What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Imagine being a dog. Â Dog’s cannot see color. Â I don’t know if that’s actually true but it helps my narrative.
Now go back to imagining you are a dog and your owner buys you a Mets cap. Â It would look like this….the “sub-zero MLB Franchise” cap.
Please bring this to Flushing!
From everything I hear, Baltimore has been invaded by Mets fans.
Howie said they expected 40,000 tonight – which is interesting because John Sterling said there were 16,000 the other night. Â Tonight’s a weekend and you can’t trust too many of John’s descriptions but still….
Here’s Christopher on the scene:
The Mets fans in town for the weekend series here are like a defacto Blue Cap Army. Very few black hats and a ton of blue fitteds. 28,000 at game last night and at least 10k+ were for the Amazins. Every bar, hotel, and attraction last night and today has been full of Mets fans. In three years here, never even saw this many visiting Yankees/Sox fans.
Got a nice note from John from Playing for Peanuts. Â Since I’m finishing off connecting wires at Newly Refurbished Mets Police HQ and I’m about to go on a media blackout so I can watch soccer at night (never waste sunshine and warmth on television. Â Never. Oh and ABC should just stream the darn game on ESPN3.) …where was I…oh yeah John sent me a note and in the interest of time, Control-V is cut and paste:
The media reports made it seem like wally ran upstairs and assaulted the broadcaster in a rage. we had video to prove he walked up, waited for a few minutes till the postgame show was over and then he dropped some F-bombs, turned around and left. he wasn’t physically confrontational and the GM didn’t break up a fight… in hindsight it seems like a trivial thing, but that incident was misreported and no one was interested in seeing the footage of what really happened, until now.
just wanted to point that out. i agree with you – it wasn’t something i ever wanted to see or get involved in, but it happened and i feel like i should at least try to explain what was actually happening before/during/after…
i put up all the videos relating to the incident here:Â http://playingforpeanuts.com/
that video player has fan reactions (positive and negative), wally’s thoughts immediately after the ejection, etc.
keep up the great work! your blog is great.
Yesterday as I explored other media I heard a shocking amount of people complaining about Santana.
Yes Pelfrey and Niese had a great week, but I don’t understand why there is Santana panic.
Let’s take a look at a few starts….
June 10th…4 runs in 6 2/3 in a loss. Â The guy is human.
June 2nd. Â ZERO runs in 7 innings. Â 5 hits.
May 28th. Â ZERO runs in 8 innings. Â 3 hits.
May 23rd. Â 1 run 6 hits in 7 Â and 2/3
May 18th. Â 2 runs and 5 hits in 7 innings.
May 13th. Â 1 unearned run and 6 hits in 7 innings.
May 8th. Â A 5-4 win…7 2/3 and 8 hits.
May 2nd the 10 earned run disaster against the cheating Phillies.
WHAT DOES THIS GUY HAVE TO DO TO PLEASE YOU?
Santana forever earns my respect for his performance that last weekend at Shea.
If the Mets go to game 163 I’m handing Johan the ball even if Pelfrey goes 20 and 1. Â This guy has earned my trust and respect.
