Am I Insane? I Miss Many Players But Not Reyes

The Reyes news doesn’t bother me.  I know I’m counter-culture on this and I will be called names…but Reyes being out just doesn’t bother me as much as some of the other injuries.  Alex Cora bothered me more.  

When Cora got hurt it was like “whoa, now who’s going to play?”   When Angel Pagan gets hurt I worry “whoa, now who’s going to play?”   A summer of Tatis at third (or I guess Murphy might go there since it was his real position) would sadden me.

As I’ve said many times, I know y’all think Reyes walks, steals two bases and scores a run on a sac fly in every at bat where he doesn’t hit a triple, but I just don’t see it.   Good player, sure.  Great player, no way.  Reyes without speed won’t have much “game.”

Fiend of mine last night said that when he pictures Reyes he pictures him in a black Mets jersey.  When he pictures Wright he pictures him in a blue hat and Mets pinstripes.  If you’ve spent time on this blog you probably get the vibe of what he was saying, and I think he’s right.

I’m not going to freak if Reyes is out.   I don’t expect you to agree.

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Before my fellow bloggers start the “sign Tom Glavine” stuff.  Don’t.

Here’s some helpful reminders…

Mets Headed Home After Historic Collapse

Washington Post – Oct 1, 2007
By MIKE FITZPATRICK. AP. NEW YORK — The collapse is complete. When the New York Mets needed a big game, Tom Glavine pitched one of his worst.


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Batting Practice (Bradenton Herald)

The other day as part of Pile On The Yankees Day II, it was once again observed that the Yankee Stadium batting practice policies stink.

This article I think is a good illustration of how teams no longer “get it” and a good illustration of why you become a fan, and how you come to love someone not-that-good like a Lee Mazzilli.

Fred Andrews was a second baseman who played 16 major league games over two seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies in the mid-1970s. Remember him? Probably not.
His was a forgettable career, but I will remember Fred Andrews for as long as I have a memory, because Fred Andrews took time during batting practice one afternoon to sign a baseball that had somehow jumped from the field into my hands. Maybe it stopped rolling before I picked it up. I don’t remember.
I remember Fred Andrews.
And I remember Vida Blue, who once tossed a lopsided batting practice baseball to me on another afternoon at Shea Stadium.
And Felix Millan, who used to move up and down the right field stands before games signing for anyone who asked. It was impossible to go to a New York Mets game and not get Millan’s autograph. He was Plan B on those nights when Plan A (Tom Seaver) didn’t sign. At least you went home with something.

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New York Giants "Miracle Ball" Signing/Screening Tonight In Huntington

Here’s a good review of Brian Biegel’s book Miracle Ball here.     (The AP likes to slap bloggers who excerpt, so just click the link).  The book tells the story of what happened to Bobby Thomson’s home run ball. (There used to be a team called the New York Giants believe it or not.  Don’t tell Fred Wilpon).

For more about Miracle Ball read Brian’s guest column here.

If you’d like to hear more about these “New York Giants” that never get mentioned read here.

Tonight in Huntington there’s a book signing – at the Book revue.  They will also be showing 5-6 clips of the Miracle Ball documentary.

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Cold Night At Yankee Stadium

Like anything else you get used to it. Every time I visit New Yankee it is less jarring.

Tonight was the first night I entered thru Gate 6 (to the great hall) which is a much better experience than Gate 8 (by the new parking lot and into the bleachers.).

It was raining and I was with a newbie (Yankee fan) so I showed him around. If you spend a lot of time on the lower deck its reasonably nice. I will say that there was no problem moving around the place and we did two full circuits.

I was curious which of their 19 uniform combinations the Yanks would wear – they went with the white pinstripes, no names on back and navy hats. I thought maybe they would wear the hybrid hats, or the navy jerseys, or come out dressed with Star Trek logos. (Note to Yankees fans, that was sarcastic commentary on the Mets wardrobe).

I sat a little closer to home than usual (thanks $5 special!) and that helped. I learned there is an out of town scoreboard which I couldn’t see from section 401 last time.

Speaking of scoreboards – scoreboard Tara made an appearance. I took pics of her (on the video screen) but didn’t have my real camera with me so I couldn’t capture video so you can truly experience her.

I took lots of pics which will result in tons of posts over the next few weeks.

We found a cool merchandise stand by the Yankees museum that sells vintage yearbooks and old baseball cards. Found a few new food places. Newbie was shocked by his $11 beer pricetag. He did enjoy his cheesesteak. I’m a cheapo and can’t cross the $10 barrier (Citi taqueria walks up to it but won’t cross it, love you guys).

I still hate the cinder block ramps. I think Monument Park is misplaced and should be flipped with the visitors bullpen location.

The Bob Sheppard Jeter intro has to stop after one at bat. It gets annoying even though I love Bob. Time to move on. Paul Olden it is (I guess).

When exiting (from the uppers) use the stairs at the end of the deck. You’ll save yourself a ton of time.
(At Citi use the ramps, the stairs dump you on field level and then you’re stuck in that slow moving crowd).
I see the Mets were rained out. Did anyone get injured while I was watching A-Rod get booed?

The verdict continues to be that New Yankee Stadium is the third best stadium in town (until they knock down the old one).

Here’s a question for the class: Citi vs Yankee Stadium 1976 version.

Plenty of pics coming over the next few weeks. I will spread them out so we don’t become a Yankees blog more than I already stray.

New York Mets Auction Stuff

The Mets just emailed us to let us know what items we can still bid on.

I’ll rip this apart when I have more time (heading to the Bronx to do some Yankees Policing.  A rain delay and a camera and some beers will result in all kinds of bizarre posts next week.)

Anyway….sorting by price….why are there more bids on the smoking sign than a locker (maybe there’s nothing a civilian can really do with a locker) and who is paying $920 for a sign?

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SHEA STADIUM AUCTION: Mr. Met Says No Smoking Sign
Current Bid: $ 920.00 USD
Bids: 14

Ends:
06/11/2009
5:30 PM
 EST

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SHEA STADIUM AUCTION: Visitors Player Locker Hank Aaron and Willie McCovey
Current Bid: $ 500.00 USD
Bids: 0
New Item

Ends:
06/25/2009
7:00 PM
 EST

and the below catches my eye.   Why not stick something like this in a Mets museum?  Maybe Keith used it once – but I’m willing to live the lie if the Mets and Keith are.

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SHEA STADIUM AUCTION: Mets Player Locker Keith Hernandez and Pedro Feliciano
Current Bid: $ 500.00 USD
Bids: 0
I gotta run.  You guys know what to do and say…click comments.

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