The New York Post reports:

Gov. Kathy Hochul insisted Thursday that she won’t aid Mets owner Steve Cohen’s bid for a coveted New York City casino license — after sources told The Post she intended to introduce legislation that would benefit the billionaire.

“There are people, shady people, who will try to manipulate the [casino bidding] process to their benefit and be willing to put out lies. I have had no intention of putting this in my executive budget,” the governor told reporters when asked if was going to bat for Cohen, one of her biggest donors.

Hochul’s denial came after The Post reported Wednesday that she planned to introduce legislation in the 2025 state budget that would broaden the permitted uses of city parkland for a gambling complex allowing Cohen to bid for a casino license.

The Post reminds us that “Cohen and his wife, Alexandra, donated a combined $136,700 to the Hochul campaign in 2021, according to state records.”

Long time readers of Mets Police understand that the Citi Field site, including the parking lot is PARKLAND.   Mets Police encourages anyone who wants to improve the area to look into local development across the street, such as the nice soccer people are doing.

If the intention truly is to improve the park, why not work with the soccer people to figure out parking, and then we can replace the Citi Field lot with things that resemble a park, like grass and trees, and not casinos that often prey on the poor and tend to make rich guys richer.

We’ll keep an eye out for how many local politicians ask for playoff tickets.

Some think I may have two weeks left of blogging.  Unfortunately for all of us, they are wrong.   Some reasons…

THE GOAL OF THE BLOG

As has been stated all along, I am here to encourage the Mets to win the World Series (might happen) while nicely dressed.  (can’t happen.)

You see, some wanna be casino developer brought the black uniforms back.  Not only did he bring them back, he somehow made them WORSE.

The Mets must win the World Series AND be nicely dressed.  Otherwise I have work to do.  We were very close in 2015!!   Steve may have fixed one problem but re-created the other.

L*GM

I cannot leave the watch if people are going to tweet vulgar things because of the soon to be gone Pete Alonso.  Last night, after the win, a vulgar version of LGM was trending.  That cannot be.  I am here to encourage fans to be better.  I will not let the inmates run the asylum.  The vulgar version is not the Mets way.

THE LINDOR PROBLEM

Y’all need to have a spine.  The man told you to go to hell and you cheer him.  Stay strong and NEVER sell your soul.  I don’t care how many grand slams he hits.  I don’t care how many times the media calls him Mr. Smile.  I don’t care if Steve and Alex name him captain.  I don’t care if he runs off 10 straight MVPs and World Series rings…you do not do this to the fans.  Have some self-respect people.  If he weren’t hitting you’d be lining up behind me, and I will tell you what – some day he won’t hit, and you’ll boo him and then we’ll see what happens.

Thus, even if the Mets do win a World Series while dressed nicely I will stay on watch until this man is off the team.  If that takes another decade, so be it.

You can “old man yells at cloud” all you want, I will be here yelling at the cloud, all by myself, and when the line forms behind me, I will remind you that you were wrong.

Also, go back and look – before he told the fans to hose off – I was the one defending him.  YOU GUYS booed him and I stuck up for him.  But once he did that to YOU, he’s dead to me.  Forever.

BUT YOU BARELY EVEN POST ANYMORE

This is a combination of life being busier (it’s been quite a year) and not having anything to say.  I no longer watch baseball (it’s still boring and starting pitchers leave too soon), although I watched my first game all year the day of the Braves doubleheader.  (Really).  I don’t miss it.  I think MLB has wrecked the regular season.  I can tell you first hand you can jump in on September 30th and you will feel caught up.

Because I am not watching, and I am definitely not attending, I have less to say.  For a long time I held myself to “post something every day” usually a cap post, but I have decided to no longer hold myself to that.

WHAT KIND OF BLOG IS THIS?  YOU DON’T WATCH THE GAMES?  YOU DON’T LIKE THE PLAYERS?

I don’t watch the games.  I don’t like Pete and I definitely don’t like Lindor.

These aren’t “my” Mets.  I totally get that they are someone else’s Mets.  They might be YOUR Mets.  Great!  Enjoy!  Make some memories with your dad or you son or your best friend.  Enjoy it.  These runs come along around once every 15 years, we just happen to be early this cycle.   Take in every second of it, because us oldies can assure you, there could be 5 90-loss seasons coming at any moment.

As they are not “my” Mets, I have little to say about them.  This blog was never about game recaps so I’m not going to suddenly write about the Phillies being inept and the Mets always

There are 16 seasons worth of posts on here.  If you want my thoughts on Seaver or Mazzilli or 1986 or Piazza or David Wright or Matt Harvey or black uniforms or old yearbooks or Citi Field or Gary Cohen or Mr. Met or The Casino To Be Built On Parkland – there are plenty of old posts to be read via the search bar.

As for the 2024 team – boy they sure are gritty.  Second Choice Manager Mendoza seems like a good guy and he sure got the job done, so let him be the manager for 25 years instead of changing the culture every time a bad season happens.  Let the man stay there forever.   They shouldn’t re-sign Pete.  I hope Lindor and Steve get into a fight in the elevator and Lindor finds himself in the AL West because of it.

Looking ahead to next week, I have some stuff on my calendar, so if I don’t post that’s why.

DUDE QUIT YOUR BLOG THEN!

Why?  If I want to write, like I do today, I have an outlet.  If I don’t feel like writing, there are 16 years of posts that live here.

Win a World Series, dress nicely, and get Lindor off the team.  I understand how hard that last part will be, so I have work to do.   Until that all happens, I’ll be here.

Let’s Go Mets.  LGM for short.  Remember that, and remember NEVER sell your soul.

With the Padres winning, I realize this season is going to end just like the last playoffs did  with 6 Padres Fans running the t-shirt people out of the stadium.

Anyway, if you’re insane and like to sit out in the cold…

METS SINGLE-GAME POSTSEASON TICKETS FOR NLCS ON SALE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9

FLUSHING, N.Y., October 9, 2024 – The New York Mets today announced single-game tickets for potential National League Championship Series games at Citi Field will go on sale Wednesday, October 9 at 12 p.m. Fans can access the sale by visiting Mets.com/Postseason.

Fans should log on early, as a limited number of tickets for potential Mets home games in the NLCS will be available during this sale.

The New York Mets will host Game 3 and Game 4 of the National League Division Series (NLDS) on Tuesday, October 8 and Wednesday, October 9 against the Philadelphia Phillies at 5:08 p.m. ET for both games.

TRANSIT AND PARKING:
With capacity crowds expected, the Mets encourage fans to take mass transit or rideshare services and arrive early to enter the ballpark. Parking will be
limited and available parking spaces will run out quickly. Citi Field is just a short subway ride from Midtown Manhattan and most NYC points on the 7-train, including extra trains back to Manhattan after the game. Citi Field parking lots will open at 1:30p.m. ET. Mass transit is the fastest way to Citi Field, unless of course you’re coming from New Jersey.

 

METS BLOCK PARTY: There will also be a Mets Block Party
before both games beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET until first pitch. The Mets Block Party will continue postgame for an hour after the game. The Mets Block Party will include a DJ, appearances by Mr. & Mrs. Met and Mets Alumni, and performances by The Queens Crew.  That’s right, the Queens Crew is Back lol.  Hey, Steve has to keep you know who busy so he can trade stocks, right?

For more information on the Mets Block Party visit, Mets.com/BlockParty.

 

GATE TIMES: Gates to Citi Field will open at 2:30 p.m. ET.

SECURITY: All fans will be required to go through security
when they enter Citi Field. Fans are encouraged to enter the ballpark early to avoid long lines and not miss a pitch.  Please note that backpacks are prohibited inside Citi Field.

RALLY TOWELS: All fans in attendance for both games will
be given a Mets Rally Towel upon entry

CEREMONIAL FIRST PITCH: On Tuesday, Mets Hall of Famer Keith
Hernandez will throw out the Ceremonial First Pitch to fellow Mets Hall of Famer John Franco. On Wednesday, 2015 NL Championship Series MVP Daniel Murphy will throw out the Ceremonial First Pitch. The Mets love Daniel Murphy, always did.  Never tried to run him out of town. The Mets encourage fans to be in their seats by 4:30 p.m. ETfor the special moment.

 

NATIONAL ANTHEM: On Tuesday, recording artist Chloe Lowery
will perform the National Anthem. On Wednesday, Lissa deGuzman of the hit Broadway musical Wicked will perform the National Anthem.

 

WATCH AND LISTEN: Please note the first pitch for both games
is scheduled for 5:08 p.m. ET. It will be televised exclusively on FS1.

NEW CITI FIELD MENU ITEMS: Mets fans will see additions
to the menus at Anne Burrell’s Italian Eats and Wok N’ Roll. The Mets will also be adding a new portable called Walk-Off Café, as well as a specialty cocktail available at all bars.

New additions include:
Anne Burrell’s Italian Eats: Loaded Sausage & Pepper Waffle Fries – Seasoned waffle fries topped with stracciatella cheese, sausage ragu and caramelized peppers and onions

Wok N’ Roll: Verrazano Egg Roll – breaded chicken cutlet, mozzarella cheese with homemade vodka sauce in an egg roll; Burger & Fries Egg Roll – beef hamburger, American cheese, French fries, pickles, onions and ketchup in an egg roll; Cinnamon Roll Egg Roll – fresh baked cinnamon roll with vanilla icing in an egg roll

Walk-Off Café: 20 fresh baked chocolate chip cookies served in a souvenir Mets bucket, as well as coffee and hot chocolate

Specialty Cocktail: Blue Rally Punch – Reyka vodka, lemonade, blue curacao served with an orange wheel in an exclusive baseball souvenir cup
CITI FIELD TEAM STORE: Mets fans can stop by the Team Store
at Citi Field for all your Postseason gear, including official locker room gear, stadium-exclusive OMG products and much more. Additional information about hours of operation and how to contact can be found at Mets.com/TeamStore.