The Mets Police

I had a rough night and can barely function so I’m going to refer you to Adam Rubin’s awesome daily briefing.

Adam has some good quotes (via The Post) from David Wright who wants to be a lifer, good or bad.

Meanwhile there’s more Charlie Samuels investigating (via the News but Adam has the link). As I said yesterday, show of hands from everyone who thinks that story will end neat and clean.

I have to go find two coffees and my fastball for a pretty big meeting. Someone get Media Goon up in the bullpen to cover this stuff.

Plenty of stuff pre-loaded for the day, see y’all in a bit.

Oooh look at this goodie in my inbox.

Seems that for week 2 Team Izzy got shirts…

But not to be outdone, Team Wright got their own shirts for week 3.

For those of you playing Fantasy Bowling, Izzy led week 2 with a 239 and David a 181.

In week 3, Bowl Mole tells me, “Izzy was still high scorer (after missing the first game) with a 225. David was second with a 218. During David’s game he threw six straight strikes and Ike Davis was talking in his ear as he was bowling to break the strike streak.”

Awesome. Sounds like fun!

This post makes me giddy and has snapped me out of the snarkfest I have been in, so I’m not even going to comment on the chosen colors (like) or what people print at home.

Next year I may have to book a Sunday stay-over and form Team Fat Guy down on lane 16.

A reading from the Book of Terence:

Just picked up this cap at the Modells 40% off sale. Now, if there has to be black, wouldnt this be a better use? I like how the Orange is prominent and makes the Blue stand out. Just sayin is all.

As you were…

Terence M.K.

Alternate BP cap

Yep.

And you know what they say about Terence? He’d never charge you to print out tickets at home.

I was working on the site last night and Beloved Daughter starting asking about it, which then turned into a nice night.

The beginning: I think Mets uniforms look best with no names on the back. My argument is that you should know who #5 is, and if you don’t either the TV will tell you, or you have amazing eyesight that can read a name from the upper deck.

On April 15, 2008 the Mets took the field to honor Jackie Robinson. Everyone wore #42. No names on the back.

Even the announcers couldn’t keep track of who was who.

Isn’t it stupid not to have names when everyone has the same number? Are the names important or not? How come Yankee fans are able to figure out which one is A-Rod?

No Names was the straw that set me over the edge (weird mixed metaphor there). After years of Mets stupidity I needed to vent, and then quickly realized I might be able to change things for the good.

Last night, to explain this to Daughter, I broke out the Mets Illustrated History. We were able to sit together and look at pictures of nice uniforms, and some of the dopey uniforms. It started some “who is that” type discussions and some general Mets talk.

That’s how you create the next generation of fans.

However, if you ruin the father’s love of the team (say by gouging him for Opening Day or charging him to print tickets at home), that love won’t get passed to the children. They will just learn about the Yankees from their friends at school.

Me? I’m hooked. However, there’s lots of casual fans out there, and their kids are wearing pinstripes.

Penny-wise, pound-foolish. Especially if your name is Jeff and you hope to have this thing another 50 years.

My daughter, I love her. Even though she asked for a black jersey.