Jackie Robinson Day

Flushing Flash Accidentally Sends Out Email Honoring Smokey Robinson

This morning, in an incident similar to the recent postal service Statue of Liberty mix-up, the New York Mets email newsletter accidentally sent out an email that was meant to commemorate Jackie Robinson Day with an image of William "Smokey" Robinson where Jackie should have been.  Fortunately the error was caught quickly and only a handful of subscribers received the Smokey version.  A corrected version featuring an image of Robinson's jersey was later sent out to all subscribers.

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Top 10 Things Discussed At The Mets Super Secret Meeting In Atlanta

10.  Mets pitchers will no longer work on pitch counts.  Jerry Manuel however will now be on a Pitcher count.

9 . In hopes of removing the negative stigma of the last few years, the Wilpons are looking into re-naming the Mets the New York Jackie Robinsons.

8. The Pre-game locker room shake shack buffet will be removed due to a certain relief pitchers bathroom issues.

7. Going forward, any future Mets coaches must have real names.  No more Razors and Chips, but good old fashioned American names like Mike and John.

6. Mike Pelfrey will now make mound visits to lick other pitcher’s hands.

5. Keith Hernandez will now be allowed to stumble down to the dugout in the late innings and drunkenly berate the team.

4. The Derek Jeter Ford Edge commercial will now play 25% less on SNY.  It will now be limited to 149 airings per game.

3. The walls at Citi Field will be raised an additional 25 feet.  Ownership felt that since the Mets aren’t going to hit homers, no one else should be able to either.

2. Ollie Perez will be dropped from the team health insurance plan contingent on whether the Mets can prove that “sucking” is a pre-existing condition.

1. The Mets will introduce yet another alternate jersey in June.  On this jersey, the Mets logo will be replaced with…

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New York Mets Accidentally Honor the Wrong Robinson

April 15 has become a special day around Major League Baseball. All throughout the league, players honor the accomplishments of Jackie Robinson by wearing his No. 42.

It is one of the great new traditions of the game.

So you can imagine the surprise on the faces of the Mets players when they arrived in the clubhouse at Coors Field on Thursday and found No. 50s in every locker?

The mix-up? Apparently a typographical error on a memo to clubhouse staff is to blame. A line that should have read "Honor J. Robinson" instead read "Honor D. Robinson." So instead of the No. 42s, uniforms bearing No. 50 were ordered to honor NBA great David Robinson.

The Mets public relations staff, who are used to these kinds of snafus, quickly went into action.

"While the incident is unfortunate, it does give us an opportunity to honor another great American: the Admiral," said one Mets exec. "The man was one of the greatest NBA players of all time, and he won a gold medal for the US with the Dream Team. Jackie Robinson never did that."

Another Mets employee added, "We are looking into the possibility that they may actually be related, though we have yet to come up with anything concrete on that front."

To make up for the mistake, the Mets are planning a Jackie Robinson night at Citi Field on Monday night.

Smokey Robinson has been invited to sing the national anthem.