The Mets Police

Greg from F&F reminds us to set the DVRs to SNY at 1:30pm

You will want to see propaganda take off in new and unpredictable directions. You’ll want to hear new manager Joe Torre explain (from a horse farm in an undisclosed location) how he’s stopped thinking of the atrocity that was committed on June 15 of that year as the Tom Seaver trade and has begun to think of it as the Steve Henderson trade.

 

Some notes from our friends in Flushing

ONE-TWO PUNCH: Jose Reyes is hitting .407 (35-86) since May
20, the highest batting average in the majors during that span
…Daniel Murphy, who went 2-4 yesterday, is hitting .400 (32-80)
during that same period, the second-highest average in the
majors…Murphy is hitting .375 (12-32) as the cleanup hitter this
season…Murphy has made eight starts in the fourth spot and the
Mets are 7-1.

THIS DATE IN METS HISTORY: The largest crowd in Shea Stadium
history, 57,175, watches Los Angeles sweep a doubleheader from
the Mets on June 13, 1965…Tom Seaver beats the Giants, 3-1, at
Shea on June 13, 1973…The Mets sweep their first doubleheader in
17 tries, beating the San Francisco, 4-2, and 4-1, on June 13, 197

The Daily News reports that the Mets have asked MLB to change Andrew McCutchen’s hit on Saturday to an error on Dan Murphy.

What?

Hey baseball can you give one of our guys an error?

What??

It’s not like the hit stands between Dickey and a no-hitter.

The reason is to be “fair” and lower Dickey’s ERA.

What???

How does it help the Mets if Dickey has a lower ERA? So they can pay him more the next time his contract is up?

Friends, this is major evidence of the anti-Murph conspiracy. We saw it last week when the Mets benched the hottest hitter in baseball for a guy they DFA’d the next day. We heard it yesterday on the radio-cast where the two Not Howie’s tried to sell that Murphy left third early, and now this.

I’m on to you Mets, and #imwith28 and there are others in my group. We’ll be here, in the seats, watching you…

I was thinking about the business of baseball.

That’s where you spend some money to acquire a brand and some territorial rights. You need a storefront and some customers to visit. There are some additional revenue streams in broadcast rights and merchandise/licensing.

I grant you that Jose Reyes makes a baseball team better.

Does he help a business achieve profitability?

I have never worked for a baseball team so I don’t know.

Does “tickets + hot dogs + t-shirts + tv ads on SNY + rate at which WFAN renews” outweigh the salary it would take to pay Jose Reyes?

Is it more profitable to have “fewer tickets + fewer hot dogs + slightly lower ad rates + slightly lower WFAN rights” minus Tejada money?

I know the drill. Jose leaves, everyone complains. Nobody is ever going to be a Mets fan again. Bitch bitch complain.

Opening Day comes….full house. Ooh look Mike Piazza is throwing out the first pitch. One shiny new toy free agent and the merchandise starts moving. If the team ever gets in a pennant race the building will fill with all the “true” Mets fans.

I don’t know the answer. Ego aside, stomaching letting the Yankees own the town, with financial problems galore in Wilpon-land, is there another strategy here? Does winning actual matter to the business? It’s possible that it doesn’t.