The Mets Police

January 13, 2009

Yankee Stadium Renovation Video (and Mets Field Simulations)

Mets Policeman Osh 41 found this cool Super 8 of the Yankee Stadium renovation. No not the new building on the wrong side of the street – the real one!

Meanwhile, this video is much cooler than I thought it would be. It’s what Taxpayer Field looks like in a new video game. I’m happy the Mets aren’t wearing dopey black uniforms, but I’m sad that my el cheapo left field 500 seats are in the shade.

Speaking of seats – did anyone catch how much overlap there was in the “Saturday” plan (you know the one that comes with weekday games) and the Weekday plan. I find myself with double tickets to like seven games. Yes I should have checked but it’s still annoying.

Movie Trailers – Movies Blog

And if you want to be unimpressed…check out Yankee Stadium III.

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January 13, 2009

Thinking About Ollie, Wolf, Roger, Empty Seats In The Bronx and the New Name For Mets Stadium

Derek Lowe got his money and his fourth year. I guess it’s hard to give a 35 year old a fourth year, thing stend not to work out (cough, Pedro) with that fourth year, but on the other hand it’s the price of doing business these days. The old one stupid owner theory.

So I’d like to be mad and throw things but I get it.

So we’re back to Oliver Perez. Guess who represents him. Guess who knows the Mets really need starters. How much do you think a 27 year old left-hander is going to cost now? Ollie, you can buy lunch.

What are the Mets going to do, say no? Tim Redding is a fifth starter….they need a four, and by four I don’t mean Four Inning Pedro.

This Randy Wolf fellow intrigues me. He used to be pretty good back when with the Phillies before the Tommy John surgery. He might be worth a gamble.

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Morgan Stanley Stadium in 2010? Is there a single person out there who thinks the present Name Which Shall Not Be Said (until they stop using taxpayer money to name ballparks) will last 20 years? The Washington Post printed the following:

“I think within 12 months, Citigroup no longer exists,” said William Smith at Smith Asset Management, who owns Citigroup shares. He has been calling for a breakup of Citigroup for years, and believes the government will force that fate in piece-meal fashion over the coming year.

The Boston Herald has a piece about Roger Clemens not making the Hall of Fame. Absurd. Like I said about Rose unless you’re going to re-write the results book, Clemens is a Hall of Famer.

I may have to start my own Pantheon Of The Famous and invite Rose, Bonds, McGwire & Sosa to be in the inaugural class.

Finally, The Times says you can still get premium seats at Yankee III. 20 games will only set you back seven grand.

SPORTS / BASEBALL

Yankees Try New Strategy to Market Premium Seats

By RICHARD SANDOMIR

Published: January 14, 2009

The Yankees have hired a division of a residential real estate brokerage, Prudential Douglas Elliman, to help sell unsold premium seats and luxury boxes at their new stadium.

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January 13, 2009

Making Fun Of Mets Patch Is #2 Webpage In The World Right Now

Someone sent me the story about Australia’s amazing Island Reef Caretaker job which is a job I’d like to have so I clicked the link to apply and it won’t load.

So I popped over to alexa.com which ranks website traffic, and I see that right now the #1 and #3 websites in the world are related to the reef.

Guess what’s #2? This: Mets’ pizza patch the laughingstock of baseball uniform world on Yahoo!

The yahoo story also links to this fun list of rejected Mets ideas.

Why did I create Mets Police? The goal was to do whatever I could to help encourage this franchise to have honor. Yet again they’ve found a way to look like idiots. Worldwide.

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January 13, 2009

Point: Put Pete Rose In the Hall Of Fame

Even Jim Rice is in the Hall of Fame now, but Pete Rose isn’t.

I say put Pete in the Hall. Here’s why.

You’re all quick to throw your heroes away, and you shouldn’t.

There were tons of McGwire & Sosa jerseys around in the mid 90s. Everyone knew they were on steroids. New York City had a ticker-tape parade for a Chicago Cub! Barry Bonds can break that record, great let’s all watch Joe buck make the call! Then you turned on Bonds too when it turned out he wasn’t that nice of a guy. Then Clemens was the cool story in baseball – wow 340 wins! Then you turned on him too.

Andy Pettitte is another hero with a decision to make these days. If he resigns with the Yankees he can be a “Yankee for life” but if he signs with someone else, then he’ll wind up as Clemens’ hated steroid buddy.

Pete Rose. 4256 Hits. 3 rings. 17 time all star. If you saw him play you know how good he was. Nobody ever once thought he was not trying to win. People in Cincinnati loved him, and people in Philadelphia loved him.

He did a bad thing. It has been twenty years. If you have to put “suspended from baseball” on the plaque then do it. Otherwise please remove all the bats and balls and uniforms and other Pete Rose memorabilia from the building in Cooperstown. While you’re at it, let’s put some asterisks next to some of the World Series winners – maybe the 1980 Royals should be declared retroactive champions since Pete is a non-person.

You can’t have a Hall of Fame without the all time hits leader, the home run season leader, the home run career leader, and a guy that in 2007 was being called the best pitcher in 50 years. You can’t undo the record book. You can’t take back the spitballs, you can’t take back the steroid-added home runs, you can’t take back 4256 hits.

It’s time to put Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame.

Put ’em all in. Pete’s been ostracized for 20 years. Enough.

January 13, 2009

Wilpons Bypass City Council – Rename A Borough

I’ve been a fan of the Cyclones from day 1. I was a season ticket holder for many years. Brooklyn’s first professional sports team since the Dodgers went west- it was a proud day for all Brooklynites when we could see our borough’s name on that uniform. It really stirred a sense of pride in the community. So what have the Wilpons done? They’ve bastardized the name of my hometown.

Yesterday the Cyclones sent an email blast alerting people that they were renaming the team “Baracklyn Cyclones” on June 23rd.

Baracklyn? Seriously?

According to their website – “Can a minor league team change the name of baseball’s most legendary borough? YES WE CAN!”

Oh please!

OK, so it’s a 1-day promotion – but come on, that has got to be the worst play on the name Brooklyn. Hell, as much as I hate it, Crooklyn was even better.

Minor league teams come up with great promotions all the time (see St. Paul Siants, Hudson Valley Renegades). But this just sounds so bad.

Of course there will be special jerseys that the players will wear that day (and you can bet that the Wilpons will sell those jerseys in the Baracklyn Team Store).