u/HostFuzzy

Both left the Mets because of money. Both thought they were worth more than the Mets wanted to pay... and imho they were BOTH worth getting paid, but it ain't my money.

Those of us that are of a certain age are STILL mad that the Mets let Tom Seaver go, and we post about it frequently. So, I can't be upset about fans posting about Alonso... he's this generation's Seaver "trade."

Seaver wasn't traded out the blue (and orange), he demanded to be traded. Free agency was just being born and players were making a lot more money than the best pitcher in the game. He wanted to renegotiate his contract. That caused a long feud and then Dick Young <spit> wrote an unflattering article about Seaver's wife that he believed was planted by the Mets. Seaver had enough and wanted out, so the Mets sent him to Cincinnati. He was replaced in the rotation by Pat Zachary!

Alonso also wanted more than the Mets wanted to pay, so he left and was replaced by Polanco!

In Mets history David Stearns will probably go down as the second coming of M. Donald Grant.

I'm not saying that Alonso is as great as Seaver, but you can't deny that he is great and was the heart of the team. This generation lost its Tom Seaver, and 50 years from now this generation will still be as pissed as I am about losing my guy in 1977. We need to get used to fans posting about Alonso with longing, bitterness, and anger.

LGM 🧡💙

He's been uncorking some blasts!

He's been uncorking some blasts!

I remember not enjoying baseball because I had to sit on my father's lap, watching the Mets at the Polo Grounds.

Probably, in what was the first time in a long history of defiance, I refused to go to the new Shea Stadium until I got my own seat!

Between games at a double header I remember seeing the players competing in a cow milking contest and an egg tossing competition! That was the spark that made me want to come back again.

I remember at the top of the scoreboard there was a big square Mets logo, and magically a player's photo would appear!

I loved the venders wandering the stands hawking their goods. Buying a banner that I later hung on my bedroom wall. Eating the cold hot dogs and ice cream cream from a dixie cup with a flat wooden spoon.

I remember Casey Stengle making me laugh whenever I saw him on TV.

I remember my favorite players... Ron Hunt for getting hit by pitches... Rich Folkers because he looked like me... Buddy Harrelson because he could bunt for base hits... Kingman for his moon shots... Ellis Valentine's cannon... Gil Hodges with shoe polish on a baseball, and crying when he died... Don Clendenon for carrying us to the championship on his back... Tom Seaver with his dirty knee and the shock of him being traded... Davey Johnson using a computer (gasp!)... Bill Robinson the "hitting instructor" hitting Rick Rhoden... and I thousands more fond memories...

That we aren't having a good season is a kind understatement, but the love I have for the team... yes even THIS team... remains unshaken. As bad as this season is, somewhere out there, is a kid making new memories and building a love that will last them the next 60 years. Hang on kid, it's a hell of a ride! LGM 🧡💙

When I was a kid, the All Star Game was played by gods and legends. Seems different now. Probably just a perception issue from looking through nostalgia colored glasses.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. LGM 🧡💙

Unfortunately, you can only bobble his head 5 times before you have to put him away to rest for a week.

Jorge Polanco has come off the IL! (What's the over/under on his next trip?)

Great article by Danny Abriano. Another head needs to roll.

... I hope it was some else's bullpen!

We need to ghost this forker! He CAN'T be allowed to pitch for us again. If we can't get a bag of damaged balls for him, just cut him! He's as effective as Stearns. Someone off the waver wire could replace either one of them.

Very few players that come to us and play good the first year. Is that the issue?

Is it the pressure of playing for a new contract?

Is he not 100% healthy?

Am I just expecting too much out of him?

WTF?

I need a life. Not a real life, but one that can keep me amused until the late game time.

Watching McLean it brought to mind Gooden and his control of his curveball. Gooden had batters buckling and bailing to avoid being hit by the pitch... only to have it break into the strike zone. McLean has the ability to make his breaking pitches look like strikes, but then break out of the zone. When he can also throw them so they look like balls and break into the zone he'll be unhittable. LGM 🧡💙

I'm really liking this kid. (I do wish he would catch the ball with two hands, but who does these days?) He's one of the VERY few players on the team that I look forward to seeing hit with runners on base. My gut feeling is that he's good and he's going to be even better. How accurate is my gut? I'm such a bad evaluator of Met players because my heart is bigger than my brain!