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I like sharing tidbits from the press notes with you guys.  Do you care?  Should I not bother?  Continue doing it?

STARTERS IN RELIEF: LHP Chris Capuano and RHP R.A. Dickey
both pitched in relief in Sunday’s 3-2 win at Atlanta after starting
earlier in the week…The last time TWO Mets starters pitched in the
same game in relief was April 9, 1997 when Rick Reed and Brian
Bohanon relieved Dave Mlicki in the Mets’ 3-2, 14-inning loss at Los
Angeles (NL).

DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE: The Mets have collected 32 doubles,
tied for seventh in the majors…New York has had at least one
double in 15 of its first 16 games, the only game New York was held
without a two-base hit was April 10 vs. Washington…Jose Reyes is
tied for eighth in the majors with six doubles.

JOSE REYES: Has collected at least one hit in 14 of New York’s
16 games this season…The Mets shortstop is tied for ninth in the
majors with 23 hits, tied for fourth in the majors with eight multi-hit
games, tied for eighth in the majors in total bases (36) and tied for
fifth in the majors with nine extra-base hits.

ROSTER MOVE: The New York Mets today recalled infielder Justin
Turner from Buffalo (AAA) of the International League and
designated infielder Brad Emaus for assignment…Turner will wear
uniform #2…Turner, 26, was hitting .300 (12-40) with six runs
scored, three doubles, two triples and two RBI in 10 games with the
Bisons this season…The 6-0, 208-pounder went 1-8 (.125) with a
double in four games with the Mets last July…He batted .333
(104-312) with 22 doubles, 11 home runs and 35 RBI in 78 games
last season with Buffalo after he was claimed off waivers from the
Baltimore Orioles on May 25, 2010…Turner also appeared in five
games with the Orioles last year, going hitless in nine at-bats
Turner batted .231 (9-39) with two doubles and five RBI in 19…
games this spring.

MINOR NOTE: Buffalo outfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis has reached
base safely in all 11 games and has a seven-game hitting streak
(.400, 10-25).

THIS DATE IN METS HISTORY: Ed Kranepool hits the first of his 118
home runs with a shot off Bob Shaw at the Polo Grounds in a 5-4 win
over the Braves on April 19, 1963…After dropping their first two games
at Shea, the Mets finally christen their new ballpark with a win on April
19, 1964 with a 6-0 triumph over the Pirates.

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METS RECALL INFIELDER JUSTIN TURNER
DESIGNATE INFIELDER BRAD EMAUS FOR ASSIGNMENT

FLUSHING, N.Y., April 19, 2011 – The New York Mets today announced that they have recalled infielder Justin Turner from Buffalo (AAA) of the International League and designated infielder Brad Emaus for assignment. Turner will wear uniform #2 and will be available for tonight’s 7:10 p.m. game vs. Houston.

Turner, 26, was hitting .300 (12-40) with six runs scored, three doubles, two triples and two RBI in 10 games with the Bisons this season.

The 6-0, 208-pounder went 1-8 (.125) with a double in four games with the Mets last July. He batted .333 (104-312) with 22 doubles, 11 home runs and 35 RBI in 78 games last season with Buffalo after he was claimed off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles on May 25, 2010. Turner also appeared in five games with the Orioles last year, going hitless in nine at-bats.

Turner batted .231 (9-39) with two doubles and five RBI in 19 games this spring.

Emaus was hitting .162 (6-37) with one RBI in 14 games with the Mets this year.

Sparks is entertaining me this morning.  He has written a fun parody song to Don’t Worry Be Happy.  Head on over to Third Coast Mets Fan and listen to the Bobby McFerrin video and enjoy all the verses to the parody, one of which I have mentioned here.

The Wipon’s bills will all be late

They won’t sell controlling stake.

So don’t worry

Be happy

via Third Coast Mets Fan.

The Mets Police remind you that the Wilpons pay all their bills on time and this link to a parody song in no way is meant to suggest that there are any financial shenanigans in Flushing.

The one time the Wilpons owed me money was in 2007 when I had laid out some money for playoff tickets.  My money was promptly returned.

Ah hell, I really like the chorus to the song.

Boooo, boo-boo, boo-boo, boo-boo, boo-boo-boo-booo
Don’t worry
Boo-boo, boo-boo-boo-booo
Be happy
Boo-boo-boo-boo-boooo

Go check out Third Coast Mets Fan.

I like today – I don’t have to think of anything, I can just link to everyone else’s awesomeness.  Hey, it worked for Drudge.

Anyways…as we have discussed, Greg Prince and I are like-thinkers, except what I say in two choppy sentences he says in beautiful essays.

He has a big case for The Return Of Banner Day from which I now excerpt just a small part

Watch those film clips from the not-so-sublime years covered in Mets Yearbook. Do the banners say, “The Mets suck and we don’t like the Mets, when are they going to get better and they suck and you suck and everybody sucks”? No, they do not. It is always relentlessly hopeful and ridiculously optimistic. Mets fans, it might surprise Mets management, desire and seek reasons to believe. If they can’t believe in an imminent improvement, they want to believe in themselves. They want to believe there’s a reason they tromp on out to Citi Field when the non-believers around them ask, “Mets game? Why are you going to THAT?” We know why, and we want to show it from the heart. We can buy licensed merchandise (and we will, pending pricing) and some of us can blog up a storm (and we do), but we all want to be reminded that something makes us unique — and Banner Day, a Met creation, is one of those singular sensations that belonged first, last and always to the New York Mets. To the Mets and their fans, technically, but we tend to think they’re one and the same.

via Banner Day Doubleheader 2012 « Faith and Fear in Flushing.

That’s a small part of a much longer must-read, but how can you not agree with even that paragraph.

If the Mets are concerned about “You suck” banners here is my suggestion: Make it a contest.  Online.  You submit your banner slogan…the Mets pick X….the top 10,000 entrants show up at the park with actual physical banners, they walk on the field, then the judges can pick the winner in x categories (kids, old ladies, funny, original design, whatever).  If someone submits an inappropriate banner then don’t pick it.  If someone shows up with a banner that wasn’t entered in the contest then tell them they should have read the rules.

Think about it – when you put a message on the scoreboard those are screened, right?  I can’t have DiamondVision (I am not calling it BankVision) say “Go Astros! Fred Smells HA HA HA!” can I?

Someone has to approve it.   Apply similar logic to the banners.

If you’re worried about bloggers saying “The Mets are afraid…” Please, you’ve met us.  we’re actually nice.   And so what if someone does.

Is someone on WFAN gonna do it?  Yep.  Get thicker skin if you’re gonna operate a ballclub in this town.  So some DJ says “the Mets are afraid of You Suck signs” at 2:15 in the morning.  Who cares.

Go read Faith and Fear will ya?