Paul Lukas from the always great Uni Watch has solved the mystery of the pocket schedules and offers proof of their existence:
Uni Watch should be part of your daily rounds if you at all like the stuff I do over here. Mets Police is a mix of Uni Watch, Straight Cash Homey, Mushnick and the crap I have been emailing my friends about for years. Throw that in a blender and here we are…
As for the pocket schedules, read Paul’s article to find out how the legend of no-schedules started. You won’t believe the source.
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On a similar note, over the years I have given the Mets major grief about the design of the upper deck. Well kids, take a look at this…
Awful right? What a horrible obstructed view.
One thing….look again…I took that photo in San Francisco.
It must be a function of the geometry of the park 😉
The physical ticket office is like that guy in Office Space that they keep shuffling around. Antiquated and outdated, much like newspapers. They’re slipping lower and lower on the totem pole of importance. (And gee, you think maybe _that_ is why they didn’t hire back seasonal employees, and not some grand scheme to save a couple hundred thousand?)
And yet people still call them, partially because they’re still the only real number you can call to get information. Maybe the Mets need a ‘411’ type office that actually has information and knowledge? Or maybe that’s our role as Bloggers, to ferret out these obscure questions and information. Because expecting the person answering phones at the ticket office to know much more than the price breakdown is basically the same as expecting the person answering the phones at Verizon to know why your email isn’t syncing on your phone.
Most of newer park had the obstructed views. It just comes with the new construction making everything closer to the field. The only thing is the other teams don’t advertise that they don’t have obstructed views.
the only time that section is not filled is when the giants play weak teams. besides that there is really no bad view.
even sitting in the bleachers is a good seat.and nothing beats mc covey cove,the coca cola bottle slide and the view of the bay bridge and the great bars acrross the street.
it make s watching the mets more fun !
another AT&T story’
in 2005, a friend of mine was working for the giants and gave me tix in the second row behind the plate for a mets game.
between home and first,you can exit your seat to get food and beverages. it is the same hall way the players walk to get to the club houses. i left my seat in the 8th inning and by the time the game was over i had the chance to shake hands with every mets player entering the club house.
way cool mets experience !
The more teams focus on “providing an experience”–which they have to do to justify the ticket prices–the less focus you see on the games themselves. The attitude seems to be “who cares if you can’t see 3rd base when there’s a friggin’ shopping mall on the concourse and a petting zoo at Gate 4?”
Honestly, closer to the field doesn’t appeal to me all that much if I can’t see sizable chunks of it.