The Metness Protection Program

REMINDER: TONIGHT IS AMAZIN' TUESDAY AT TWO BOOTS TAVERN. BRING A METS BASEBALL CARD, GET A FREE BEER. HEAR FROM SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE METS WRITERS. WATCH THE METS MAYBE BEAT THE NATIONALS TWICE IN A ROW. Full details HERE. I'm already worried about how the Mets will blow the 2013 All-Star Game. They're supposed to host it. Nothing official, but that's been the word from the last two ASGs. It's the Mets' turn. It was probably the Mets' turn around 1988, but better late than never. (I once read Al Harazin quoted on why the Stars never came out at Shea after 1964: too much bother, he said in just about those words. Apparently a team that hosted 81 baseball games a year was flummoxed by the prospect of opening its gates for even one more...which might explain why Al Harazin strenuously steered the Mets away from the playoffs as GM.) If you've watched All-Star Games in recent years, you know the host team usually has something special planned to ...