Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

FormerDirtDart does some good work in the comments and on twitter….I actually was bugging him during the game last night to get the “winning streak in non-black” total…which was at 9 before i jinxed it.

Anyways, he left this in the comments and I thought you’d be interested:

Last nights 35,045 was fourth best weekday(MTWT) draw of the season thus far.
1: Opening Day(of course) vs. Marlins 41,245
2: 2nd game of season Vs. Marlins 38,863
3: 3rd game of “Goose Egg Sweep” vs. Phillies 35,903

With 35 ticket dates (out of 80) thus far, and a decent sample size, Mets are on pace to draw 2.64 million (avg. 33,079 per gm).
With school out, and continued winning ways, these numbers should improve.
Or, at least that’s what the numbers suggest to a bored guy living in N.Fla.

I assume that # is from Wednesday – last night’s Saturday+ number was 31.  The wings were a tad empty, I had guessed 27,000 but I haven’t learned to eyeball the number yet.  At Shea I could get within a thousand every night.

The team is fun, playing well, interesting (RA Dickey?  Really?) and it’s time to Show Up At Shea’s Replacement with the coporate name.  (I’m on that kick again thanks to Mets Police Mom).

In this nice article in
USA Today Keith Hernandez has ideas for games being shorter which include getting rid of 4 teams and no replay. Here’s a paragraph from the article that I wish I could italicize but the WordPress App for Ipad wont allow such technology, and mean Day Job Boss kept me from blogging all morning:

The SNY crew, says Hernandez, know they’re in for a long night when pitch-count obsessed managers yank starting pitchers who’ve been cruising through the lineups of the opposing teams — and hand the ball to progressively wild relievers who stretch out the telecast.

Pretend that we’re now back in normal font so you know its me and not the article.

So as I sit here in mass transit wishing the person on my right wasn’t writing left handed (elbow annoying me, and a dude already stepped on and broke my iPhone buds) let’s ponder which teams we would contract.

Remember when the Twins were to be contracted? They they won like 7 divisions and got a new stadium. These things are cyclical, but lets be commissioner for a day and gun some folks down:

The Rays. Nobody cares and there is nowhere to move. Dispersal draft time.

The A’s. I hate to gun down Jimmie Foxx’s old crew but the 1930’s are long gone. Just go to Giants games if you want to see a game.

Toronto. Skydome or whatever it is called is so 1994. Let Canada take the Coyotes and the NHL.

White Sox. Just be a Cubs fan. The Sox built a stadium in the last day before someone thought of retro stadiums. Another old guard team bites the dust.

I have saved the Pirates. I am not sure why. You guys are next. I also took 4 teams out of the AL. I could sit here and make up some realignment plan but since Hernandez Contraction won’t happen I’ll just let you know I am sending Milwaukee back to the AL where they belong and Arizona because I hate 9:30 starts.

What a home grown lineup! I much prefer this kind of team and it’s got charisma.

Am I saying these are the best ballplayers on the Earth? Of course not, but they are our guys.

Add a Cliff Lee and away we go!

Friday, June 25, 2010
Mets vs. Minnesota

7 Reyes SS
27 J. Feliciano CF
5 Wright 3B
29 Davis 1B
44 Bay LF
30 Thole C
12 Francoeur RF
11 Tejada 2B
34 Pelfrey RHP

Mets Police Mom made it two in a row at “Shea” once again donning her Stars and Stripes jersey.

She isn’t being a knucklehead like me. She just keeps referring to how much netter it is than “the old Shea.”

Last night she correctly observed that the planes are far less annoying.

We had Shake Shack (which got the MP Mom blessing) and browsed the stores on the hunt for a jersey.

Yep, jersey buying must be a genetic condition. She saw someone with a Shamrock Jersey – the Mets script filled with shamrocks.

So we walked around on a hunt.

I really like the ’47 shop on the main level toward right field. I just like the style of their merchandise. As you can imagine I took a bunch of photos of caps and shirts that I will post as soon as I get done arguing with Day Job Lawyers over what words mean.

In the ’47 shop I found the red white and blue NY Giants cap that many of us like. $18. Done.

Then we made our way to the main level store near home. There you will find a Murphy merchandise sale. This might be a good opportunity for you to grab a retro for $65. There are also tees and the green Murphy players choice jersey (snagged one).

As I walked around the park I realized I am a crazy person. Every time I go to a game I snap off 200 pictures, many of them of people’s backs. That’s weird.

During the game I met up with some fellow tweeters and Mets Police readers, but they too had photos of odd jerseys in their phones. Maybe I am not so weird.

Then I get home and realize I had better hide my jersey purchase before Mrs. Mets Police noticed it. She also hasn’t noticed the one I bought on Sunday and didn’t bust my chops about the burnt orange one I wore when I walked in.

How pathetic is it that I am hiding Mets jerseys under the bed until I can sneak them into the closet. I need to stop.

I have to go fight with lawyers now, but I have lots of stuff to catch up on over the weekend. Pics, articles, Hernandez stuff, Seaver stuff, catching up on comments, ticket fees, this whole Medgal for GM thing…

Im not done posting for the day but gotta run for now.