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April 23, 2009

Yankee Stadium Honeymoon Over (Newsday)

As I’ve been saying……now said by Wallace Matthews in Newsday.

..it makes you wonder if, when the Yankees moved across the street, they left more than just an old ballpark behind.

The old Stadium was a vibrant, rowdy, sometimes dangerous but always living place where baseball was the primary language spoken, Here, it seems sterile, corporate and frighteningly devoid of buzz. And if you can’t feel the buzz during the honeymoon, when will you feel it?

It doesn’t bode well for the rest of the season, because if you’re not feeling the mojo now, you probably never will. Sure, the place will sell out when the Red Sox or Mets are in the house, but for the first time in many years, get used to the place being half-full, or if the Yankees ever fall out of contention, a lot less than that.

You know, they probably could get Old Yankee Stadium back in shape within a month. I don’t suppose the Yankees want to move back home after the All-Star break? Just sayin’

Let’s ask the Yankees fans. I know it will never happen…but would you rather they move back?

Read Newsday’s article here.

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April 23, 2009

Mets Mailbag: Steve Somers, Sweet Caroline, Curly Shuffle

DyHrdMET has left a new comment on your post “Padres File Complaint Against Mets Citi Field“:

do you think now the Mets are going to let Gary, Keith, and Ron broadcast a game from the stands like they did last year?

Absolutely, and they’ll be placed in a good spot where they can see, so they won’t know. More on that in a second….

And lay off the Padres. You wouldn’t want to start 2 games 24 hours apart on different coasts/time zones either. We had that last year going to San Francisco. It wasn’t fun. Lay into the idiots who scheduled the Padres for our home opener in the first place.

While it was dopey to schedule the Padres (if you’re going to have a SoCal team in for Jackie Night why not have the Dodgers?) I don’t feel bad for people who fly charters and have to play a game at 4:05pm as opposed to 7:05. Sometimes I have to travel for business. I close my eyes on the plane, suck up the 6 hours sleep, and then get over it. It was dumb.

Brian has left a new comment on your post “Padres File Complaint Against Mets Citi Field“:

Steve Somers is a smart guy, and no shill. So, even though I wasn’t listening lasnight, I’m sure he was being sarcastic–probably at the expense of pro-Citi media as much as the Wilpons and the Mets themselves.

I actually had heard him do it on other nights before I mentioned it. He really believes we’re being whiny. I don’t think Steve is evil, I just think he doesn’t have the information. He’s on the air when the Mets are home, it’s quite probable he’s never been to the Promenade.

Similarly I don’t expect that Keith, Ron and Gary are walking up to the Promenade and sitting in the third row. They just don’t know what’s going on. Keith barely wants to finish the game some nights, I doubt he’s going home and reading Mets Police.

Steve’s monologues are some of the greatest radio around. Very amazing stuff (no pun).

Casper from 516 knows of “The Lee Mazzilli Curse“:

I love the idea of Mazz coming back, I’m Latino and I respect old coaches like Sandy Alomar Sr. but I feel all he’s doing is collecting a paycheck from Omar. We need some new blood.

“Paint The Wall Blue Already (Newsday)“: brought up that everyone hates Sweet Caroline.

It must be “Meet the Mets”…..we have our own song, why not use it!!!????????

Not bad. I prefer that as a “run on the field” song. They should bring back the Curly Shuffle. That was original, and reminds me of the good teams from the 80’s – you know, the ones the Wilpons don’t know about even though Fred owned the team.

DyHrdMET has left a new comment on your post “Paint The Wall Blue Already (Newsday)“:

I thought I read somewhere that there was a physical reason why blue wasn’t used on the fence. something to do with the fabric or weight or something.

I heard that too. Does that make any sense at all? Is blue heavier than black?

i think it should be blue, but the color scheme they have is sharp, and if it’s a nod to the Polo Grounds (it’s not the 500ft CF that I wanted to see), i’m ok with it.

What about this? Make the outfield wall the autograph wall.

didn’t they settle on the Monkees’ “I’m A Believer” last year as our 8th inning song? It worked for me, but I can see why it wouldn’t be good any more.

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April 23, 2009

The Dopey Black Road Uniforms Say Mets Not New York

Not only are the Mets wearing horrible black uniforms, they aren’t even wearing NEW YORK on the road.

The uniforms say Mets, like it’s 1978.
(Correction – in the earlier draft of this posting I said there was a Citi patch. That is inaccurate. As a loudmouth I will not cover up my mistake, but I will apologize for it. Unlike David Howard. Picture now added.)

I can’t explain it other than there must be some exec who thinks they’ll sell some idiot a black mets jersey.

Howie Rose we need you to comment on this today on-air. You should steal Kay’s old uniform schtick but do it in an evil sarcastic way. “The Mets are dressed in black with Mets across their chest. Of course.” Just do it Howie.

If they really want to sell stuff, they’ve sold black crap for 10 years, why not bring back the early 80’s blue road jerseys. They are also a poor choice but at least they are blue.

I like how the Dodgers obsession doesn’t cross over into the uniforms.

Today Sheffield (in left), Cora and Santos start…and Wright bats fifth with Beltran third. Day game.

As I keep pointing out, because it gets late early, especially when you tend to fall one game short, the Mets are 6 and 8.

Jerry I love you but if this team isn’t at least 9 and 9 on Sunday night I will be dusting off my “Lee Mazzilli for manager” articles.

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April 22, 2009

Mets at Tribeca Film Festival

Tribeca/ESPN Sports Day

Saturday, May 2
10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Part of the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival, Tribeca/ESPN Sports Day gives fans of all ages an opportunity to participate in a variety of hands-on, interactive, sports-related games, demonstrations, clinics, performances, meet-and-greets, and giveaways on its very own city block (North Moore, between Greenwich and West Streets). Together with the Family Festival Street Fair, Sports Day will take place on Saturday, May 2, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Brooklyn Cyclones
Sandy the Seagull is leaving Brooklyn for the day to meet and greet fans in Tribeca! Be sure to test your baseball skills with their pitching machine!

New York Mets
Mr. Met will be on hand to celebrate the Metsâ€™ inaugural season at Citi Field.

Most of the NYC teams will be there. No Yankees, no Rangers. Here’s a full rundown.

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April 22, 2009

Former Met Jason Tyner Traded For….Eh You Can Just Have Him

I liked Tyner! This is funny though…

This evening, the Tigers acquired outfielder Jason Tyner from the Milwaukee Brewers to take Raburn’s spot in Toledo. In exchange, Detroit gives up… nothing?

Fill us in, Jon Paul Morosi:

Dan Lunetta, the Tigersâ€™ director of minor league operations, said the Brewers assigned Tynerâ€™s contract to the Detroit organization. It didnâ€™t appear that any cash or other players were involved in the transaction.

So it was pretty much just, “Okay, take him”? “You go ahead and pay him”? All righty then.

The rest is here.