The Mets Police

The Record has a nice article about Wright’s leadership, and how he’s in effect The Captain

Colactus says:

The label of captain, I don’t think it’s necessary,” Collins said. “I think he can still do that without the label. I rely on these veteran guys, but I just don’t want them to think that there’s a distraction to get them away from what they need to do to prepare themselves to play.”

I kinda like Captains. The C looks terrible on a Mets jersey (especially if the back says Franco), but I like having a guy. I like clutch hitting more.

Good morning Mets fans. Over the past 3+ years (really Shannon, “three plus” – isn’t it like three years and 4 days? Is that really
plus”)…over the last 3+ years Sparks has submitted all kinds of goodies.

Today, I thought I’d let him throw the bomb and help garner some readers for his new blog. I present to you The Case for Blowing It Up.

Every day, I peruse various Mets blogs and new articles, some of which have comment sections, of which in turn most are pretty spirited. The favored topic of those comments thus far this season–egged on to some extent by the content of the day–is what a disaster it would be if the Mets traded Jose Reyes at the deadline or let him walk over the coming winter. “If you’re going to do that, you may as well throw in David Wright, too!” they bellow, dripping with sarcasm.

via Third Coast Mets Fan: The Case for Blowing It Up.

From the Mets promotional calendar.  That’s August 5th.  August 5th.  August.  Jose Reyes.  August.

“It’s sad, but he’s got to pay for what he did,” the older brother, 49, told The News. “We feel sorry for him, but he’s pretty much on his own right now. We’re praying for him.”

via Lenny Dykstra’s brother, Brian, says former Mets’ hero deserves to ‘pay for what he did’.

From Terence