Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

If this afternoon’s Phillies-Mets game is over by then, the June 26th Mets-Marlins game will be on Peacock.  What a great way to build your streaming package with Mets-Marlins!  Keith says thanks for the Sunday off!

If you’re inside on a Sunday in June watching Mets-Marlins, I cannot help you.

“MLB SUNDAY LEADOFF” – PEACOCK AND NBC SPORTS REVEAL NAME AND LOGO FOR EXCLUSIVE SUNDAY MORNING BASEBALL PACKAGE

“MLB Sunday Leadoff” Begins May 8 with Boston Red Sox Hosting Chicago White Sox from Fenway Park at 11:30 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBC

STAMFORD, Conn. – April 13, 2022 – Peacock and NBC Sports today announced the name and logo of “MLB Sunday Leadoff,” Peacock’s exclusive Sunday morning Major League Baseball package.

Beginning on May 8, Peacock will live stream an NBC Sports-produced baseball game for 18 consecutive weeks, with start times for the first six Sunday games at 11:30 a.m. ET and the following 12 Sunday games beginning at Noon ET. Each game will feature NBC Sports-produced pregame and post-game shows on Peacock

The first MLB Sunday Leadoff game (Chicago White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox from Fenway Park on May 8 at 11:30 a.m. ET) will be simulcast on the NBC broadcast network, with the remaining 17 games available exclusively on Peacock’s premium service (full schedule below). In addition, Peacock will be the exclusive home of the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game – featuring top minor league prospects – which will be played during All-Star Week in July at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

On each of the 18 Sundays that Peacock presents a game, it will be scheduled as the exclusive home of live MLB action until 1:30 p.m. ET that day, when the remainder of the day’s schedule will begin.

2022 MLB Sunday Leadoff on Peacock Game Schedule

Date	Time	Matchup
May 8	11:30 a.m. ET	Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox
May 15	11:30 a.m. ET	San Diego Padres at Atlanta Braves
May 22	11:30 a.m. ET	St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates
May 29	11:30 a.m. ET	San Francisco Giants at Cincinnati Reds
June 5	11:30 a.m. ET	Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees
June 12	11:30 a.m. ET	Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Guardians
June 19	Noon ET	Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals
June 26	Noon ET	New York Mets at Miami Marlins
July 3	Noon ET	Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers
July 10	Noon ET	Los Angeles Angels at Baltimore Orioles
July 17	Noon ET	Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays
July 24	Noon ET	Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Phillies
July 31	Noon ET	Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays
August 7	Noon ET	Houston Astros at Cleveland Guardians
August 14	Noon ET	San Diego Padres at Washington Nationals
August 21	Noon ET	Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians
August 28	Noon ET	Los Angeles Dodgers at Miami Marlins
September 4	Noon ET	Toronto Blue Jays at Pittsburgh Pirates

Yesterday was a Pastel Cap.  This is a Pastel Pop Cap.  I think the Pastel Cap pops more than the Pastel Pop Cap. 47 Shop.

I’m always far less jazzed for the opener when they start the season on the road.

METS ANNOUNCE CITI FIELD OPENING DAY DETAILS

 

FLUSHING, N.Y., April 12, 2022 – The Mets will host their home opener at Citi Field, Friday, April 15, at 1:10 p.m. against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Citi Field parking lots will open at 9:40 a.m. and gates will open at 10:40 a.m. 

 

To kick off the festivities, the Mets will unveil a Tom Seaver statue in a pre-game ceremony beginning at 10:30 a.m. Mets owners Steve and Alex Cohen will be in attendance, along with Tom’s widow, Nancy, their two daughters, Sarah and Anne and Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza. The statue will be located to the right of the Home Run Apple in front of Citi Field. Tom Seaver’s grandsons, Thomas and Tobin, will throw out ceremonial first pitches prior to the start of the game. 

Tom retired in 1987, but the Mets thought they would wait until the man died to put up a statue. That sin is forever on the Wilpons.

The statue of Tom Seaver features his iconic drop and drive delivery and is two times life-size to scale. The statue is 10 feet high from the granite pitcher’s mound and 13 ½ feet in length. The total weight of the statue is 3,200 pounds (2,000 pounds of bronze and 1,200 pounds of structural stainless steel). The granite mound came in nine separate pieces that weighed 33,600 pounds and added approximately three feet in height. 

 

The annual Shea family floral presentation, a tradition that dates to the first Opening Day at Shea Stadium in 1964, will begin approximately 35 minutes before first pitch. Bill Shea was instrumental in bringing National League baseball back to New York. Members of the Shea family will be on hand to present Mets Manager Buck Showalter with a good luck floral arrangement. 

 

April 15 marks the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s historic major league debut, breaking baseball’s color barrier in the process. Players, managers and coaches on all 30 major league clubs will wear the number 42 on the back of their jerseys along with a commemorative sleeve patch. The Mets will celebrate the day by recognizing Jackie Robinson Foundation scholars who will take the line with the Mets. Additionally, the first 25,000 fans will receive a Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Dodgers T-shirt. 

 

Prior to the start of the game, the Mets will honor and recognize fallen NYPD officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora, who tragically lost their lives in the line of duty in January. New York jazz recording artist Anaïs Reno will perform the National Anthem and the New York City Police Department will present the colors. In the middle of the seventh inning, NYPD police officer Makiah Brown will sing “God Bless America.”  

 

Ahead of the game, the Empire State Building will be lit blue and orange beginning at 7:30 p.m. on April 14 and will continue through April 15 for the home opener. 

 

The Mets encourage fans to take mass transit to Citi Field for the Mets home opener. Mass Transit is the fastest and greenest way to Citi Field. 

 

Fans can purchase tickets to all 2022 Mets home games at the Citi Field box office or by visiting mets.com/tickets or calling 718-507-TIXX.

The 47 shop has these.  It’s nice enough. I don’t understand the obsession with side-patches

RHP Jordan Yamamoto, who was designated for assignment on April 5, has cleared waivers and outrighted to Triple-A Syracuse.