The Mets Police

About an hour or so ago I enjoyed chatting with Mark Healey from Baseball Digest, who asked me to check out his 2010 preview. It’s well written, can;t say he’s wrong, but I’m going to get through this week without being the most negative Mets blogger.

Maybe I have been wearing my Howie Rose colored glasses, bu I feel hopeful about the Mets today, and was psyched to hear that Reyes will be back.  As I wrote Mark, I won’t be surprised if Jose wins the MVP, and I won’t be surprised if he has a year not worthy of his talent.

Mark is in that Murphy-ain’t-that-good club that we heard a lot from on twitter today, and he’s also on the other side of the Mejia debate (I’m one of those guys who wants him on the team).

Player evaluation isn’t my thing.  I’m more interested in what music Mejia will choose when he warms up, so check out Baseball Digest.

Tomorrow Baseball Digest has Murray Chass on their radio show.  Murray hates the internet I think.  Check out Mark and argue Mejia with him, I’m too sleepy tonight:      Wednesday’s Baseball Digest LIVE- http://tinyurl.com/yz3fspy

Speaking of tonight, I was going to watch Yearbook 1980 and Lost and got suckered into blogging.  Come back in the morning for a Blue Cap Army update and some great pictures from Citi Field.

Last week’s impossible poll asked “Ike Davis or Jenrry Mejia” and 65% said Ike.  I don’t even know what the question meant, I just like impossible polls.

This week’s is slightly less impossible.  Mejia: minors or bullpen?  You will find the poll on the right hand side of the blog.  If you are reading this in Google reader, you’ll have to visit metspolice.com

Earlier today. Media Goon volunteered to go take some pictures out at Citi Field – he’s one of the biggest “fans” of my photography what with my blurry lens and crooked angle techniques so he headed out to do better than I would.

While there he sent me an email.

Before we get to the email let me remind you that Mets Police is not news, it’s just a blog, hopefully entertaining, and use the information with a grain of salt.

That being said, I have two years invested in this thing, have decent street cred with you and I don’t throw stuff up here willy-nilly.

I trust Media Goon and here is what he says a guard told him today:

Hey Shannon,

I went out to shoot pics of the new additions out at Citi Field today. I am working on re-sizing them now. While I was there I talked to one of the security guards(who by the way was wearing a blue with black Citi Field jacket. I was expecting it to be red like their shirts they wear).  He told me the hall of fame might not be ready by opening day.  He also said the bullpen looks really cool inside now too.  Also, he pointed out all the new banners, fan walk bricks, and the renamed entrances.  I also walked by McFadden’s and I couldn’t get any pics of the work going on inside of it.  I peeked though and saw there was a ton of drywall work done.  It is not that big open space that you took pics of when you were there.  I have a feeling it will be ready by April 5th.

Pics to come later.

I sure hope the Hall is ready by Opening Day.

As for McFadden’s – the manager Shawn had told me that the space would be split into different areas/rooms.   Since I’m not sure what Goon saw I am just speculating.

Perhaps, and hopefully, the guard is misguided.  I’m confident the conversation took place.

Hall of Fame.  Discuss.

Friends, over the years (both of them) we have discussed this long rumored “Banner Day.”

It has been rumored that last century, technology allowed civilians to walk on the dirt area of the field while carrying signs.

I’d love to post the video here, but that’s just not cool blogger etiquette, so go check out this video on the ‘Ropolitans.

Do you think the video is real?  Does Dave Howard know about this?  Is that fence blue or is my computer?  How did the Mets ever play a game after letting these hooligans walk on the dirt?   What would happen in the 21st century if the Mets tried to have such an event.

In other news – Media Goon has sent me a note about something at Citi Field.  You ain’t gonna like it.  Coming up at 5pm…on Mets Police.