Guest Post: Lay off the Cyclones

Following my threat to start the Cyclones Police, Tom weighs in.

Shannon,

You have to lay off the Cyclones, because all they are about is enjoying yourself at a ballgame, which is what we once had at Shea, until the whiners and the “boo your owns” arrived en masse.  The Cyclones constantly give away things, every game, often items of better quality than what the Mets or Yankees give out, simply because they usually only have to give out 2,500 of whatever the giveaway is.  As a season tickets holder for six years and a partial plan holder before that back to the very first game on June 25, 2001, I have been treated extremely well.  The list of items that a season ticket holder gets grows every year and is quite impressive (such as multiple food vouchers, free parking on Mondays and Tuesdays ansd this year a team barbecue, which I hope is on a day I can attend).  In addition, I have written e-mails of both praise and complaint overt hr years, and GM Steve Cohen has always answered and been very receptive.  They run a first class minor league operation and all you could possibly complain about is the goofiness of some of their promotions, which is what the minor leagues (in the spirit of master showman Bill Veeck) is all about.  So cut them some slack, kid.  They may do strange things at times, but its all in fun, minor league fun, and I have never had any organization treat me as a fan as respectfully as the Cyclones have – and I’ve been going to Met, Yankee, Rangers (Season tickets from 1976-84) and Knicks games for more than 40 years.  Keep plugging, kid,

Tom

Tom, much appreciated, and I think a good use of this site.  I hope to increase dialog on all topics, always happy to have someone disagree!  On this Jersey Sure promotion though, yuck.