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I was writing about something else and wondered if Jeff Wilpon has any children, so I googled his bio.

On the bio it says:

A former catcher, he was drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1983 and played part of that season with Jamestown (A) of the NY-Penn League.




I thought that was helpful since a few people had emailed me this week asking about his pro career – so there’s the answer.

I was curious to see how he did.

I googled “1983 ny penn league stats” and found this.   I clicked on Jamestown.  This page does not list any stats for Jeff Wilpon, but the stat page does look incomplete to me, for example I assume they had more than one pitcher.

Some more digging:   This page lists Jeff being drafted.  Click on Jeff’s name and you’ll see:

Born: 
Height:    Weight:    Bats:    Throws: 
High School:  Roslyn Heights,NY (-)
College:  Palm Beach Community College

Drafted:  Selected by Montreal Expos in 4th Round (64th overall) of 1983 amateur entry draft (Jan-Sec)  




No game logs are mentioned.

Does this mean Jeff is a liar?  No.   Does it mean Jeff “sucks?”  Of course not.  I sure didn’t get drafted by a major league team, did you?   Does having a short minor league career make you a bad owner?  No.

Mets Today apparently did some similar digging, and have a very good article that makes a more cynical conclusion.  Worth a read for sure.

I’d be curious if anyone has any more information.

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HowFresh EATS: HowFresh Eats Citi Field aka the Shea-k Shack.

I don’t do enough of this during the season – I thought I’d pop around the blogoverse and see what everyone else is up to.

Loge 13 has some suggestions for Citi Field that the Mets could borrow from Dodger Stadium.

Dave Kingman Appreciation Day from Faith & Fear.

I linked this the other day but Mets Walk-Off’s talks about the Royals Hall of Fame and the need for a Mets version.

Centerfield Maz is one of my favorite blogs, and once again Maz remembers the NY Giants!

Remembering Shea has the best coverage of the recent auction of Shea merchandise/memorabilia.

On the north side of town – Demolition of Yankee Stadium does a great job with pics of one of the great shames of NY sports.   I think the replacememt of Yankee Stadium will go down as being as dopey as replacing Penn Station was.

I enjoy when It Is High, It Is Far, it Is Caught makes fun of John Sterling.

Enjoy the rain everyone.

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Quick thoughts before we get to this week’s links:

Here’s some proof Howie Rose is excellent on the radio.  I got in the car last night, turned on the game, and off the way Howie described the wind-up I said to Mrs. Mets Police, it’s the 9th inning and the Mets are winning.  I was right.

I couldn’t even get $7 for my $19 seats in the Promenade on Monday so I guess I’ll head out there tomorrow.     There will be smaller crowds in 2010 for sure.   Speaking of tickets…

…Does anyone actually believe this?:  “Because it is the last season in Giants Stadium, we decided to do an individual game sale as a benefit to the season-ticket holders and to accommodate more people on the wait list,” Giants VP of communicationsPat Hanlon.  Read more:in the Daily News.

Tickets really are going fast.  When’s the last time you saw a banner ad on a website offering you season tickets?   I got one for the Jets this morning – click here if you want them.  Nobody else does.

I don’t like Newsday.com’s redesign.  If the goal was to get me to stop visiting the site it has worked.  So has disabling or moving the RSS feeds (all went stale a week ago) and disabling the iphone app.   That’s Cablevision for you.  

Here’s a look at what was popular on Mets Police this week:

Monday marked the 10th anniversary of the Mercury Mets.   I was all excited about a nice uniform discussion, then Omar attacked Adam Rubin.

Speaking of uniforms….there’s a third rail of Mets blogging and I decided not to ignore it.  For the record, I don’t like the Los Mets jerseys because they say “Los” not because the Mets had one of their theme nights.  If you read the article you’ll see that teams in the Mexican League, for example, don’t put “Los” on their jerseys. Now I’m being called a racist on twitter because I posted the comments from some others, and to answer one of the questions – I wrote yesterday that I would not support Gaelic night uniforms.   Wear blue and white.  The name of the team is the Mets.  

On a lighter note, you should watch this hilarious video of Mr. Met from Conan O’Brien’s show.

I don’t think Omar Minaya should be fired.

I thought it curious that the Mets waited until 7:13 to rain out a 7:10 game.  

Some thoughts on steroids.

The Mets have added the new video screen in right field.  I’m told it was operational early in the week, but it wasn’t on Thursday afternoon.

Mets Player’s Choice Attire.

Always popular:

• The compilation post of pictures of our Citi Field walkaround – these are of the outfield area, and shots from outside.
• The midseason update to Citi Field pictures can be found here.
• Here is the recent Tour of The Mets Team Store
• Yankee Stadium being demolished
• The Uncensored Unofficial Guide To Citi Field
• Inside the Acela Club
• Inside the Caesar’s Club
• Has the novelty worn off Citi Field?
• Citi Field in McCartney mode.

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Here on The Mets Police, I do a fair amount of complaining, but I didn’t feel like being negative for my weekly Monday column on Flushing University.


Instead I thought I’d jot down some random memories, and see if they strike an emotional chord with you guys. Originally I was going to publish this on Mets Police Tuesday, but then Omar-gate happened. Enjoy your Saturday:
As my brain jumps around, and in no particular oder, remember how you felt when:Tom Seaver walked down the line on Opening Day 1983.Realizing this Gooden kid might be something special, and this Darling kid might be his Koosman.September 11th, 1987 when Pendleton hit that home run.Mike Scioscia shocking us nearly as badly as Pendleton did.Joel Youngblood being traded, and playing for two teams on one day.Lee Mazzilli shipped away for Walt Terrell and Ron Darling? Who are those guys?June 15, 1977Kingman moonshots half way up the scoreboard?Kingman refusing to be called Kong and him thinking “Sky King” was in any way cool.Some guy named Hubie Brooks being MVP-like for the Expos. Never like that with the Mets.Some guy named Mike Scott being Cy Young for the Astros. Never like that with the Mets.Tom Seaver being unprotected and taken away from us again.Rusty Staub being left off the 40 man roster.Rusty shuttling between left field and right.A fight in Cincinnati leaving Gary Carter at third and Roger and Jesse platooning in the outfield.Darryl Strawberry telling us every waking moment that he couldn’t wait to break our hearts and head to Los Angeles?Both Doc and Darryl in the Bronx. Uh oh, memory lane has taken me to a dark place.Where were you when: McDowell and Dykstra for Juan Samuel.How about David Cone for Ryan Thompson and Jeff Kent?Carlos Baerga and Robbie Alomar were going to be in the Hall of Fame.Edgardo Alfonzo looked like he’d be a fixture for 15 years.Frank Viola, Saberhagen, Glavine and all the other studs that never worked out. I’m going dark again, huh?Rolling Stones, 1989 at Shea, the night it rained during Sympathy for the Devil.The squares outside Shea.The squares being gone outside Shea.The neon players on the outside when they were still weird and new.Tom Seaver’s number retired.Opening Day 1987, we actually raised a flag!Dava Magadan rotting away on the bench.The potential of Greg Jefferies.The second time Doc let us down with drugs.That’s enough for now, it’s a long way back to April and hope, and I suspect I will need to do this again.What random memories jump into your mind?

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