So the Mets decided to open the gate last night.
I don’t know exactly when the postponement decision was made, but Metsblog’s article announcing the postponement is time stamped 7:23pm. The press release on Mets.com is dated 7:14.
So FOUR minutes after the scheduled first pitch they decided the forecast was so bad that they should throw in the towel?
At 4pm did they have some “window” where they thought they could play – or is it just fun and profitable to make people haul out to Citi Field, pay whatever it is to park these days, maybe buy a beer and a dog. Hey an extra $40 out any sucker is better than zero, right?
Let’s make everyone come out and sit here, wait FOUR MINUTES and then send them home.
This isn’t just a Mets thing, it’s all the teams and it’s wrong. Just call the game early.
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For those who emailed me about having tickets for last night but not being able to use them tonight…the official policy is:
In the event a regulation game as defined by Major League Baseball is not played due to weather, Act of God, or any other reason, then the ticket will not be subject to any refund but will constitute a rain check that can be either (1) used for admission to the rescheduled game, if any, subject to certain doubleheader limitations (see below), or (2) exchanged for a same price ticket for any regular season Mets home game within 12 months of the originally scheduled game, subject to availability.
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if you're not sure when the game may be called (like it's not obvious at 4pm), it makes sense to open the gates so your fans aren't standing out in the rain.
I remember a game I went to in 2006 where it started raining around 1:30pm (I was actually at the US Open that day and it was washed out), I went to Shea for 4:40pm, since I knew the tennis was done, and was held outside under the awning at Gate C until about 5:20pm when they let us in. I had even called the Mets rain hotline from the Tennis Center before heading over there and they had nothing. I sat under cover at Shea, and was very grateful for that since the Tennis Center doesn't have under cover seating. I wandered a bit, ate, and went to the RF corner waiting for the game to be called, which was just after 7pm, and then I was real close to the exit by the train station.
point of the story being that it was good that they opened up, even if it was just to allow the fans who came out a dry place to go until they call it. summertime weather here is fickle, so you never know when you may get the game in. i got a refund on the Mets ticket but not the tennis.