The Mets Police

Paid attendance last night of 49,545.

Final weekend of the stadium.

Pennant race.

I wasn't there either.

Now for me, I'd rather watch the game on HD than sit in rainy dreary Shea in the cold, and I don't live next door to Shea like I once did - but I think it's a fair criticism from the blogs who are saying we're lame fans.

Even Tom Seaver showed up.

Unfortunately, the Mets offense and bullpen declined to show, and tomorrow is gearing up to be BooFest 2008. It will be like BooFest 2007 but twice as loud. I hope Omar Minaya enjoys his four year contract extension. Well earned Omar.

They are insane if they don't bring Jerry Manuel back. Even as leader of Lee Mazzilli Nation, I can't see someone doing a better job than Jerry. He's been fielding a AA team most nights.

Hooray for The Ace in demanding the ball today. You will the hearts of Metsdom forever just by taking the hill today even if you give up 10 runs in the first. The effort and desire will be appreciated.

In the meantime there's still a few hours left to vote for The Dopiest Moment In Shea Stadium history - check out the main page on metspolice.com.

Continuing with our theme of Santana & Maine and pray for rain.....we'll get Rain on Friday which is good (instead of Pelfrey), Pelfrey and Santana for Saturday's doubleheader so that's a split, and Perez vs Johnny Cueto on Sunday - Perez is due for a great game....so the Mets Police predict the Mets take two of three, and the Reds lose their heads (see below)

The fans continued to let the Mets down last night as the fans were unable to hold onto an early 4-1 lead. Jose Overreyes (now batting .260) had a chance to blow the game open early, but fear of being blogged about led him to make the third out.

Even Willie Randolph agreed that cranky bloggers need to do better than 2 for 14 with runners in scoring position:

"Way too many missed opportunities. You set yourself up for a fall when you get that many opportunities early and don't take advantage of it. It's no secret. We've got to start swinging the bats better."

Owner Fred Wilpon was not displeased because the Mets loss did result in yet another victory for Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers.

In other game notes, hideously ugly black jerseys were worn for the third straight game, and manager of the future Lee Mazzilli was in no way responsible for the loss.

Today's matinee looks promising since one of the following words will appear in the boxscore: Santana, Maine, rain.

Faboulous job out of Uni Watch.

Look closely at Santana's sleeves.

Awful.



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