Selig wants to discuss some radical new realignment ideas.  I’m ok with that – in fact I think it’s about time that baseball did something serious, rather than the half-way attempts of the past.  The days of the AL and NL being really different (other than DH – a discussion for another time) are long gone.  So if they are going to do it, they should do something truly radical.

Shannon offered up his suggestion the other day – here’s mine.

Baseball should adopt the English Premier League rule that the worst teams are demoted and the best teams from the lower league are promoted. Under the current system though, that is not possible since AAA teams are not independent of the majors. What needs to happen is a radical realignment. This is my proposal (see below for more)

MAJOR LEAGUE (Premier equiv)

Eastern League

Ruth Division

Robinson Division
Boston Red Sox Atlanta Braves
Cleveland Indians Cincinnati Reds
Detroit Tigers Florida Marlins
New York Yankees Milwaukee Brewers
Tampa Bay Rays New York Mets
Toronto Blue Jays Philadelphia Phillies

Western League

Aaron Division

Clemente Division
Anaheim Angels Chicago Cubs
Arizona Diamonbacks Colorado Rockies
Chicago White Sox Houston Astros
Minnesota Twins Los Angeles Dodgers
Oakland Athletics San Francisco Giants
Seattle Mariners St. Louis Cardinals

FEDERAL LEAGUE (Lower League)

Paige Division

Williams Division
Baltimore Orioles Kansas City Royals
Buffalo Bisons Las Vegas Gamblers
Indianapolis Hoosiers Portland (OR) Beavers
Nashville Sounds San Antonio Missions
Pittsburgh Pirates San Diego Padres
Washington Nationals Texas Rangers

So 24 teams in the Premier League and 12 in the Lower League. The top 2 teams in the Paige Division over the course of say 4 years will replace the worst 2 teams over 4 years in the Eastern League (1 from each division). And the same for the Williams Division and Western League.

In the Major League, each team plays 152 games – 80 games within their division (16 games against each team), 54 games against teams in the other division within their league (9 games against each team), and 18 out of league games (3 games against each team in one of the other league’s divisions – alternating each year).

Playoffs – Division winners and then top 2 teams in each league get wild card slots. The 2 league Wild Cards play a 1 game playoff the day after the season ends to see who advances. The WC winner then plays the Division winner that had the poorer record in a 5 game series – the team with the best record gets a bye into the Championship Series.

The Federal League will have a 144 game schedule – 90 games in division and 54 out of division

Baseball would increase interest with more playoff races and teams.  And every 4th year, in addition to the regular playoff races, there would be the added Premier race – which teams will be demoted and which will be promoted.

Thoughts?

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Mets learn what it’s like to be a fan and travel to a likely rain-out

I laugh at this story.

Yesterday it was pouring rain in Florida but the Twins were annoying and waited to rain the game out.  So the Mets traveled 2+ hours to get to the stadium, and then the game was called.

Now they know what it’s like to be a fan of a major league team.

The Mets do this sort of fan-torture several times every summer.

Take today in NYC as an example.  If there were a 1:10 game scheduled, and it’s about 9am as I write this – I’d be wondering if I should make the long hike out to Flushing.    Do I “eat” my tickets?  Do I potentially waste time?  Why not just tell everyone at 10am so we can all get on with our lives?

Typically the Mets would announce that they were trying to get the game in, so I’d drive and pay tolls and waste time.  Maybe even buy two hot dogs while waiting in the dry stands.  At best it would be a crappy day to sit in the ballpark, and worst it’s a waste of time and money.

I regularly call for MLB to treat fans with respect and to call games earlier.  Even if you could squeeze in a game today, who wants to sit there?

Do I feel bad that the Mets wasted several hours commuting?  Not at all.  Remember that mid-summer when it rains all day and they wait until 7:42 to decide to call the game.

I wonder if they paid $19 to park?