Mailbag: New York Mets "Saturday" Tickets, Citi Field Noise, Banners and Obstructed Views

Been a little bit on the busy side. Catching up on some good comments…

Re the Mets not offering this Saturday in the (cough) Saturday plan:

DyHrdMET has left a new comment on your post “Why Isn’t This Saturday Included In New York Mets …“:

when this came out last year, i started to think that maybe the Wilpons were losing their grip on the core fan base. If only we knew what else was to come.

someone else added:

Its because its included in the Weekend Plan, which I have. We’ve also stolen August 1st and September 19th from your plan, so please don’t be too upset.

At least your plan includes the Subway Series, which the Weekend plan doesn’t.

Re: “New York Mets Citi Field Obstructed Views Were Not…“:

After viewing those computer rendering of CitiField, even with the new design… WHY did’nt they make the outfiled wall royal blue as its seen in the computer renderings????? I think it looks great in blue… and it offers more of a “Mets” feel to the ballpark, somthing that many people have said is lacking at CitiField. That black wall has to go. The blue wall, as the Mets advertised CitiField before it opened looks way better.

I know I’m in the minority and it’s against my ususal positions on things, but I don’t hate the black wall. The Wilpons should claim that the black fence and orange foul poles are “for the Giants” to shut me up.

Patrick has left a new comment on your post “Did The New York Mets Misplace Their Championship …“:

The only banners that mean a thing, the 1973 and 2000 pennant flags plus the 1969 and 1986 World Series flags are flying in plain view on the flagpoles in the pepsi porch, you can stand under them and take pictures, I did.

The division titles and worse the wild card banner from 1999 are right where they belong hidden, as each of those seasons are as meaningful as the ones in which the Mets did not make the playoffs.

By the way, love Keith Hernandez, but he has no business getting his number retired by the Mets.

Good point about the flags. I’ll grab some pics tonight. I also think there’s no reason for wild card flags/pennants/signs. I’m even borderline on division titles. When’s the last time anyone mentioned 1988 outside of the word “Scioscia.”

I feel Keith should be the next number retired. Ahead of Piazza. I can’t quite explain it – not sure how old you are – but if you were a fan in 1982 you understand what Keith brought with him when he came in 1983. The stats do not tell the entire story…especially when you don’t multiply the numbers by 1.5 to account for the steroid era. A Strawberry 39 home runs was way more impressive than a Luis Gonzalez 58.

Regarding post “A Look At The Assault On The Senses At New York Me…“:

I sometimes wonder whether Mr. Wilpon ever attends a game, because if he did, I’d be surprised that he wouldn’t be disturbed by the over the top nature of the MAKE NOISE department’s crap (which by the way is much worse in Tampa!!!)

I sometimes wonder whether anyone with the Mets ever says anything like, maybe we sould turn it down a little, tone it down a little, not do it as often. I gather that they assume it’s what their SPONSORS want, after all, the sponsors rule, no?

Finally, you’re right, NOISE SHOULD BE NATURAL.

Sponsors do rule. Never forget, the stuff on the field is just there to get you to buy hot dogs and watch Geico commercials. I’m not being catty, the goal is to make money. Winning tends to help, but the Rays owners were doing just fine when they were losing 100 games.