From Section 6 Blog…
Let me be clear, I am a season ticket holder, but my seats are not affected by the LED obstruction. My reasons for coming out and putting the petiton together and writing about it on my blog have been because I felt that luck was the only way I found out about the obstructions and luck that had my seats far enough down the line to not have an issue. I feel very bad for the paying customers, whether season ticket holders or individual game buyers, who have obstructions and are unaware of them. Nothing will be done unless we, the paying customers whether affected or not, create enough noise about it. I just want to do my part. I was sick to my stomach seeing some of the obstructions and early images online. I was distressed to know that a father and son may not enjoy a game becasue they did not know about the obstructions. I was pissed at the spin and rhetoric from Dave Howard, all of which is still happening.
Newsday, New York Times, Daily News, New York Post help out us Mets fans. MetsBlog, Baseball Prospectus, Mets Police, Baseball Fever, Queens Crap and other blogs/forums, let’s continue to make noise and have people sign the petition. Let’s get enough feedback so we can take this to the organization. I am sure in this economy the Mets do not need another reason (possible obstructions) for people to not buy tickets. Right now we have 39 people, at 1000 we will take this to the Mets organization.
So eveyone out there, keep up the talk. Sign the petition. Email me your frustrations. Talk to people about the issues.
I’m torn on this one. I feel like I’ve become one of the leaders of “the resistance” as it were (and honored as such), but I’m not looking to get into a battle with the Mets. At the end of the day, all I want is Tom Seaver throwing out the first pitch at the World Series, and the Mets win the game while wearing pinstripes and blue.
Specific to obstructions, LED blocking is just one part of the problem. I think the plexiglass is a bigger issue.
I’m happy to give Section Six all the blog-real estate they’d like, and I will offer them moral support…but I’m not sure what a petition will do. It’s going to take the metro NYC newspapers and WFAN into shaming the Mets into doing something.
With that in mind, I haven’t seen any suggestions yet on how the Mets should fix the issues. I guess removing the out of town scoreboard would help those folks- but maybe it makes more sense to just charge less for those seats, like how the Yankees are doing with the bleachers.
As for the plexiglass, railings and aisles…I don’t know what they could do. Maybe removing the plexiglass and going back to a traditional metal bar would be less annoying. I don’t know how much of the design was aesthetics and how much was federal or state safety laws.
I’d be curious how the rest of you feel.
Six, I hope I’m not letting you down. I’m always happy to help a fellow blogger.
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I’m actually seeing this type of frustration and concern on a couple of blogs. And I don’t think this will go away until we hear some encouraging words from the Mets front office. My group that joined together a few years ago for season tickets is a victim of the LED obstruction.
I think I have some constructive ideas (no pun intended) that I’ll work out and post later on my blog.
thats why i sit behind the left field wall
You did not let me down, thanks in part to Mets Police my blog actually has traffic. I started blogging just to talk about games and stupid/funny Mets experiences. My goal was/is not to pick a fight with the Mets. I love the Mets, they formed the best memories of my life to date. However, I’ve become more and more disappointed with the “spin”; I just hate being the little guy and the paying customer that gets shafted and has no say.
I am not trying to be famous. I am too busy with my career to be concerned with blog traffic. I don’t care about how many people sign the petition. I just want the Mets to say that they have problems with the stadium and they will look to fix it. Enough of Dave Howard and his insane justifications.
At the end of the day I want the same things, to cheer on the team I love and do my part as a fan to help the Mets win a World Series.
By the way, I went to Yankee Stadium this past weekend and was NOT impressed. Shameless plug, but more in my blog about it.