The Mets Police

I wanna thank the Mets for making this image.

Baseball Is Back has been my mock cheer every time I see the Baseball Mafia get excited that like 7 million people watched a baseball game.  Or when the NFL has 50 million people watch a game.  Baseball is back.  I mean, how could you say it’s not more popular than it used to be.  It’s totally back.

Anyway, interesting that the social media intern is hyping people about Segna (is there any actual Senga buzz?  Like he’s nice and all, but in a John Maine kind of way).   And what about Mr. Polar Bear?   I guess if you marke him you drive up his value?

Anyway, Steve is back on twitter, so it’s time for all of you to ask him why he has punted on this season and added nothing to a 4th place team.

Why should anyone be excited about this upcoming season.  I don’t even get SNY on YTTV and I don’t care since I stopped watching during Game 2 last year when Gary Cohen (net negative in that booth) got to me and I never looked back.

Baseball is back.

The Mets shared this image for Lunar New Year.  I find the “light” interesting.

So – why is the light there?  Why did they add it?

And why do the Mets claim there’s o way to duplicate the old NY, but they can add a “light”

Billy Eppler, who was hired by Steve Cohen after Eppler oversaw whatever went down in Anaheim (google it) has been suspended by MLB.

The Athletic reports

Major League Baseball has suspended former New York Mets general manager Billy Eppler through the 2024 World Series for improper use of the injured list, including the “deliberate fabrication of injuries,” commissioner Rob Manfred announced Friday.

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MLB said its investigation “concluded that the pattern of conduct was at Mr. Eppler’s sole direction and without any involvement of Mets ownership or superiors.”

Well I am glad that Mets ownership was not involved. I’d hate to think of Uncle Steve being involved in anything shady, so it’s great that he was not.

Back in 2021, after hiring Eppler, Steve Cohen was quoted by the New York Times as saying “I just came back from the M.L.B. owner meetings, and I can tell you: just universal praise for the hiring.”

Eppler resigned last year, and was replaced by former Wilpons David Stearns.  The difference between the two is Eppler once signed Ohtani.

From QNS.com, the bold is mine.

In opposition to billionaire Steven Cohen’s plan to develop a casino next to Citi Field, (Mets Police note – ON PARKLAND)  community organizers rallied this past weekend in favor of their own proposal to convert the public land into an amenity-rich park with environmental considerations.

Dozens of members of the Flushing Anti Displacement Alliance (FADA) marched from Flushing’s Lippman Plaza to Citi Field on Saturday, Feb. 3 to publicly condemn the casino proposal that they say would have devastating consequences to the community. They say that Cohen’s $8 billion “Metropolitan Park” proposal would hurt working class residents, arguing that it would lead to residential and commercial rent hikes, while exacerbating gambling addictions among Asian Americans.

“Cohen can’t fool us with promises of ‘jobs’ and ‘economic opportunity when there is documented evidence of casinos contributing to the gentrification and displacement of our residents, workers, and small businesses,’” said Ashley Du, an organizer with FADA.

This next part is interesting as it’s something @mediagoon and I have talked about.  If Steve means what he says, then why not build a PARK on the park, and we could  even move the parking underground.  After all, I believe Steve just wants the area to be nicer, right?  It’s the asphalt that bother him, no?

After all, Steve once looked forward to a place which ” delivers on the promise of a shared space that people will not only want to come to and enjoy, but can be truly proud of.”

So what do you say Steve?  Did you mean it?  Let’s make the park into a park.

At the rally, the organizers shared their own plan, called Phoenix Meadows, which calls for maximizing green space with expansive views of Flushing Bay, creating a recreational space for residents to enjoy and providing space for street vendors to sell. Their plan also promises to maintain parking with a 2-3 story garage that would sit beneath the park.