The Mets Police – Page 4542 – What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.

March 20, 2009

Joe Frazier & The 1976 Mets

Stumbled across this really cool piece about the 1976 Mets and Joe Frazier.

That’s a year before my time – my earliest Mets memory must be like June 10, 1977 since I remember being devastated that both Kingman & Seaver were gone – and I remember Joe Torre being manager.

Joe Frazier? I couldn’t pick him, Salty Parker or Wes Westrum out of a Mets police lineup.

A few weeks back I obsessed with and learned how to correctly spell Jon Matlack (read here and here ) so it was nice to get a glimpse into the ’76 Mets.

Here’s a one paragraph excerpt and then do the right thing and send Jimmy Scott’s Blog some hits for the rest.

There is always 1976 to look at. Frazier’s rookie year was his only full season managing in the big leagues. With a big three pitching staff of Tom Seaver, Jon Matlack and Jerry Koosman, who won 21 games, followed up by Swan and Mickey Lolich, the team was able to overcome a problem that plagued those mid-1970s Mets, an anemic offense. They couldn’t follow that up the next year. Forty-five games into the 1977 season, Frazier was fired. Joe Torre took over for the 15 and 30 team on May 31st, 15 games under .500. With Torre at the helm, Grant would trade away Seaver and the team would go 19 games under .500 and go on to lose 90 games. The New York Mets did not post a winning season for another 7 years.

www.metspolice.com

March 19, 2009

Unconfirmed: Seaver & Piazza To Do First Pitch At Citifield

Forgive me if (a) this is well known or (b) it turns out to be wrong, but reliable people have told Clark Kent (me) that Seaver will throw to Piazza for the first pitch at C-Field.

Hopefully it’s accurate because that’s the correct move. There really is no good second choice.

This being the Mets I still am mentally prepared for the Regional Vice President of Citibank to be given the honor.

March 19, 2009

Today’s New Pics Of New Yankee Stadium

WCBS’s website has yet still even more pics of New New Yankee Stadium.

www.metspolice.com

March 19, 2009

Bring The Mets Home From The WBC!

The World Baseball Classic is stupid. Bill Price makes some great points in today’s News.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/bitterbill/2009/03/time-for-mets-to-stop-the-worl.html

Not only did Wright play last night, he played all nine innings despite injuring his big toe in the first inning. He had to play all nine because the U.S. had nobody left on the bench, with Chipper Jones and Kevin Youkilis already hurt.

Wright is hurt so bad he needs X-rays after the game. He even admitted he thought during the game the toe might be broken, yet he still played all nine innings. You can say he took one for the team, but you know what, the Mets are his team, not TEAM USA. I’m as patriotic as the next guy, but this is absurd.

First thing this morning, the Mets should call Wright and K-Rod and whoever else is playing in this thing and call them back to Port St. Lucie – IMMEDIATELY.

I agree with Bill and said the same thing the other day. Screw the WBC. Imagine if Wright is lost for an extended period because of a silly made up tournament? Davey Johnson keeps playing guys out of position, which was cute when it was Kevin Mitchell in ’86, but not worth it to win this silly tourney.

Bring ’em home, Omar.

March 19, 2009

Of Urinals & Men

Y’all can make fun of me, but I’m still hung up on the urinals at C-Field. I’m glad they are all eco-friendly and all, but can’t we have a divider?

I’m hoping they just haven’t installed them yet.

Personally, I won’t be staring at your junk and I doubt you’ll be looking at me – but seriously, can’t we just have a wall? You know there’s those idiots who have to stand about 20 feet away and go for the long shot.

So that we’re all on the same page, Thomas from the UK (who has his own blog now called Checked Swing)
send over another link to the 12 Unspoken Rules of Urinal Etiquette.

(That’s a screen cap not an actual video so stop clicking. If you want to see the video click here. )