METS FANS GO GAGA FOR WRIGHT
THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JUNE 23 AT CITI FIELD
First 20,000 Fans at the Mets-Tigers Game at 7:10 p.m.
Will Receive Blue `Make Wright #1’ Foam Finger
Vote Wright into the All-Star Game at Mets.com
FLUSHING, N.Y., June 19, 2010 – The New York Mets today announced “Mets Fans Go Gaga for Wright†Night this Wednesday, June 23 at Citi Field to send David Wright to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
The first 20,000 fans attending the 7:10 p.m. game between the Mets and Detroit Tigers will receive a blue “Make Wright #1†foam finger, encouraging fans to use the right finger and vote for Wright as the National League’s starting third baseman July 13 in Anaheim.
Wright is tied for the National League lead and is tied for third overall in the majors with 53 RBI, driving in 31 runs in his last 30 games. He’s batting .288 with 12 home runs, and his .411 average against lefthanders leads the NL. Wright is batting .403 (27-67) with 20 RBI over his last 17 games.
Fans can vote for Wright by filling out the 2010 All-Star Game Ballot on Mets.com and MLB.com. Fans can vote up to 25 times online. The 2010 All-Star Game Ballot offers English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Korean versions. Ballots are also available throughout Citi Field.
Tickets start at $19 with the best seats available online at Mets.com and by phone at (718) 507-TIXX.
Even though it is funny that they are poking fun at Lady Gaga, I think this is a small market promotion. We don’t need to do this to get people to vote. They should just have people go around the stadium handing out ballots, not foam fingers. When I was in Baltimore last month they were handing them out and collecting them later. I can handle that.
My first instinct was to go “small market” too but then I decided it was just silly fun.
I don’t believe any more paper ballots are being collected. I remember reading somewhere the last day for all-star voting at Citi was the DH day against the Padres. If that is the case, all that is left is reminding fans to vote online.
Anyway, the Mets seem to be responding to increasing fan chatter on the internet pushing for voting Wright to the A.S. game, & fans telling Lady GaGa where she can put her finger. To me, this shows the Mets management are paying attention.
Though, I wish they were pushing for fans to write Pagan in, not that he has much chance of getting voted in. But, it would be a great way for fans to show they support the guy.
I’ve been tweeting about Pagan constantly. Hopefully the players ballot puts him in, or Charlie does the right thing and takes him. Or we get enough write-in votes to garner attention that he makes it onto the final player ballot. But while we’ll never vote him in as a write-in, we can hopefully get enough votes to make people pay attention.