The Mets Police

It seems every day this week there has been something in the paper about Dan Murphy’s defense.   It’s a very boring topic.

Yes he looked like me in left, but I rarely remember throwing anything at my TV when he was at first base.  Is he Keith Hernandez?  No, but not too many are.   Just catch everything thrown to you and that’s fine 99% of the time.

I think the bigger question about first is whether or not the team can live with 12 home runs?   The flip-side is that Murph led the team in 2009 in that category, so it would be odd to not consider him a starter heading into 2010.

How about we just enjoy a home grown player for what he is.  Maybe 12 home runs becomes 18, and the defense is ok.  Unless the Padres are trading Adrian Gonzales for Luis Castillo (oh wait, the Mets didn’t sign Hudson so now Castillo needs to stay) there’s little out there that interests me, so why not Murph?

The Mets made a good move getting Keith Hernandez out there to teach.  They should have done that years ago when they inexplicably didn’t stick Piazza at first for the full 35 games in the spring.

I know this Murph stuff fills column space, so in the end that’s really what we’re reading about.  This week you will read 5 billion generic “can the Mets rebound from injuries?” type stories and another billion “the Mets have question marks” articles.

That’s why I appreciate the different. One blog you should regularly visit is Mets Walkoffs.   Here’s one that thinks about where Strawberry would be in the Mets Pantheon had he not left for LA, and another that points out to you youngsters just how great Gooden was and that he’s clearly the best Mets pitcher of the last THIRTY years.  Seaver is nice and all but think about that, the last THIRTY years.

Or what about Centerfield Maz, who also does his own thing.  Who else would write a column about Tom Veryzer or Sherman Jones (who?).

There’s plenty of great Mets related writing out there, including the newspapers, but the same column over and over (is Reyes healthy?  Can David Wright’s power come back?  Will Jerry/Omar last the season?) bores me.

Cool stuff here from the 1970’s as “fun generic content while Shannon is at the airport” day continues!

Here’s Lady Met (what happened to her?) and click here for more fun.

I see a bit of a discussion about a proposed Mascot race at Citi.

Some thoughts:

1.  Don’t do it, it’s lame.

2.  If it has gotten as far as MetsBlog mentioning it, that means it’s being discussed outside of Wilpon’s Bunker, and it’s being talked about more than just as a passing idea.

3.  These are the Wilpon Mets, the team that ignore’s it’s own tradition and borrows traditions from others.  Do you remember when the Mets stole the YMCA thing from the Yankees for about a week.  Yes they did, I saw it with my own eyes.

4.  Since all that adds up to yes it’s going to happen, perhaps we’ll see the return of Lady Met.  I’ll actually stop-hating on this idea if they dress someone in a Mettle the Mule costume (just embrace it) rather than some made up Poochie character (that’s a Simpsons reference).

5.  If the team is going for Bread and Circuses how about Banner Day and Old Timer’s Day.

Now I’m waking up!   Heading out for a well needed run, Mets Police Junior’s basketball game, and then some more bloggin’.

MetsBlog story

Real Dirty’s story

I’m kinda fried this morning, but have a few neat items to develop, just not yet.   As the coffee kicks in let’s ponder this jersey Santana is wearing (photo from MetsBlog.)

As regular readers know, I wish the Mets would wear traditional colors and get rid of the scourge that are black Mets uniforms.  However, I will not be a complete Nazi, and if on a spring training day they insist on wearing orange, green or even black letters on blue (like in the photo) I will deal with it.  I even thing the black NY on blue looks way better than the blue NY on a black cap.

I know the idea is to sell more merchandise (remember everyone, this is a business) but even if you wanted to buy one of these, wouldn’t you prefer it without the extra layers of visual noise?

However, why does MLB/Mets/Uniform Maker have to go the extra mile and add the ugly orange underarm?  What does that add?  What does the black stripe add other than it makes Santana look fat in this photo?

I need to find some time this weekend to watch the Olympics Ceremonies, today’s events, some Nascar races, and the three episodes of Mets Yearbook that I haven’t watched yet.   With Valentine’s Day in the middle.   Seems challenging.  Off to have some coffee.

If you’d like to join the free fan-meetup on Opening Day we’ll be happy to see you.