The Mets Police

Uni Watch (one of my favorite sites) threw me a nice mention and link today in relation to whether or not Charlie Samuels selected the uniforms on a game by game basis.

Last summer, several of the bloggers were invited by the Mets for a meet and greet.  At that meet and greet I spent a lot of time talking with various members of the Mets communications department.  These were casual discussions so I won’t name drop.

I don’t remember the particulars of the flow of the conversation but we wound up talking about the uniforms.  I was told that the starting pitcher gets to choose the uniform of the day, and the clubhouse music for the day.

On Uni Watch Paul, provied another narrative and quotes a former Mets batboy Matt Harris and saying the selection was made by Charlie.

I figured you’d all find it interesting.   I share because it’s interesting and fun, and not to say I’m right or Paul’s right.  Paul and I are on the same side of hating the black, and he is the king of hating the black and I am just a mere follower-in-footsteps.  The Black Crowes to his Rolling Stones.

The folks I was talking to that night have been nothing but great to me and the site, so I personally can’t believe there was a misinformation campaign.   It would have been just was easy to say “yeah, Charlie and you wouldn’t get along.”

Anyway…here’s the read of the day…well, of the morning anyway until all hell breaks loose over Samuelsgate.

Man, reading the below makes me sad…

The investigation is looking into whether Samuels provided inside information to friends and relatives about the status of Mets players, among other things.  It’s also investigating claims that Samuels used Mets bank accounts to float himself loans, skimmed money on hotel rooms he ordered for players as the team’s traveling secretary and stole and/or sold hundreds of bats, balls and jerseys from the Mets clubhouse.  The Daily News reports that Samuels reported income to the IRS many, many times greater than his annual salary

via Mets clubhouse manager allegedly bet on baseball, stole from the team | HardballTalk.

I tend to stay away from the personal stuff here on Mets Police.  I just want the team to win while dressed nicely.  I’m not about the gossip.

The Mets were having such a good week.  Everyone was happy about the team.  No, no matter what the facts wind up being, the news cycle includes the words Mets and “betting on baseball.”   That’s unfortunate.

Once again I had a series of posts scheduled that I’m now gonna hold…as we see how this develops.

Will MLB investigate?  What about this scary speculation from the same article:

You have to assume that the league will now have to look into whether any players were involved as well.

Not good, not good, not good.

I’m working on some other things today – Mediagoon has the keys to the store.  If you see anything you think should be posted today hit him up at [email protected]

Here’s what I am told:

You know how all the MLB websites kinda look the same?  That’s because Major League Baseball Advanced Media runs them.

Obviously webpages are worked on advance.   This very post you are reading was written yesterday.

MLBAM made the info go live before it was supposed to.

Some civilians noticed it.  A fat guy blogged it.  Some other folks wrote about it.  The Mets found out about it from whatever source they saw it on…called MLBAM and it was taken down.

All makes sense and was what I figured.

Hi there!

The site has picked up lots of new readers this week so I thought I would say hi and catch you up on what goes on around these parts.

Mets Police is a fan advocacy blog focused on mostly off-field events. I don’t do too many game specific posts, and when I do talk about on-field events it is probably in the same style that you have with your buddies.

I’m just a fan in the uppers. I go to a game every other week. I sit upstairs. I watch SNY. I’m 40-something so I am partial to Tom Seaver, anything 80’s and openly have a man crush on Lee Mazzilli.

When the blog works best it’s a week like this. You guys send me a story idea, we discuss, sometimes some good comes of it.

When there’s nothing going on (like most of October) we’ll talk about random things like a cool Mets jacket I saw on the street, or an old yearbook cover, a forgotten player, an anniversary of some kind, or my dislike of the black uniforms and the two toned caps we call hybrids.

My goal is the same as Sandy Alderson. Encourage a tradition of winning and honor. Not just on the field but in how the fans interact with the team, and with each other.

I write like I speak. Choppy. I overuse the word “so.”

The site is updated a few times a day, slightly more casual topics on weekends, and a few other guys help me out.

I can be reached at [email protected], I am on Twitter @metspolice where I interact (it’s not just links to the site), Shark is not a real name (it is my beloved late golden retriever, see my Facebook photo, and she died 3 years ago today) but the alias keeps her name alive and gives me plausible denial with Dayjob Boss.

As we learned, the blog is read by Mets executives. If YOU want to be heard, this is your forum. Bring up topics and write up guest posts. Email me at [email protected] and tweet @metspolice

Thanks for reading!