The Mets Police

There has been some talk in Metsdom lately of the Hernandez curse. Surely it’s been mostly from bloggers looking for something to write about on an otherwise cold quiet morning. Clearly there is no Hernandez curse, but I am here to tell you about the Lee Mazzilli curse.

Lee, as you all know, is the golden child of the late 70s and should have had a 15 year run in center field but no they had to give the job to that Mookie guy and trade Lee away for some ‘prospects’ that essentially wound up being Darling and Hojo.

Lee moved on to Texas who turned their back on him after 58 games. How many World Series has Texas won since? He went to the Yankees who also shunned him – how many World Series did the Yankees win before they realized about the Mazzilli Curse and hired Lee’s old Mets manager?

Off to Pittsburgh. No championships for them since they released him in 1986.

Meanwhile the Mets had put together a good club, but they couldn’t get over the hump. So they brought Mazzilli back in 1986. Bingo, championship.

When Lee returned, sure-fire future Hall of Famer Dwight Gooden was now wearing Lee’s old #16. Doc offered it to Lee, but Lee being a gentleman wasn’t going to take the hall of famer’s number. That was Gooden’s biggest mistake – and the curse of Lee Mazzilli led Doc to drugs and a ruined career.
On to Toronto in 1989. When did the Mets start to suck? That’s right, right around 1989! The Jays finished first, and Lee knowing he had taught the Jays how to win knew he could retire and leave the Jays on their own to win two world series.

In his post-playing days Lee was coach for Joe Torre, who saw the magic expire after Lee left the coaching staff following the 2003 series. Joe tried to bring the Mazz magic back in 2006 but it was not meant to be.
As for the Orioles, the only curses stronger than the Mazzilli curse are those in Chicago and the curse of Peter Angelos. No force can help with those.

Mets Police fully support Jerry the Gangsta, but he would be wise to ask Lee to suit up in a #16 and sit next to him and end this 23 year drought.

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Oh no!   Mlb.com is reporting that Omar Minaya was in the Dominican Republic and met with Four Inning Pedro.

There’s no purpose in having Pedro on this team.  If Omar is going to take a long shot on someone let’s try it with someone who won’t chew the bullpen every fifth day.

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"The difference between Kevin Brown and David Wells is that both make your life miserable, but David Wells meant to."

Those are supposedly the words of Joe Torre in The Yankee Years. That doesn't sound like the Joe we all thought we knew. Was Joe that good of an actor? Did he play the role of the calm patriarch and then go in the office and rip people to Zimmer?

The Daily News has the book and printed a few other quotes, really nothing that horrible. Sure if you isolate one sentence that Kevin Brown had demons it looks catty, but in the span of a big book it may not read that way. Either way for Joe, the Yankees and the Dodgers this isn't going away – and it's five days before a Super Bowl. The only winner so far – Joe Girardi who suddenly looks rock steady in comparison to the Post's version of Joe Torre.

David Cone, no saint, is quoted as saying some guys were on "the program" and mentions Clemens, Pettitte and "maybe Stanton.". I guess those guys won't be having Thanksgiving at Coney's.

Mike Lupica of the News has read the book and says it's much more and better than what we've been led to think.

Interesting stuff. I can't wait to read it.

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