Year: 2013

This is a zoom from a graphic that appeared in an email from MLB.com

The Mets will host their annual Winter Blood Drive for the New York Blood Center on Thursday, January 3, in Citi Field’s Caesars Club from 10 am to 5 pm (Hodges VIP Entrance). Parking is available in Lot G located on 126th Street.

Donors must be 17 years of age (16 with parental permission), weigh at least 110 lbs and be in good health. Each donor will receive a voucher for a pair of tickets to a Mets game in April. Bring ID with photo or signature.

Call 1-800-933-BLOOD for more information.

Give the gift of life, give blood.

I like the come-hither look of the nice lady helping Mr Met.

Happy New year. Last year was a very weird year. Wright becomes the all time Mets hits leader, Johan gets the Mets No Hitter (Shannon no matter what you say, that’s not where Johan’s season got messed up.It’s where his ankle got stepped on covering first base), and RA Dickey won 20 games, the NL CY YOUNG, and then got dealt to Toronto.

I was there for Opening Day,the No Hitter, Wright becoming the hits leader and also for Dickey’s 20th win. I ended up going to forty-five games last year. Twenty of them were from my season ticket plan, another twenty I either bought from the box office or stub hub, two I got from friends, and three from the Mets( two of those times it was blogger night and one I won tickets in a contest).

Was it a great season overall, eh. The Mets teased us with a fiery first half, then started playing to the teams real level. There were some historic moments which were awesome. And just having a group of friends to hang with at the stadium during the games helped get through the crappy moments in games.

Seeing the new dropshadowless jerseys on the field, the very limited use of the black jerseys and the hybrid caps disappearing were some other great things to see happen during the Mets 50th Anniversary year. The long overdue announcement of the 2013 All Star Game at CitiField was finally made, Banner Day returned and the Mets honored former players with bobble head days. Hell, John Franco was even inducted into the Mets HOF.

Here is another great thing that happened this year. The addition of the Pat Lafrieda Steak Sandwich to the CitiField concessions.

Here is some video I shot from Dickey’s 20th Win

blue from Media Goon aka Keith Blacknick on Vimeo.

John Franco’s Mets HOF Speech

Untitled from Media Goon aka Keith Blacknick on Vimeo.

Banner Day First Person POV of Walking the Field

Banner Day 2012 First Person POV from Media Goon aka Keith Blacknick on Vimeo.

One of the Blogger Tailgates

Untitled from Media Goon aka Keith Blacknick on Vimeo.

I also caught this….

dancing randy from Media Goon aka Keith Blacknick on Vimeo.

Here’s the 5 articles that were the most-read in 2012.

5. Is the Mets cap game rigged?

4. Why do the Mets keep uniform variants a state secret?

3. Video, pictures and review of the Party City Deck

2.  I’m told these are alternate All Star Game logos

1.  Mets Uniform Rumor Roundup

This is one of my favorite posts to do every year, it’s where I stop and take a look at the year to year numbers and see where the blog is in its growth pattern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So what’s it all mean? Well, at 1.1 million page views the blog was flat from 2011 to 2012. Sure I’d like to see explosive growth every year (If I compare 2012 to 2010 the visits are up 39.81% and the page views are up 72.04%) but in an environment where people in New York City comment on my Mets jacket as if I am wearing a Columbus Blue Jackets jacket…well I will take what i can get.  Some day the Mets will retake New York and I bet the blog will pop.  Or maybe one of the big national sites will decide they want a quirky site on their roster and we’ll get some of those affiliation views.

Thanks to Media Goon, Dan, Ceetar, Verceman, MetsBro and Osh41 for pitching in in various ways over the year….Matt Cerrone and Paul Lukas for sending lots of eyeballs this way….the New York Mets (Dave, David, Jay, Danielle, Ethan and Shannon) for having me into their home a few times….our advertisers including Stitches NY and Amazin’ Tix.….The7Line for doing the #imwith28 shirts with us, and Murph for wearing one….everyone who sends in stuff all year long (that stuff reallllllly helps)….and everyone who bothered to read one or more of these silly posts.

 

 

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