The Mets Police

I couldn’t be the Mets Police last night because I was being The Police Police so I have zero to say about Monday’s game – but on the way home I got thinking:

How Interim is interim manager Jerry Manuel?

Obviously if he wins he stays, but what if the current AAA Mets wind up three games out?   Does he stay?   Do they hire Tommy Dodgers Lasorda?  Do you want him back?

I like what I’ve seen from Jerry and hope he stays.

Major props to Jerry for being invisible when this was Willie’s team.  This guy was around for years and I had no idea how feisty he was – he never undercut or overshadowed his manager.  

First a mini-controversy with the American cycling team showing up wearing black face masks (not the bank robbing kind, the “I don’t want SARS” kind).

Now this morning a story of a protest banner being unfurled.

Although there is some soccer this morning, the Olympics Proper don’t start for two more days.   Should be interesting.   

I bought 7 TVs, plenty of uppers and quit my job so I can watch NBC’s coverage all 225 hours a day.

Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog: 23 New Photos of the New Yankee Stadium

I’m losing excitement. Looks like the same thing, but on the wrong side of the street and with equally hideous parking.

Read this.

The formerly New York Giants are inviting back all their great outfielders, including Bonds.  Bonds by the way holds both home run records and is guilty of nothing.  Good for the Giants.

Interestingly there is no mention of whether or not Willie Mays is coming.  (Thanks to Mike & Mike for that catch).

So the Giants and their 50 year hostory can honor their team, but certain other teams are more interested in the history of the formerly Brooklyn Dodgers than their own history.

What gives Fred?

There’s a staircase up by where the Polo Grounds were.  (image uploading isn’t working right now but you can see it in the articles below).

Fred Wilpon has never heard of the Polo Grounds.   Fred, it was a baseball stadium where a team named the New York Giants used to play.  In it’s later days the Mets played there.  Yes, the very Mets you own!

Now I know you only care about the history of the Formerly Brooklyn Dodgers and couldn’t care at all about the history of the Mets – but the Mets did play there and shame on you that it’s THE YANKEES who are contrinuting part of $300,000 to maintain this relic.   (The Yanks are donating $100K and the Evil Money Sucking New Jersey Football Giants are donating 10 PSL’s worth – that’s $200,000 for those keeping score at home).

If even the Evil Money Sucking Football Giants can contribute, where the hell are the Mets?

You can read more here and here.