Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

Another caps edition of the tour.  I like caps.

Some not awful civilian-wear

One thing I’ve noticed is that they don’t sell much Cyclones stuff.  There’s a batting helmet or two, but you’d think they would push the Cyclones a little.

I have tons more but I think we’ll head up the ramp to the store on the main level – and there we found a really cool surprise.

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Seems quiet in Flushing.  Some quick hits:

• To the person who asked where I bought the Church shirts.  The Mets team shops. They were $5 last homestand.

• To the person who correctly observed that the 1969 Mets didn’t have names on the back.  Yep.  However, a Kranepool jersey is still cool.

• This is fun:  NY Cuban has left a new comment on your post “More New York Mets Citi Field Fanwalk Bricks On Sa…“:

Would they allow:
“Thank God 2009 is Over”
“Bring Back Shea“
“Rubin 4 GM”
“Welcome to Ebbets Field“
“No More Dodgers Stuff” 


On twitter (@metspolice) someone suggested “thanks for the obstructed views.”

• Someone has contacted me about a fan boycott.  Stay tuned.

• I’ve been in the car on nights where the Met game ended before the Yankee game.  My new favorite sport is listening to Sterling completely ignore anything Suzyn has to stay, to the point of just cutting her off.  A typical sentence:  “Jones came to the Mariners in a trade foTHE 1 OH IS HIGH BALL ONE.”   Fun.

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AlwaysHungry—Always Investigating: Citi Field’s Acela Club is a really thorough walk through of Citi Field’s Acela Club.   Check it out.

Real fans sit outside.

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I held back on this for a few days since today is a busy “real life” day for me.

On Sunday, Mushnick wrote about former New York (baseball) Giant Eddie Grant who we have written about before.

Mushnick:

A Grant plaque could make special any wall in patrons’ view within Citi Field. And with the Brooklyn Dodgers holding a visible presence within Citi Field, sustaining Grant’s memory as both a New York Giant and the only major leaguer to be killed in action in WW I would be a noble deed. If not the Mets, who?

The Mets have been contacted about Grant and, preliminarily, seem interested. Good. Soldier, scholar and athlete, Eddie Grant, especially among those who never heard of him, should not be forgotten.

Read Phil’s column here.

Memorial Day and Eddie Grant

The Curse of Eddie Grant

Should The Plaque Be At Citi Field?

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So like many others, I'm once again troubled by an Omar Minaya press conference.

I'm troubled but perhaps naïve about Santana pitching through elbow pain.

I find myself thinking about 2010.

Are the Mets really going to try to sell Omar, Jerry and "Everyone Should Be Healthy Now!"

I worry when I get an ill-timed pitch for fanwalk bricks in late August with the team 16 out. Is there a huge cry for this? Do they need $300 or whatever it is that badly?

Is the sell really going to be "remember that plan we had last April?"

I don't want anyone to lose their gig. Omar, Jerry and anyone else that fans want out are people with families not robots. Yet, I can't help but think that this franchise needs a new face.

I just can't have faith right now in anyone in Flushing.

I don't trust that the front office will sign the right "shut up the fans" free agent.

I struggle to see Wright go from 8 home runs to 30 (as much as it was hard to see his production go down). I just don't see Reyes and Beltran running around like gazelles. I love the idea of Danny Murphy, and he is young, but does anyone see a .300-25-100 guy over there? Who is the catcher? Who are the 4 starters not named Pelfrey (I know Santana should be fine, but the Mets haven't earned my faith to trust what they say).

What's the plan to trick us into buying tickets, never mind a fan brick.

If you can't sell winning you have to sell either hope or tradition. Tradition doesn't exist in Flushing unless you enjoyed 1955. "Catch the rising stars" isn't going to work when the rising stars were all exposed this season.

Omar, Jerry and Everyone Is Healthy, Really!

When are the 2010 ticket invoces due? Don't send me a picture of Reyes rounding second.

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