The Mets Police

Greg Prince with another masterpiece, of which this is just one paragraph

Kids in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and everywhere else saw what the Mets weren’t doing in the 1990s and saw what their nearby other-league counterparts were doing. Strangely enough, if they decided they liked baseball, most of them decided to like the other-league counterparts. Later, the Mets improved. Then diminished. Then improved. Then diminished. Then talked about improving without actually tangibly improving. Then, twenty years into this cycle, they treated 8,000 schoolkids to a nice Thursday at the ballpark and a 4-1 win over the Cardinals but probably didn’t immediately convert too many of them to their cause.

via Which Way the Wind Blows « Faith and Fear in Flushing.

Stop reading my nonsense and go read that NOW.

Burkhardt, 40, has agreed to a three-year contract with FOX Sports that begins in 2015. The Bloomfield, N.J. native and his family will relocate to Los Angeles

via Kevin Burkhardt leaving SNY after season | New York Post.

Oh good, we haven’t had a story in like 48 hours.

“It’s sad to admit this, but I have basically become a hood ornament for the Mets,” Wilson writes in “Mookie: Life, Baseball and the ’86 Mets” (Penguin Group USA). “I have no decision-making role at all in my job description. I would have liked an explanation as to why I was moved from first base coach to the ambassadorship, but none was ever given.

via Mookie Wilson: I went from Mets hero to ‘hood ornament’ | New York Post.

The figure showcases Harvey from the 2013 season, wearing the Mets blue jersey, staring down a batter, surely on his way to another strikeout!

via McFarlane Collectors Club Exclusive Mets Pitcher Matt Harvey – – Action Figures Toys News ToyNewsI.com.

“if you really want to think about it, what has Harvey done? … He is the most celebrated 12-10 pitcher there is out there.

via Keith Hernandez rips Mets’ Matt Harvey after Twitter incident | NJ.com.

People are going to get mad at you Keith.