Meet Your 2013 Digital New York Mets

The 2013 incarnation of SONY's hit baseball video game MLB The Show hit store shelves this Tuesday.  For the uninitiated, the franchise is known for it's incredible attention to detail when it comes to capturing the atmosphere of our national pastime.

To achieve this, the developers spend a lot of time trying to create digital versions of your favorite ballplayers.

How'd they do?

You be the judge. Check out some of your favorite Mets side by side with their MLB The Show counterparts and then sound off in the comments section.

Mets As Star Wars Characters Part 5: Because Ruben Tejada Always Plays The Woman

If you're a regular reader of The Apple you already know that whenever a spoof photo requires a female character the job goes to the "prettiest" Mets player.  For the foreseeable future, the title of prettiest Met goes to Ruben Tejada. So here you go Mets fans...Happy nightmares!

Princess Ruben: I'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee. 

Greetings From Metsteros

If you're like me you are already going through Game of Thrones withdrawal. I tried turning to baseball to get me through it but it all ended up running together and this was born. Enjoy!

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The Obligatory "Mets As The Avengers" Pic...

...and yes that's Ruben Tejada as Black Widow.

Mets Cowboy Costume Fun Ends In Disaster

The Mets decided to have a little fun last night and fly to Houston dressed as cowboys.  It seemed like a great idea...until this happened.

Oh Ruben!

The team has decided that in the future, Tejada will have to clear all costumes with the group first.

Would Ridiculous Facial Hair Work For Other Mets Like It Did For Dillon Gee? Lets Find Out...

When Dillon Gee showed up to Spring Training this year with a small woodland creature on his chin, many fans and teammates laughed.  After his hot start on the mound though no one is laughing anymore. But is there any direct correlation between the new beard and the improved pitching? Does it matter?  Of course it doesn't matter, this is New York, where logic and reason have no place in sports discussion.  So with that being said I pose the question, would other Mets players be improved with ridiculous facial hair?  Lets take a look.

12 Days Of Metsmas: Scenes From A Mets Christmas Story

"How about a nice futbol?"

Mets Players Going Crazy For "Horsemanning"

If you haven't yet heard of the new trend "horsemanning", consider yourself lucky.  Basically the idea is to get a friend and take a photo that makes it look like you are holding your own head like the headless horseman.  Considered the new "planking", many are hailing it as THE hot new internet photo trend while others call it an enormous waste of time.  This current group of Mets players have shown themselves to be very into social media and internet trends so it was no surprise to me when I started receiving these horsemanning pictures from various Mets players in my inbox. Enjoy.

Link: Tyranny Of Tradition Lists Some Promotions That Might Actually Get People Out To Citi Field In September

With just one final home stand left in another disappointing Mets season, the folks in the team's marketing department must be scratching their heads trying to figure out ways to get people to come to Citi Field.  Luckily for them, Keith Spillett over at Tyranny Of Tradition has figured out some interesting promotions that might do the trick.  My favorite? Ruben Tejada fights a bear day.  Read them all here.

Jose Reyes Is A Volcano Taco, Ruben Tejada is Lava Sauce & Other Things I've Learned From Ted Berg

Are you like me? Have you always wondered what item on the Taco Bell menu is most comparable to Jose Reyes?  Of course you have.  Thankfully, SNY's Ted Berg took some time to answer my question on The Baseball Show this week.  Ted solves the Reyes/Taco mystery at the 1:29 mark below:




Now I know what you're thinking, is this the beginning of an SNY/The Apple comedy team. The answer is no. SNY is still refusing to hire me. They say it's mostly because it would violate the restraining order Ted Berg filed against me.

Lil' Murph's Diary: A Depressed Lil' Murph Writes To His Diary

Dear Diary,

Hi.  Remember me?  It's been weeks since I wrote and, to tell you the truth, it's because I'm a bit depressed.  My season is over and my stupid knee still hurts.  On the plus side I am getting darn good at hopping on one leg but don't think that that kind of running is going to get it done in spring training next February.

While I'm still super pissed about getting injured, what really has me bummed out is how all my positions are getting taken over by other guys.

Mets Blame Recent Poor Play On Youth Movent's Gaming Obsession

L-R Niese, Tejada, Davis & Pagan enjoy a round of Buzz trivia.

Odds are that as a Mets fan, you have already switched off the 2010 season and turned your attention to other pursuits.  Well don't feel bad about it because apparently, so have many of the Mets. 

A Mets employee who travels with the team tells the Apple that this new, younger group of players has turned their back on the traditional boozing and skirt-chasing of the previous generation's athletes in favor of video gaming.  The source tells us that when on the road, the younger players lock themselves away in their hotel rooms and take part in marathon sessions of games like Madden 11, MLB The Show, Rock Band and the trivia game Buzz.  While this may seem like a harmless pastime, people around the team are becoming concerned that the players are neglecting sleep, nutrition and basic hygiene.  

"I saw some of these guys in the elevator one morning in Chicago and it was clear they had been on the computer all night.", says Keith Hernandez who refers to playing video games as being "on the computer".  "These guys are not showing up to the park prepared because they are up all night playing Pac-Man.  It's a disgrace.  Whatever happened to just getting loaded, chasing women and passing out on the floor of your hotel room bathroom.  That's what we did in 86 and we won 108 games that season."

Angel Pagan, one of the biggest offenders, sees nothing wrong with it.  "We aren't doing anything illegal and it brings guys together.  I see no problem with it.", says Pagan. "Also, I'm 28 so I have to do whatever I can to present myself as part of the 'youth movement' around here.  I only have maybe one more year to still be considered young."

Some coaches may have seen the light as well.  Jerry Manuel was watching some of the guys play on Friday night and after seeing Luis Castillo go 3-4 with 2 doubles in Sony's MLB The Show, Manuel decided he should start Luis on Saturday.  Castillo went 0-2 and grounded into a double play.

All articles featured on The Apple are fictitious. No Mets were harmed in the writing of this story.