SLACKISH REACTION: Well, any search for Mets turns up 50000000000 articles that Luis Rojas is the new manager.
I think the Mets are attempting to walk a tightrope so they can have Rojas be at Fanfest. They put the press release out last night and announced the press conference today, meaning their good news will be completely utterly overshadowed by Eli Manning’s retirement.
I think they should have just told the media to come by tomorrow at Fanfest and introduced Mr. Lopez to the world in the middle of that. But whatever.
So it the beat incompetent or has everyone been asked to play along? I see Dan Matlack has deleted his tweet about his dad.making the Mets Hall.
The original tweet said his dad had been enshrined, and there was a photo of Dan and Jon in front of Citi Field.
My guess is the beat is incompetent and this is one of the “surprises” that will get announced at Fanfest as the Mets look to make a big splash.
Speaking of Fanfest. Our old pal @mediagoon asked for credentials and was denied. Now this is interesting to me.
The Mets had sent out a Media Alert which is how I know JDG, Matz, Rosario and Vulgar Pete will be there. (Why not tell fans? Or is that my role in this?) In that Alert which was sent to @mediagoon as well it says…..
On the day of the event, the Mets will honor 2019 BBWAA cards, 2019 Mets Season Credentials and 2019 MLB Season Credentials. Additional members of the media who do not have credentials and are interested in covering the event are asked to RSVP to (METS JUNIOR EMPLOYEE’S EMAIL) by Friday, January 24 by 2 p.m. Members of the media are asked to park in Lot G off Seaver Way and enter at the Hodges VIP Entrance.
So Goon asked and was denied. Goon tells me that the reason is that they are only credentialing people who were credentialed last year. So Mets, why does it say that second sentence about asking to RSVP?
I think this is a junior employee making a mistake and nothing nefarious. Clearly Goon isn’t trying to beat the Mets out of $20. I am sharing this publicly because I know people in Flushing read the site and I am hopeful someone out there will ask the junior employee to reconsider.
At this time let me say that the Mets have always been nothing but good to me personally, even as I continue to poke at them constantly. I did not ask for credentials to this event, and I will assume they would have granted them to me as they have never said no to me in the past. On that front, I cannot even remember the last time I asked to be credentialed – I remember one time in Florida – and I don’t think I have ever initiated the request for Queens.
Over the years the Mets have invited me to many events, although none since the New Press Regime took over. I tended to decline, with much thanks and appreciation, much more than I accepted. I continue to be thankful that the Mets include me in their press release distribution most nights.
Anyway, just thought it was an interesting decline. I don’t think it’s nefarious, just a bad call by the junior employee.
