For those who seek a reference for such things:
Fantasy Baseball Examiner: WBC players by MLB team
I am not excited by the WBC at all. I’d rather watch the Mets play the Tokyo Giants for no reason.
Hope You Enjoyed Spring, It Resumes March 23rd
Well Spring was fun while it lasted. No not the snow, the WBC.
15 Mets out of camp. Fifteen.
No small names. OverReyes (always good to put him in a show-off environment), Wright, Delgado, and Beltran.
Wondering if Alex Cora can push Castillo? You’ll have to wait. Cora’s out of camp.
Wondering if Jerry can craft a bullpen? So is Jerry, but he’ll have to do it without K-Rod, Putz, Feliciano and Figueroa.
I don’t get it. Nobody cares about this thing, why have it?
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When Strawberry Hit A Monster Home Run On Opening Day
Yesterday I mentioned how I’d like to time travel to 1983 and give Darryl Strawberry some steroids.
A quick google search turns up this gem:
LEAD: Prof. Bob Moore of the Physics Department of McGill University calculated today that Darryl Strawberrys skyrocket home run on opening day would have carried about 525 feet if it hadnt struck the rim of lights just below the roof in Olympic Stadium.
If you click the link you’ll get the full story.
As absurd as it sounds I think 525 feet underestimates that shot. It hit the top of Olympic Stadium and it looked like it was still on the way up. Surely the most monstrous shot I’ve ever seen.
Look at this skinny man (found on flickr) – imagine if he had a cousin named Yuri what he might have accomplished.
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Most Popular Mets Police Posts From The Week
Plenty of folks enjoyed my Speculation About The Opening Day First Pitch – I mean it’s fairly obvious who it should be, right?
Also popular were the suggestions for New Traditions For The New Mets Stadium – I want to add one to that list. I want them to take the field to Meet The Mets every day, none of this techno music and C&C Music Factory nonsense.
Still popular is the question of What Does $632 Million Get You – and the answer is obstructed seats!
Between A-Rod and Ticketgate this is turning into Yankees Police some days. Click here to see the new Yankee caps for 2009. Here for pics of the new place. Here for the warning the NYY’s sent ticket holders.
By now you know that the First Game At C-Field is not a Mets game.
Nobody is buying into The Curse Of Bob Murphy but some enjoy The Curse of Lee Mazzilli.
Finally some shoutouts:
Fellow Mets Policeman “Cyclones Fan” got married, and played Meet the Mets at the reception. My table debated if there was a second verse or not, apparently there is and it’s exactly the same as the first. No Curly Shuffle though, I will need to get on him about that when he returns.
Shoutout to Amazin Avenue who sent us lots of traffic this week.
Shoutout to New Stadium Insider who hustles his butt and um inspired several posts this week.
Shoutout to Mets By The Numbers who saves me tons of research.
Shoutout to Mets Geek who included us in a Guide To Mets Blogs this week.
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What Mets Looked Like Before Steroids
My google tracker caught this post about Doug Flynn.
Take a look at Doug. He looks like he weighs 145 pounds. That’s what everyone used to look like.
He looks like a 12 year old kid. He was 30 about to hit .222 for that horrible 1981 team I told you about.
Ever meet Bud Harrelson? Tiny man.
I’d still like to go back to 1983 and give Strawberry some ‘roids. He might have hit a ball 700 feet (and I think he did that one opening day in Montreal – let’s save that topic for tomorrow).
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