Remeember the “Midget Mets?” This was the kids fan club in the 80’s and the club had it’s own entrance at Shea that was where “Gate F” would have been.
I remember in 1984 during the heart of Cubsbusters the Midget Mets fanclub got free tickets to a game – teh Mets picked a crappy random game against the Cubs who had been equally as sucky as the Mets were in 1983. Lo and behold (is that a real phrase?) the Mets-Cubs random game became a doubleheader, and one of the hottes tickets of the season – and the Mets got stuck with 20,000 kids in the upper deck, none of whom were going to buy a $3 beer. Ha-ha!
Anyway, this morning the Mets have invited me to be in the “Fan Club For Kids.” For $25 you get a bunch of crap including a bag of Cheez Doodles, a cheesy orange visor (just give a blue hat), and a buy one get one free coupon for Aquafina. Really.
Oh, and no tickets.
