The Mets Police

This is funny.  Sorry Thor

Speaking of Die Hard…

SLACKISH REACTION:  Let’s see, Democracy Died, the UK sealed its own destruction, and this Coronavirus thing is a like a plot you see in a movie where the kids are eating cereal and the mom is trying to get everyone ready and in the background you hear a news story about China closing off its airports……oh and the Mets signed Matt Adams.

I’m not sure WHY the Mets signed Matt Adams, I assume it’s part of some “we should trade Dom Smith” plan, which makes sense – unless you want to argue the Mets should keep Dom and trade high on Vulgar Pete, but I know you won’t argue that yet.  You aren’t ready, but in two or three years don’t worry I will remind you I said this.

Anyway, Matt seems like a nice enough organizational depth piece, and I like me some organizational depth.

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So far the Mets are having a great decade.  I think January 2020 may have been their most successful month since September 1973.  Let’s review….

• they were dealt a crisis and quickly dealt with it with no drama
• they honored Mike Piazza
• they put four more guys in the Hall of Fame
• they pulled off a FanFest that everyone liked
• they promoted a well liked guy from within to be the manager

That’s it.  No financial scandals.  Nobody embarrassed themselves getting burritos.  No lawsuits.  No fireworks.  No clown show.

A really solid month for the Mets.  As opposed to say, the Senate.  Or Britain.

Nice job Mets.  I’d actually rather the Senate have a better February than you, but keep the good things going.

Ten foot high crown?  Check.

Stupid stuff on the side?  Check.

This is terrible.

I mean seriously look at that crown.  It is taller that Citi Field.

Now look at this beautiful low crown unstructured cap

 

Isn’t that much better?  That’s how a cap should look.   Well except for the logo on the side, but at least the crown isn’t the size of the space shuttle.

A fond farewell to one of the best people in baseball.   Thank you for your time spent honorably in Queens Mr. Granderson.

It’s been an incredible journey! Thanks for the ride of a lifetime, @MLB @MLB_PLAYERS pic.twitter.com/0AgOgSjWSC

— Curtis Granderson (@cgrand3) January 31, 2020

SLACKISH REACTION:  What a surprising morning!  The new SEXY PICK in baseball is….The Mets!  That’s right?  ESPN is asking if everyone is “sleeping on the Mets” – meaning the Mets are good and nobody realizes it.  And the MLB Video Game has predicted a Mets vs. Yankees World Series.

As soon as the AAIMBR and the lesser newspapers get wind of this, they will knock out some Copycat Content and further this message that THE METS ARE GOOD!

Let’s review the decade so far: the Mets calmly dealt with a crisis, successfully held a Fan Fest, put four more guys in the Hall of Fame, and now they are the favorites!  What a decade for the Mets!

In other news…there’s some kind of graph going around that shows what states hate what teams and the Mets show up a few times including in New Jersey.  Whatever.