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Honoring the 2000 Mets with Yankees fans in the building?

I know I’m a day late on this (you go tell my boss I need to blog more during the day)  but I agree that this seems like an odd time to remember the 2000 Mets.

It’s sort of weird to trot out the heroes while Jeter and friends look on.

In fact, it’s super-odd timing – why not fill the park on a different night?  I agree with Matt from Mets Blog, it may have made more sense against the Cardinals….or on Old Timer’s Day.

I’m personally not that attached to the 2000 bunch, however I understand that if you’re under say 30 it’s all you have.

I recieved a passionate email from Chris on the subject yesterday…

Hey Shannon,

I didn’t see it on your site, but I saw it on MetsBlog and heard on the FAN about the latest DUMB move by the Mets….

This Friday, the team is honoring the 10-year anniversary of the 2000 National League Champs team… before the start of the series against the 2000 WS Champions…..insert rant here.

I have to wonder, why the heck are we just hearing about this “reunion” now?! When there has been events planned for the ’69 (last year) or ’86 teams (August 2006), it has been announced before the season even starts. Do I dare wonder if this is something being done out of desperation to get fans in the seats?! Common logic would say that there is no way that could be the reason, as they have to know that the Subway Series ALWAYS sells out. No matter how bad the team may get, people will still be at Citi for these three games – even if 20,000 of the 41,000 are Yankee fans.

I have to wonder even more, for a team that is suffering at the box office this year, why not hold this event when the Cardinals come into town at the end of July? Well, that wouldn’t work for them of course, because that series is a Tuesday to Thursday series. Why not then the following weekend, against the Diamondbacks? I know they beat ARI in 1999, but at least it would have a connection to 2000 as many on that team were on the ’99 team. Or even better, why not in early July when they host a weekend series against the Braves? The Mets may not have beaten Atlanta that year, but at least one can connect the WS appearance in 2000 to all the heartache the Braves dealt us in those years.

Keep in mind, the 1969 reunion in late August last year drew over 38,000 to a Phillies game at Citi while the team was literally falling apart and out of the race. The 1986 reunion in August 2006 at Shea drew a 55,000+ sellout against the Rockies. Granted, it was during the team’s beat down of the NL, but the next day they drew only 40,000 fans and had only 47,000 in town the next Saturday vs. Philly.

Those numbers do not lie, the same way the numbers about this year’s attendance don’t lie. Wasting this event, which would draw fans to the park (including many who do not even remember 1986 but relished in the fun of the 2000 playoffs), on a weekend when they are hosting the team that we LOST TO in the W.S. that year is just another sign that the organization has absolutely no idea what they are doing and has become nothing more than a blind-leading-the-blind disaster. On Friday, we fans once again get to look like the little brother next to the Yanks (how many “You can’t beat us” chants do you think there will be from the NYY fans that day) and the team loses out on guaranteeing at least one near-sellout in July, August, or September.

Sorry for the little rant – just had to get it out there to someone who feels the same way I do…hence the appropriate name of your site “The Mets Police”.

Thanks as always for all you do and keep up the great work pal –

Chris

Great point about the Yankees fans being in the building.  That is going to be awful.  Jeter knows how to behave, the Yankee fan wearing the Chamberlain 62 jersey (complete with name on the back) may not.

I assume the Mets thought that the Subway Series was the right time to honor the Subway Series, and I’m the one who complained loudly that they didn’t honor team history enough, so I’m not going to rant about this….but I think it’s another example of a situation where they need to bounce stuff off Howie or Cerrone or if Dave Howard wants my cell number he can have it.  Any one of us could really help the Mets avoid awkward situations…oh man, the Yankee fans are gonna be annoying.

I’m sure their hearts were in the right place so I will just thank the Mets for honoring the past, and hope the Mets fans out-yell the visitors.

7 Replies to “Honoring the 2000 Mets with Yankees fans in the building?”

  1. The team is not doing anything, the players are on the SNY pregame show. There’s been no hype, no press release, no appearance on the promo schedule for any sort of ceremony before the game in the ballpark.

    Even if there was a ceremony, complaining that it is happening before a game vs the Yankees sounds like an inferiority complex.

    1. Your point is hopeless. Too many prefer to find something else to criticize the Mets about.

      I actually enjoy that SNY isn’t fully integrated into the Mets and have a little more leadway to do what they want rather than be like Al-Yankzeera.

  2. The Mets are inferior and we like it that way. It’s easy being a Yankee supporter with a better than 1 in 4 chance of winning the World Series. Being a Mets fan, takes every emotion in the spectrum and when the Mets finally win the series, it’s a glorious euphoria that no Yankee supporter will ever feel.

  3. As a player, why would you show up for this? How many times do the Buffalo Bills celebrate their Superbowl appearances? If you want to do this as a split stadium thing with the Yankees as some sort of retrospective then it makes sense. For the Mets, to do this, it looks like a monkey is running the ship… (There may be some truth to that)

  4. Did the Red Sox honor the ’86 Red Sox whil ethe Mets were in town pre 2004?? I’m glad there isn’t a ceremony.

  5. LOL So true Ceetar. THE METS are honoring NO ONE tonight. SNY decided that Mets fans watching at home might enjoy seeing some members of the Subway Series team.

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