The Mets Police

I know some of you think I am in the loony bin with my pointing out The Long Con, and you’ll all be looking for a life boat when Jim Riggleman’s Mets are shuffling their way through a lost August, but let’s revisit some of the stated reasons for hiring Jessica Mendoza, interspersed with pictures of Keith Hernandez, who I don’t believe is repped by CAA.

Jessica has a very high baseball IQ

And she knows the game.

Like Al Leiter, like David Wright, like John Franco — she’s a winner.

She played the game at an extremely high level

She sees baseball all day, every day, so she’ll help us evaluate players, she’ll help make recommendations for roster construction.

Oh shoot you got me, Keith gets his info from newspapers and Mike Francesa.  Wags may have a point.

Except for that last point, Keith is right there, always been there, and the Mets never seem to pick his brain.  Maybe he just doesn’t want to do it.  Maybe he just doesn’t have the right agent.

My friends the Mets sent me a press release.  Thanks Mets!  The Mets would like you to know that…

So it’s been bothering me that Al Leiter suddenly joined the Mets.  Wags is involved, so nothing is ever on the up and up.  There’s always another piece.  Like Jessica Mendoza, you will NEVER GUESS which agency reps her.

But Leiter……hmmmm……so I did some googling and found this…

Here’s Mr. Leiter speaking about betting on sports…

That’s pretty passionate.

Mr. Leiter also visited Connecticut  The bold is mine.

On Tuesday, former Mets pitcher Al Leiter and former Celtics forward Cedric Maxwell were in Hartford as representatives of the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball, which favor sports betting as long as the leagues receive a percentage of the money bet. (via Courant)

Oh wait…it’s ok as long as the leagues get a cut.  Got it.

Now let’s get into conspiracy land.

In New Jersey where can you bet on sports?   Two of the places are racetracks – Monmouth and the Meadowlands.

How about New York?  You know where there’s a racetrack?  Belmont.

And you know who is involved in developing the land on Belmont?   The Wilpons.

Now I may have added two plus two and gotten 44, but this is openly a conspiracy theory post.  Perhaps Mr.. Leiter is just very passionate about gambling topics AND also wanted to come work for the Mets.  Could very well be unrelated.   On the other hand, I have been doing this a long time and my spidey sense is telling me there must be more to “Hey, Al Leiter is back!” than we know.

Oh, and you saw that all lineups are going to have to go to the commissioner’s office.  That got announced two days after Leiter.  Call me crazy.

SLACKISH REACTION:  It was an off-day and Adam Rubin left the beat so none of these useless guys and gals did a thing.  Fortunately for you, the Mets Police worked hard last night and has some things for you to read.

Baseball needs to ENCOURAGING tampering.  Be more like the NBA in all ways.

Baseball decided to make the All Star Game voting a completely miserable experience.

Baseball is going to have lineups go to the commissioner’s office before 27 beat reporters can post the lineup.  Why?  Gambling.

Guess who’s back?  Back again.  Matt Harvey’s back.  Tell a friend.  How did he pitch?

Reports are that MLB may investigate Bryce Harper for his comments about recruiting Mike Trout.

First of all….being real here….that sentence above….it took me 20 seconds after the word recruiting as my brain tried to remember the name of the guy on the Angels.

You’ve heard me say baseball does not have stars.  I have modified my position that MLB now has ONE star and he is Bryce Harper, and I am only saying that because he sold more jerseys than LeBron.

I know baseball, especially the national media, wants to pretend Mike Trout is a star but he is not.  He’s invisible.

Let’s talk about the NBA.  The NBA is red hot, and a big driver is all the conversation about the super-teams, and the recruiting, and the speculation about who is going where.  I don’t even know if the NBA has played any games this season but I know LeBron is going to miss the playoffs, and everyone is wondering where KD is going to sign.   Dudes, I even know who KD is and I know to call him KD.  You think I would recognize Mike Trout on the street?

Baseball should be ENCOURAGING this.  Let Harper recruit.  Let the Angels be mad about it.  Let the Angels’ players be mad about it.  Let other players say that they might want to join in to.  Why should Andy Martino be the only one making up stuff about where Noah Syndergaard will be traded to…let Noah himself start some rumors.   Actually Noah doesn’t seem to like Harper…let Noah openly recruit some anti-Harper guys.  Let the Mets and Phillies HATE each other.   All that would be great for the sport.

Baseball is boring.  You all need to admit this.  I am here to help.  Commissioner Manfred, don’t investigate…..enocurage.  Throw kerosene on this one.  Your sport needs some attention.   The 24/7/365 NBA says hi.