Over at Mets Blog, Matt Cerrone wrote a really enthusiastic review of his walkthru of Citi Field. This will definitely get you pumped!
Dan Warthen: Maniac That Needs Muzzling or Jerry’s Bad Cop?
So with this week’s Ollie-gate, I’m wondering about this Dan Warthen fellow.
The great Santana panic of 2009 came from the mouth of Mr. Warthen, and now Ollie’s weight gain is topic du jour again because of Dan.
Jerry showed skill last year dealing with the media, which was a nice change from Willie Randolph. Does Jerry let Dan do his dirty work, then Jerry can swoop in and play good-cop and give a funny quote?
I know nothing about being a pitching coach. Mel Stottlemyer was good, that’s about all I know. A co-worker observes that John Maine was a better pitcher during the previous regime. I don’t know if that’s about Maine’s arm, head, or the coach. I just thought I’d throw it out there because it’s an interesting observation or at least coincidence.
To me, this is much a-do about nothing. While I do love being the king of “told ya so”, and it seems all agree that the WBC wasn’t the best thing that ever happened to Oliver Perez, it’s important to remember that pitchers have bad statistics in the spring. You have a bad outing. You have a dead arm period. Whether it’s Maine or Perez everyone needs to remain calm.
I suspect that Jerry is crazy like a fox, and wants Ollie to lay off the donuts and let Dan do the dirty work.
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SNY (aka The Mets) Not Offering Closed Captioning
I don’t want to pile on the Mets, I really do love ya guys….but good story by Neil Best (yet again) about SNY not offering closed captioning.
Spend the money guys, it’s the right thing to do ($100,000 for a season of games? You have it.)
Legally, the network has done nothing wrong. The FCC provides new channels burdened with start-up costs four years to institute captioning, so SNY is in the clear through March 16, 2010.
But captioning is more than an improvement for the deaf; it is a necessity, as has become clear in the numerous, impassioned e-mails I have received from those affected since SNY launched.
“Businesses like the Mets should not be doing [only] what they are required to do but should be offering good public service,” said Janice Schacter, chairwoman of the Hearing Access Program.
Also let’s not forget that SNY is the Mets. Yeah the ownership is a bid muddy with some partners but it’s not like Sterling Enterprises has no influence with the baseball team nor the network:
For clarity:
SportsNet New York (SNY), which launched in the spring of 2006, is New York’s new regional sports network founded by Sterling Entertainment Enterprises, Time Warner and Comcast (From sny’s website)
| Fred Wilpon and his Sterling Equities partners acquired Nelson Doubleday’s 50 percent in the team and became the sole owners of the club. (from mets.com) | Aug. 23, 2002 |
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Weather Gods To Make Sure The Mets Are The First Game At Citi?
All hail the weather gods!
I feel bad for those of you who spent $5 on a St. John’s baseball game, but for the good of the Mets karma, and to start the new place off properly, the first game at C-Field should be a Mets game.
Right now the forecast calls for rain Saturday night, and 80% chance of precipitation all day Sunday.
The Wilpons aren’t going to chase a gate and let their new field get torn up by college students, are they? They won’t make you drive to Flushing, pay for parking, and then sit there in a drizzle, will they?
Call this one early, and let the first event at C-Field be the Mets. See ya there Friday night!
Planning The Perfect Opening Day
As of right now the Mets are still planning on opening Corporate Field with a night game on April 16th. And as discussed earlier, they still don’t have a National Anthem singer.
Really not ideal.
But what would an ideal – a PERFECT – Opening Day be like? Here’s how I see it (at least things I could control)
- Opening DAY – This is the easy one. The game would be played with a 1 pm start time. No late nights, no freezing temperatures. Day baseball. Period.
- Seaver Statue – During the Opening Ceremonies the Mets would unveil a statue honoring the man that will always be known as The Franchise to be placed outside the ballpark in
- William A. Shea Plaza – Bill Shea is responsible for the Mets existence. He no longer has a ballpark named after him – at least honor him by naming the plaza for him
- Sey Hey Seats – The Wilpons have gone head over heals in honoring the Brooklyn Dodgers, but as has been mentioned here many times before, where’s the love for that other NY NL team? Announce that the bleacher seats would be named in honor of a Giant that actually played for the Mets
- A Good National Anthem – Little 8 yr old Betsy is cute and is fine on May 12th – but not for Opening Day. Give me Billy Joel (or someone similar)
- First Pitch – Open the new ballpark the same way you closed the old one, with Tome Seaver throwing the first pitch to Mike Piazza
- Blue Hats – Start the year right – start the new ballpark right. Blue hats and pinstripes.
Are there other things I’d like to see? Of course – friendly ushers, a Mets win- but these are things that cannot be controlled.
With 2 1/2 weeks to go, all of these except the Seaver statue are still possible. Come on Jeff and Fred, let’s make this one really memorable.
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