Another love letter from Jeff Wilpon!

I can’t believe Dana Brown didn’t make the cut!  It’s as if they brought him in to fill some sort of requirement.

October 22, 2010

Dear Mets Fans:

We are bringing back Josh Byrnes and Sandy Alderson for a second round of interviews with Fred, Saul and me. Josh is scheduled for Monday and Sandy for Tuesday as we continue our search for the next General Manager of the Mets.

John Ricco and I spoke personally with Allard Baird, Rick Hahn, Logan White and Dana Brown earlier today to thank them for their interest and taking the time to interview with us.

We will be back to you with more information regarding our new GM soon.

Sincerely,

Jeff Wilpon

Guess the worst 2010 free agent signing

Business Insider lists the Top 6 worst free agent signings of 2010.

Can you guess who #1 is and why I am mentioning it on a Mets blog?

And you know what – I am not going to second guess them.  I wanted a pitcher, specifically I wanted John Lackey (14-11 with a 4.40 in traditional old man stats that old men like me understand) but I am not going to say that I wasn’t in favor of adding a bat.  Like with all Mets free agents I expect them to come to Flushing and suck.  I’m pretty sure they woud have signed Lou Gehrig after he hit .295 with 29 and 114 in 1938

Radical concept: Uniform schedules

I was catching up on the always awesome Uni Watch when they mentioned this.

Say you’re a Penguins fan and want to wear your snazzy blue jersey.  When should you wear it?  On October 15th of course.  Against the Islanders.  (An aside – if I wanted to buy a fishermans jersey, and I am not saying I do, are they for sale?)

Yep, the Penguins will let you know when they will wear their various jerseys.

Imagine if this concept were applied to a National League Baseball Team.

Now, I know it’s a birthright that RA Dickey and Jon Niese should be allowed to decide what a billion dollar company uses as its image, but lets open our minds…..

…if fans knew what the National League Baseball Team was going to wear, then they could dress accordingly.  (In a perfect world this wouldn’t be an issue, we’d all know to wear blue).

I still think the Treaty of Flushing is a solid idea….look nice most of the time, have your dopey Black Friday or whatever, and Anything Goes Sundays.   It’s a reasonable compromise Jeff.  Build a brand.  Stop being all over the place.

Metsmerized wants Ryne Sandberg for Mets manager

Good stuff from Metsmerized who I hope will forgive the long excerpt…. definitely worth a read!

Sandberg is as intense as Wally Backman and more experienced, but comes without any of the risk or baggage. He is intelligent, confident and understands the fundamentals of the game like Bobby Valentine, but doesn’t have the desire to be the main attraction and center of attention.

You want someone who can emphasize playing solid defense to Wright, Bay and Reyes? Sandberg has nine gold gloves to back him up…

You want someone who can teach this team the importance of fundamentals on the basepaths and the art of stealing bases? Sandberg has 344 career stolen bases to back him up…

You want someone who can get some of our players to elevate their game and performance level? Sandberg has 10 All Star selections to back him up…