Mets need a no-name strategic investment partner not a wannabe celebrity

The more I think about it and the more I see people saying HEY LOOK AT ME I WANT TO INVEST IN THE METS the more I think that’s the last thing they need.

Think about it.  When things go bad the media looks for quotes.  Do the Mets want the pseudo-equivalent of Hank Steinbrenner saying things.   Hey Mark Cuban, the Mets have lost three in a row.  You have no power but you’ll give us a fun quote anyway.

Hey MLK III, what do you think about trading Reyes?  Hey Ed Kranepool, are you still watching games now that the Mets are 8 back?

Nope.  They don’t need that.  Let some bankers make their money.  That’s the way of the world anyway, isn’t it.  If you don’t like it, go into business for yourself.

Update on the Dunkin-Seinfeld-McMahon-Shark-Mazzilli bid.  I hope to have an update on our strategic investment group later this week as soon as Lee calls back.

Mock of 2013 Mets All Star Game logo

The All Star Game at Citi Field is kind of like the financial mess.  Everyone knows about it but the Mets are going to wait several months before holding a press conference.

Dusting off the archives, this is a mock of an All Star Game logo that Randy from The Apple made way back.

I imagine using something like the road jersey font.  We’ll know soon enough.  I can’t wait to see (and write) all the blog posts complaining about how nobody could get tickets.

Notes from Mets Bloggers Strategic Partnership meeting

I had fun last night at the Optimistic Black Apple Mets Blogger’s Winter Conference Strategic Partnership night out having beer.  In attendance were Kerel from On The Black (voted “Best Looking”), Randy from Read The Apple and Optimistic Mets Fan Ceetar.

I’m trying to remember what we talked about for 4 hours before mercifully one of the wives sent a text and made us break up the night.

We definitely talked about forming a Strategic Investment Partnership so feel free to randomly publish that in your newspaper along with every other random person who wants their name out there.  (@MediaGoon is reporting that I hope to meet with Seinfeld and Vince McMahon, and that Lee Mazzilli is expected to be part of the group.)

Ah, Lee Mazzilli.  Yep his name came up.  It was interesting to me to watch Randy and Ceetar wax poetic about bad teams from the 90’s the way I do about the 70’s.  We all fell in love with our first bunch of Mets.

It reminds me I am old.  Good thing Greg from Faith and Fear reads this thing otherwise most of my references must get lost on the crowd.

Lots of RA Dickey chat.  Some Alfonzo.  Some blogger nerd talk (who does your hosting?).  Some nerd nerd talk when I mentioned Deep Space Nine.  Uniform jokes of course.

Randy’s going to try to throw me under the bus for wearing my Player’s Choice Murphy jersey because it has black lettering – and my pseudo-matching Irish Mets cap is a deep blue not black thank you – but this was a deliberate maneuver by me.

1.  A non-controversy controversy “Oooh Shannon had black lettering” only helps to promote my site.

2.  I know that Murphy is going to once again be a fan favorite come June, so I am wearing the Murph loud and proud so I can thumb my nose at y’all later this summer with my cool jersey. As previously announced this will be my Opening Day wear.

This was just four friends hanging out.  We hope to do it again and I don’t think it’s a private event so if you’re a blogger whose nose is out of joint because some fat guy in a green jersey called it a “Conference” – chill out.

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Goal for today is to work on more of Episode 4 of How I Met The Mets (9/28/08) which is coming out great.  I will post the teaser for Episode 2 (4/19/84 – look it up) tomorrow.  Starting with episode 3 I stretched it out a bit, and then with the 4th one it actually comes back after the credits and there’s more narrative.  I’m doing the best I can given my lack of skills and assets.  But if SNY were to grab the idea…

King of Piazza is extended until Wednesday since the last two days were all about finances.  More silly posts later this morning, but right now I have to go do some Actual Exercise and work off the conference.

Call me when Ed Kranepool owns the team

I’m sorry but I find This story in the Post that MLK III and Ed Kranepool are going to buy a piece of the Mets to be silly.

I don’t know either man but it just seems like a random collection of names that makes for a space filler article that allows for a dream pun in the headline. Oh and the article works in Jackie Robinson too.

So why am I mentioning it? I wanted to ignore it but I have been doing this long enough that I know everyone else will write about it and then I will feel left out.

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Other stuff I don’t wanna mention includes the bar in Brooklyn that has named itself Shea Stadium. Try blogging about Shea Stadium concerts and watch that gum up your Googling.