I offer the following plan to the New York Mets, with love.
The Mets have taken a lot of grief these last two weeks. Whether it’s the Rotunda or Gooden-gate, it comes down to the Mets fans wanting to honor the Mets. It’s very simple…
Announce a date for Oldtimer’s Day. I propose Saturday June 20th. The game is scheduled for 4:05 for Fox. Start the ceremonies at 1pm on SNY.
It’s already Cap Day, so we can know your intentions are pure, and although the opponent isn’t ideal (Tampa) it’s far enough in the future to plan, but not so far away as to seem like it will never get here.
You already know who to invite – you got this one right at Closing Day at Shea. Anyone who has read this far knows the right names to invite. Invite them.
During the ceremonies have Howie Rose formally announce a few things:
- The Mets Museum will open in April 2010 with (specific details).
- The numbers 16, 17 and 31 will be retired later this season. (crowd erupts)
- Announce the dates for Hernandez Night, Gooden Night and Piazza Night – and have them in that order.
- Announce a statue of Tom Seaver will be placed halfway between the subway stop and the Rotunda. (This will create a cool “Meet me at Seaver” location.)
In the meantime either get the “Mets stuff” out of storage or go buy some on ebay (did they sell it all? Why didn’t they keep Seaver’s locker?)
Very easy. Win your fan-base back. Today. You drew 36,000 this weekend in a brand new stadium. Take my advice.
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two things to point out
1. in your Dave Howard quote, I think he and his friends in the front office are obstructed.
2. where have the empty seats been in the new stadium? it’s not a factor of Mets history, it’s a factor of the prices below low-cloud level.
And Howie Rose could give a great narration on Old Timer’s day with no script or prep work. he knows all that stuff.
If they want good non-Shea Mets stuff to hang around the stadium, I suggest going to the MeiGray group, since they have it all for auction, it never should have been sold, and nobody wants to buy it. I know, i’ve been to the warehouse and saw it all there.