Not my idea, but it’s so great I want to publciize it.
The Mets and Yankees are both off on September 11th.
Here’s the idea trail as explained by Anthony Rieber in today’s Newsday who writes: Full disclosure alert: This wasn’t my idea. It was first mentioned on our Mets blog by beat writer David Lennon on May 16, the day of the rainout. And he got the idea from Newsday reader Ryan Mulholland.
Good job, guys. Good thinking. And Ryan points out that scheduling this game would be easy for both teams because, for some reason, both teams are home the weekend of Sept. 12-14.
On Sept. 11, the Mets are in the middle of a homestand. So we’d be asking them to give up a day at home. The Yankees play in Anaheim on Sept. 10, but it’s an afternoon game. So they’d be back in New York with plenty of time to get 40 winks and do a little laundry before heading to the ballpark to help some people who really need it.
Here’s Rieber’s story. Great idea by Ryan Mulholland.
