Well, we’re 22 days from the official start of spring training for the New York Mets (and seven days from the football game that people actually care about.) The first 2012 Topps baseball cards will make their appearance in stores this week.
David Wright (Photo credit: Paul Hadsall)
And a few major league teams held fanfest events this weekend. (Sometimes I wonder why New York sports teams developed this mentality of expecting fans to shower them with money just because they exist.)
At the annual Chicago White Sox fan convention on Friday, emperor-for-life Bud Selig decreed that “clubs really want” his expanded playoff system and wants it to be implemented this season. I was initially in favor of the plan – and I still am – but I don’t see the need to rush into it. (Then again, maybe I just dislike the idea because Selig is pushing it… )
Some odds & ends:
- Bill Miller offers Ten Facts About Mets Third Baseman David Wright at The On Deck Circle
- Shannon Shark found a really creepy Keith Hernandez coat rack to post about at Mets Police
- Via Top Prospect Alert Minor League Blog, I ran across this old article about former New York Mets catcher Mackey Sasser getting inducted into the Wiregrass Sports Hall of Fame, which would be interesting to anyone who wondered what Sasser did after retiring in 1995.
- And for fans of the Montreal Expos or Newark Bears, here’s an article from the Calgary Herald about Tim Raines and his thoughts on the Hall of Fame.
The best idea that baseball ever had was BUD RETIRING!
Hey Bud, “There are no ties in baseball”
This Bud is not for me!