Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

Who remembers Game Winning RBIs?  Bring em back!

Hernandez holds the all-time record, and always will, with 129 GWRBI. He set the single-season mark with 24 in 1985 with the New York Mets. “If you win 10-0, you shouldn’t have one. You hit a sacrifice fly in the first inning, there’s not that kind of pressure early in the game,” he said. “Still, it’s nice to be the leader. I’m sure I have a lot of legitimate ones mixed in with the other ones.”

via Baseball Prospectus | Wezen-Ball: The Drawbacks and Demise of a Stat.

Recently some of us on twitter were discussing whether or not Willie Mays was somehow being paid by the Mets “Bobby Bonilla style.”  While I imagined that would have come out (people like discussing the Wilpon/Katz financials) I wasn’t quite sure…

Stoneham, who a year early turned down Payson’s offer of $1 million for Mays, now wanted players — specifically infielder Teddy Martinez, and either Jon Matlack or Jim McAndrew.

M. Donald Grant knew Mays was all-but washed-up, and was not about to trade away useful players. In the end, minor league pitcher Charlie Williams and a reported $100,000 were sent to Frisco for Mays. Stoneham later insisted that he never got any money for Mays. Either way, Mays was back in New York.

One other interesting tidbit about the trade — in addition to the two-year deal paying Mays the aforementioned $165,000 per year, the Mets also agreed to pay Mays $50,000 per year for ten years upon his retirement. Stoneham was trying to work out a similar deal with Mays before the trade, and Stoneham, who always looked out for Mays, wanted to make sure he would be taken care of.

via THE Review: “Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend” » Blogging Mets.

Cool move by the Mets…and I got to spend a fair amount of time with Darren from The 7 Line while I was at PSL.  He is a very cool dude and a big time Mets fan.  Turner is pretty cool too.

I had hit up Turner before I was on my way down to PSL about getting the team some shirts. After handing over about 50 of them I had no idea they would eventually be wearing them during a game.

via The Mets wear the RIP KID shirts! | The 7 Line | For the Fans. By the Fans..

Show your valid high school or college ID and get a $10 Mets ticket!

 

• Make Citi Field your classroom this baseball season! Join fellow students in the Promenade Level for select games.
• Purchase online by clicking the  icon below (below being on the Mets’ website not here) or visit the Citi Field Advanced Ticket Window starting at 9:00 a.m. on the day of the game (subject to availability).
• Each order is subject to a $2 order fee; ticket price includes all other applicable per ticket fees.
• You must show your valid high school or college ID to receive this offer. Tickets will be available for ballpark pickup on the day of the game only.

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Now what’s interesting is that while the last tickets had a $6 fee these only have a $2 fee.  There must be some distinction I don’t understand but at first glance I can’t think of a reason it would cost more to charge a family per ticket than it would to charge some college kids.