The Mets Police

The Mets are now on twitter.  They are @NewYorkMets.

I’m @metspolice if you’d like to be friends.

If you’re not on twitter it has become a cool place to hang during games.

Dear ESPN,

Please stop covering the Mets.

I have made a list of things I have never heard said by any humans:

“I’m psyched they scheduled the game for 8:05.”

“These announcers are much more insightful than Gary, Keith and Ron.”

“I wonder what the scores in the Spanish Soccer league are?”

“I bet I can get six bucks for these on Stubhub!”

“I wonder how some random fan reacted to that pitch.”

Seriously, ESPN – can’t you cover the Yankees?  Three Sunday Night games in a row?  What about the poor people in California, can’t you show them teams they like since you’ve made the start time convenient for them?

Here’s the results from last week’s “The manager is…” poll:

51%  Bobby V

16% Backman

12% Keep Jerry

9%  Convince Keith

7% Bob Melvin

4%  Wait for Torre

1%  LeeMazzilli (and I didn’t even vote!)

This week’s question:  black jersey, plexiglass, Jimmy Rollins or rain delay.  You decide what it means.  That’s the beauty of the impossible poll.

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Now, on to the week’s top articles:

I was surprised this got such a reaction but here’s nitpicking the Orange and Blue ad.

How about #17 gets retired.

The Bark in the Park was on Saturday, here’s some pictures and a video from the Daily News.

There’s some wisdom in the Mets letting fans sneak down.

Rant: when you give away black skicaps why wear blue? Doesn’t anyone talk?

Can you wear a Bonilla jersey yet?  If you’re new, this regularly gets clicked: It might make financial sense, but it sure is annoying to think Bobby Bonilla will get $1 million a year from the Mets from 2011-2035.

I like what the folks at The Apple are doing:  did you get your April Series Championship t-shirts yet?

Tom Seaver in a 1987 jersey

Ideas for when statue technology comes to Citi Field

A good discussion: is the 42 thing too much?

I’m not down with the booing of David Wright.

Pictures of Tuesday’s crowd and short line at Shake Shack

Some older stuff:

31 Pictures from inside the Champions Club

Promenade Foot Court 2010

Museum: Broadcast Legends Exhibit

Museum: other assorted pics

Museum: Seaver’s quote pictures

Museum: pictures of the team history timeline

Museum: pictures of the Tom Seaver exhibit

Museum: pictures of the uniform history display

Some links to other sites with museum pictures

McFadden’s pics

Pictures of the reconfigured bullpens

Pictures from the April 4th workout

59 Pictures from Opening Day

23 other Pictures from the April 4th workout

Pictures of Shea Bridge and other interior tweaks

Museum: 30 assorted pictures

Museum: original Mr. Met

The plaques at the Hall of Fame

Seaver gate, Hodges gate and a total of 21 pictures form outside

The best picture from Opening Day..so good that MLB asked about it

We were mentioned in the New York Times! There’s tangible evidence that all this blogging actually changed something for better – and that was that the Mets quickly responded in repairing the errant Game 7 brick.

The new correct Game 7 historical brick, and the now-removed incorrect version.

the Mets Police guide to being cheap about parking near Citi Field

Shea Scoreboard 1965 (pic)

Here are some pictures of some other new historical fanwalk squares.

Yankee Stadium Demolition pictures: 14 of them, 14 more and a video.

Pictures from the 1986 Tickertape Parade

From last fall, the Mets respond to a letter from The Mets Police