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Rumble Ponies caps 50% off today

Good news for @mediagoon, he won’t have to drive to Binghamton as the caps are on sale on-line.  At half off the caps are priced where caps SHOULD be priced, not this $40 nonsense we keep seeing.  So load up.

The bad news for @mediagoon is that he already owns one of each.

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Mets Police Morning Laziness: morning reflections on the Tom Seaver news

SLACKISH REACTION:  It’s all about Tom, right?  For something I have “known” for a few years hearing the confirmation is really hard.  As I mentioned last night, it sucks that the Shamsky book appears to have forced the issue, although I think the calendar would have forced it when/if Tom didn’t show up for the 1969 stuff.   The statue brigade is out, and the newspaper instead of talking to the people who have been on the case for years (and I don’t mean me) found a 19 year old…however I appreciate you Mr. 19 year old even if newspapers pay no attention to details.

Over the years I wrote about David Wright’s contract and how it was about so much more than the third base part.  David now takes over as The Face of the Franchise.  It won’t be Mike Piazza who neither wants it nor is he the right person.  The right person is David Wright, and today that role falls to him for hopefully a very very long time.

Seaver hasn’t really been around if you think about it.  Not early since the 2013 All Star Game.

I think about his appearance  (in 2012) when they announced the 50th Anniversary team at the 92nd Sweet Y.   That was when I first noticed Tom’s stories weren’t as sharp as they had been, and that’s when the back-chatter started.  Ed Charles said, and I can’t remember if he said it to me on the side, or if he said it on mike (and I think it was the latter) that Tom wasn’t doing well – and that was back at the first Queens Baseball Convention.   So the news had been around….but kept quiet….until Shamsky started promoting a book.

As I also mentioned yesterday, it is interesting to me that the Seavers released the news via the Hall of Fame and not the Mets.

You blog long enough there are bound to be some bad days in Metstropolis.    All you can do is keep moving on.   Normalcy, the best you can.  And that’s what I will do here…

Noah Syndergaard really enjoyed the Captain Marvel movie.

I still don’t get the Jessica Mendoza move, well beside the CAA part.  You know who also has a high baseball IQ and has won at a high level and is a baseball announcer who sees a lot of baseball?  Keith Hernandez

Oh yeah, the Mets signed Carlos Gomez.  A legit ML outfielder who isn’t repped by CAA.  I like this move a lot.  It’s not about starting Gomez, it’s about the OF depth over the course of six months.  Good pickup.

My working theory on Al Leiter is that it is somehow tied to MLB’s interest in getting a cut of sports gambling.

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Mets’ Franchise Tom Seaver has dementia

The Seaver family announced today that Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver has recently been diagnosed with dementia. Tom will continue to work in his beloved vineyard at his California home, but has chosen to completely retire from public life. The family is deeply appreciative of those who have supported Tom throughout his career, on and off the field, and who do so now by honoring his request for privacy. We join Tom in sending warmest regards to everyone. (Statement via Hall of Fame)

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STATEMENT FROM JEFF WILPON ON BEHALF OF

OWNERSHIP AND THE METS ORGANIZATION

“We’ve been in contact with the Seaver family and are aware of his health situation.  Although, he’s unable to attend the ’69 Anniversary, we are planning to honor him in special ways and have included his family in our plans.  Our thoughts are with Tom, Nancy and the entire Seaver Family.”

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So, some thoughts…so many thoughts…..

It sucks that Shamsky may have forced the hand of the Seavers.  Again a lot of us knew about this, maybe not how severe, but this was “known.”  I saw last night that Fox News had amplified it, and I guess the Seavers decided they needed to make a move.  I will be curious to see how the rest of the 69s feel about the Shamsky book promotion.  (See my weekend post for some additional thoughts.)

VERY interesting that the Seavers announced it through the Hall of Fame and not the Mets.  VERY interesting.  Maybe they didn’t want to diss Reds, White Sox and Red Sox fans.

And this….well…..what to even say.   Horrible.   Time moves on, and if time moves on long enough we’re forced to carry on without our loved ones around us.  Tom isn’t gone but he’s gone to us.  We’ll celebrate 1969 without The Franchise….and that’s not Stupid Wilpons, that’s just calendars.

But but but….yet another reminder to let people know you love them when they are around to be told that you love them.  Don’t make Ron Santo have to die and THEN put him in the HOF.   For this case, eventually, one way or another there will be a Seaver statue outside Citi Field.  How about instead of waiting for Some Day (which in my guesses has always been 5 minuets after Tom dies) we put the statue up now.   Like NOW this summer.  Maybe Tom can’t attend – but at least do it now.

Thank you GTS for all you did, including striking me out as a kid, and letting me connect with you 40 years later about that story.

Lots more to come as I gather my thoughts.

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