The Post tells us…
This year the Mets instituted a new program called “Amazin’ Calls,” where the players, along with manager Terry Collins, reach out to deserving individuals in the community.
During the call the Mets’ personnel invite the recipient to a game where they meet them on the field to continue their conversation and take photos before taking seats next to the dugout.
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This week, Daniel Murphy spoke to six-year-old Matthew Roberts, who has muscular dystrophy, and Mike Pelfrey talked to Nick Morrissey, a high-school right-handed pitcher who lost his brother earlier this year.
In other Post reportings…the Mets aren’t in a hurry to renew Colactus and Einhorn is almost in. As for Colactus, he’s done a great job but why lock yourself in at this point. I don’t get the sense that this team is going to walk all over him if he’s a “lame duck.”
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I was laughing with Goon last night about some grief I was getting on twitter about my obsession with uniforms and how I should write about other things. Um, that’s kind of what this blog is all about. If you want Mets news well Mets Blog is pretty darn good at that and I don’t think Adam Rubin ever sleeps and if you want the opposite of my fluff then Amazin’ Avenue dives in really deep and there’s 17,000 places you can get game recaps and game previews that will be much better than my hack writing….
…so I hang in the space with the regular joes in the uppers. A conversation at the bar. I’ve done less ranting and raving this season because the clownfest left town (thank you Sandy…well, Fred had a clownfest earlier in the year). I can only harp on Mr. Howard about the obstructed views so much, but here’s one of my favorites just to let him know I haven’t forgotten….and no, I don’t stage these photos. I just sit in the seat and try to focus on the pitcher/batter. Here’s section 504. I’m happy to meet anyone up there if you don’t believe me.
The way we characterize œobstructed is if you have an obstruction, something in front of you ” a beam, a pillar, something that’s blocking your view. That’s not the case here.* It is a function of the geometry of the building.
* that quote wasn’t about the specific picture.
