Things the Mets have done right in the Wilpon/Wilpon era

[Edgy MD]

Sticking generally to off-the-field stuff.

1. Dressed a ringer in the Mrs. Met suit and publicly beat Serena Williams at table tennis.

2. Did that without getting caught.

3. Booked Speedwagon.

4. Replaced Hagin with Lewin.

5. Built a network.

6. Built a top-level broadcast team for the network.

7. Kinda sorta got on board the anti-bullying thing.

8. Autism Awareness --- that's pretty cool of them.

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[batmagadanleadoff]

They mothballed those hideous black uniforms with the stupid drop shadows and the multi-colored eggplant hue interlocking NY on the stupid black cap with the neon electric blue brim. But not enough points awarded here to offset the penalty points for foisting those uniforms on the world in the first place.

[Edgy MD]

Well, the dawn of the blackies is from the Doubleday/Wilpon era, but demerits go in the other thread.

[Ceetar]

we're talking off the field stuff too? The work they do with City Harvest and Tuesday's Children is certainly nice. As is the Welcome Back Veteran's program.

they replaced a soggy uncomfortable stadium with a modern and comfortable one.

[metirish]

Ensured their grandkids trust funds, they really are swell people.

[ashie62]

From WSJ..

His civic side showed in 2005, industry participants say, when New York City officials had to scramble to come up with a new stadium proposal for an Olympic bid after a West Side stadium plan flopped. Within days, Mr. Wilpon and city officials had worked out a plan for a proposed Olympic stadium in Queens based on a design that would have temporarily expanded the Mets' new stadium and displaced the team for nearly a month in the middle of a season.

While Mr. Wilpon did ultimately receive access to tax-free financing for the stadium, he was lauded for never threatening to move the team out of the city during negotiations....

[Guest d'Kong76]

They acknowledged the Shea bases in the parking lot.

[metsmarathon]

say what you will about the designs and what not, but the wilpons have been at the fore with the whole americanized baseball hats to benefit the veterans thing.

and while it was somewhat wrongheaded in terms of its execution, the jackie robinson thing is a nice and good thing to do.

plus, there's baseball in brooklyn, and that's a good thing, right?

[Guest d'Kong76]

They Metted up the outside a little the second year.

[Frayed Knot]

Kong76 wrote: They Metted up the outside a little the second year.

Yup! The moment their cluelessness was pointed out to them they were all over it.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I left that part out

[Zvon]

Ha. Just got to this.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

The Jackie Robinson thing is a little over the top, but I like it.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: Well, the dawn of the blackies is from the Doubleday/Wilpon era ...

Only techniclly.

[MFS62]

Hired Sandy Alderson to re-build the organization from the minors on up.

Later

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Actual, Honest-to-Blog Met Hall of Fame, that's almost 1/3 the size of the store next door!

[Gwreck]

Edgy MD wrote: 4. Replaced Hagin with Lewin.

Partial credit, because it was preceded by four years of yelling "where are the runners, Wayne?" at the radio.

But more significantly, moving Howie Rose back to radio after the passing of Bob Murphy. The two years of him and Gary Cohen together were just tremendously good radio. I can see one day him and Josh having a similar rapport.

[Theoldmole]

They've stayed in New York.

[Edgy MD]

Bending over backwards for veterans' causes, despite getting reamed over that Beltran/Perez thing.

[Edgy MD]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Well, the dawn of the blackies is from the Doubleday/Wilpon era ... Only techniclly.

Do what you want to do and go where you're going to, but you probably don't want to fall into the trap of exonerating Nelson Doubleday from what you didn't like during his senior partnership and crediting him with what you did. That's a dead end.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

MFS62 wrote: Hired Sandy Alderson to re-build the organization from the minors on up.

I don't think we should count events that were forced upon them by impatient lenders. Perhaps "staying the eff out of the way while the new team does their thing" should count for soemthing but I'm very reluctant to give the Wilpons any credit at all for Alderson or his decisions.

[Edgy MD]

I don't know. If we're going to count Minaya under stupid stuff they did, even if it was apparently under somebody else's initiative, there's got to be some credit for Alderson.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Edgy MD wrote: I don't know. If we're going to count Minaya under stupid stuff they did, even if it was apparently under somebody else's initiative, there's got to be some credit for Alderson.

Maybe. I get the impression the Mets embraced Minaya of their own accord in addition to embracing a league directive; I'd say in fact the entire scope of their goal was to make a show of doing what they were asked to do in the sense that it didn't matter since Jeff was the shadow government anyway.

Alderson I think is more of being told what do under threat and was installed with instructions not to interfere.

[metsmarathon]

anything and everything that mr. met touches.

the apple.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Kong76 wrote: They acknowledged the Shea bases in the parking lot.

But can't wait to build a mall on top of them.

[metirish]

I was going to say "kids free in September" but that's not out of goodness.....

[metirish]

Pete Flynn.....and probably a lot of long term employees like him.

[seawolf17]

metsmarathon wrote: anything and everything that mr. met touches. the apple.

This. And charity work in general, I think; they seem to be pretty invested in the community, all things considered.

Signing David Wright.

[Lefty Specialist]

Shake Shack and the craft beer kiosk. Outside of that I got nothin'.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Citi Field is soggy free. The seats are numbered accurately. The divider-less urinals flush OK. And the elevators don't get stuck in between levels.