Once again the Mets have completely screwed up a golden opportunity to do the right thing by their fans, caving in to pressure from the Commissioner’s office to eschew wearing the city service agency hats honoring the 9/11 rescuers and victims and instead wearing league-approved gear adorned with a flag, as if that were even in the least bit appropriate given the alternative.
And in typical Met fashion, actors in the drama regardless of their actual degree of blame are scurrying from the scene, leaving those of us who actually care what happened as unsatisfied as ever. R.A. Dickey contends “they” (who?) confiscated the hats worn in pre-game ceremonies; David Wright says they didn’t. Josh Thole says the team was threatened with a fine; Joe Torre says they weren’t. The Wilpons say nothing.
I suppose I can guess what happened. Bud Selig was overly concerned about bruising the brand and ego of his official apparel provider, and as a result leaned on his debtor/friends, the Wilpons, to toe the line, which they did, never giving a second thought that by doing so they whizzed all over the tradition of their very organization, completely misread fan sentiment, and left anyone and everyone to hang out to dry, just as they did with their stupid stadium, the uniform, the Walter Read flap and dozens of other small crimes against love for this team.
Submitted by Ranjrz5 on Wed, 09/14/2011 – 6:28am.
Dickey might be correct… the hats the Mets wore during pre-game ceremonies were collected to be auctioned online.
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Submitted by gored82 on Thu, 09/15/2011 – 4:00am.
I must have missed something. What’s the “Walter Read flap?”
Beltran, Perez, and Castillo
Submitted by Ranjrz5 on Thu, 09/15/2011 – 8:03pm.
Beltran, Perez, and Castillo did not attend a meet-and-greet with wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital last year… and it quickly became over-analyzed and a mountain out of a molehill.
same old
Submitted by Jon Springer on Fri, 09/16/2011 – 8:14am.
Just insert any event over the last 3 years (or last 50): Beltran’s knee … Madoff … Willie’s firing … and the Mets will find a way to screw up how its handled and/or is reported.
Wally Backman
Submitted by Matt B on Sun, 09/25/2011 – 7:13am.
will be coaching first base the rest of the season. Mookie has a death in the family to attend to. Maybe Wally wears 86? I think he wore it in Spring Training.
If you’re counting bullpen
Submitted by Ranjrz5 on Sun, 09/25/2011 – 9:26am.
If you’re counting bullpen catchers, Mets.com lists Eric Langill, wearing #53.
Reed, not Read
Submitted by EdgyDC on Sun, 09/25/2011 – 12:16pm.
Sheesh, the Walter Reed thing was nothing. If you want to see the Mets dropping a big red PR brick on their feet, rewind to the Tony Bernazard firing. Whooh, brother.