If it weren’t bad enough that last nights rain out messes up this weekends pitching rotation it also let this ridiculous controversy over Carlos Delgado and Curtain Call-gate percolate. Again I’ll state my position here as Pro-Delgado. Fans have every right to boo and as I’ve stated in the past as well I have never booed a player for any team I root for (why boo when I can kill them here) but as a fan it’s your right to voice your displeasure but fans have to remember you get what you give. You tell a guy he sucks over and over again and then when he does something positive, you want love. Like I said I applaud Delgado for not giving in and waving to the masses, if it were me I’d drop trou and give you my ass to kiss.
Look NYC is a very tough place to play and it does take some inner toughness to make it here. Just look at Eli Manning. This guy was roasted more than anyone on the Mets could ever think of getting kicked around but now after winning the Super Bowl and be named the MVP he’s untouchable. Same with
As much as has been made about the Mets fans behavior the Mets players need to grow a pair and stop the “oh woe is me” bullshit and that’s the fault of Willie Randolph. You think Jim Leyland would put up with that? How about old Dallas Green YIKES! I can’t ask a guy to be something he’s not but at some point Randolph needs to get his team together and tell them if you’re worried about the fans booing, then your not really concentrating on what you need to be doing., and that is a big problem with this team, they lose focus and it’s up to Randolph to straighten them out.
The Curley Haired Douche Bag (CHDB a/k/a Fillip Bondy) has TWO Mets columns today. I guess he tried to slip in a few extra receipts for Summers Eve on his Daily News expense account past Leon Carter and this is his (and our) punishment.
The first column was on Jane Jarvis and her departure from the Shea scene. Now we all know the Mets are the least creative team in sports when it comes to marketing the team and events at the ball park but you would think someone would have the idea of letting Lady Jane play the organ for one last weekend of the Final Season at Shea. On that same note, why no Old Timers Day this year? Are they saving it for the final home game? Do the Skill Sets know what a great event it would be to bring back every player (still breathing that is) who wore a Mets uni to Shea? You could even have a weekend for fans when the Mets are on the road where you open Shea and let fans walk on the outfield and have a catch with kids or other fans (no baseballs of course wiffle balls or Spaldeens only) set up photo ops in the dugout and bring down the two World Series Trophy’s for the photos. Set up autograph tables with as many former Mets players as you can get. On the DiamondVision show all the great moments in Mets history and have fans send in their own memories of Shea. Open the concessions and charge 1964 prices (they could do this for a couple of games as well) and what ever money the Skill Sets make give it all to different charities around the city. A weekend like this would be a huge success and maybe work towards alleviating all the bad blood and negativity between the fans and the team.
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This post was written by kranepool on April 29, 2008
Who says we have to wait for the ‘Pons to do something like that, marketing wise? We want to do three nights (and by “we” I mean “we bloggers and groupies”) in the picnic area – and just cause a lot of attention to ourselves, you know stuff that p’s the old hats (horwitz, freddo and jeffy, unlce saul, etc) off. I will go into it on my blog and try to get a rally going. I think you brought it up originally, that every other baseball team embraces their blogger communities and talks to them, treats them with respect. I guess because we’re right and they’re wrong (I’m kidding of course), and Horwitz is an old fart curmudgeon, they’ll never acknowledge us unless we do something so fantastic, they won’t be able to ignore us.