Shannon Shark @metspolice – Page 4146

March 14, 2009

Scary Invoice From The Mets!

Got my Red Sox tickets in the mail and saw a $145.00!!! service charge on $36 of tix!

Whipped out the cellphone and called 507-TIXX and quickly (pay attention Yankees) got a very nice man who pulled up my account. Seems the 145 is a running total of all my service charges (for my two 15 gamers plus these).

Whew.

So if you get a scary letter in the mail from Flushing, don’t freak out.

Maybe if someone in the Bronx could pick up the phone once in a while…

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March 14, 2009

The Game Was Never Fair

I enjoyed this piece which takes a whimsical trip through time and shows that for every A-Rod on steroids, there’s someone on the Black Sox or someone throwing a spitball or stealing signs from the scoreboard.

Good stuff. Here’s a taste:

1950s
Went looking for a real baseball player and took a trip to the Polo Grounds, where the New York Giants were in a playoff series with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers were leading the deciding game, 4-2, in the bottom of the ninth when New York’s Bobby Thomson delivered a “shot heard ’round the world.” Turns out Giants coach Herman Franks used to sit out in center field, steal signs and relay them to the New York bench. Was Thomson tipped off?

1960s
Went looking for a real baseball player and took a visit to Yankee Stadium, where names like Berra and Mantle dominated the game. Ralph Terry was on the hill for the Yanks and his pitches were dancing so much it looked like the hitters were trying to swat a fly. Turns out Berra was cutting balls on the back of his spikes.

Check out the whole thing.

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March 14, 2009

The Mets Police Guide To 2009 Mets Giveaways

Before we over-analyze The 2009 Mets Promotional calendar – What in your opinion was the best promotion ever? Lee Mazzilli poster day? Strawberry Sunday? Blue Bat Day (early 80s)?

Mon. Apr. 13 Padres Opening Day Ticket & Lanyard

That’s cool. It will pair nicely with my Shea closing day one.

Fri. Apr. 17 Brewers Keychain

Sat. Apr. 18 Brewers Johan Santana Drawstring Bag

Sun. Apr. 19 Brewers Magnetic Schedule Emblem

Sat. Apr. 25 Nationals Mr. Met Dash

Wed. May 6 Phillies Visor

Visors are lame. They don’t look good on anyone. Give yours to a kid or a lady golfer.

Wed. May 13 Braves Senior Stroll

Fans 60 and over can participate in a leisurely stroll around the bases at Shea. Hopefully ESPN will not move this game to 5pm, people may miss the early dinner specials. Cheap shot, but you liked it.

Tue. May 26 Nationals Mets T-shirt SpongeTech First

SpongeTech google shows me Joomla – the dynamic portal engine and content management system. T-Shirts are next but hopefully the shirt isn’t ruined by a Joomla logo.

Sat. May 30 Marlins Take HER out to the Ballgame Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula First 25,000 fans

Hey honey, want to go to the Mets game? We can get free cocoa butter! No? Wait, why are you walking away from me…..honey?…..but it’s the Marlins!

Sun. May 31 Marlins Mr. Met Dash

Unless ESPN hates children.

Sat. Jun. 20 Rays Cap Nathan’s First 25,000 fans

Only 25,000? Nathan’s and the Mets can’t hook up everyone?

Tue. Jun. 23 Cardinals Promotion Budweiser

Cool a mystery Bud promotion. Free beer night I am sure!

Fri., Jun. 26 Yankees Cap Trade Chevrolet First 5,000 fans

Sat. Jun. 27 Yankees Cap Trade Chevrolet First 5,000 fans

Sun. Jun. 28 Yankees Cap Trade Chevrolet First 5,000 fans

Discussed this yesterday. Odd to do against the Yankees. Only 5,000?

Sat. Jul. 11 Reds Lunchbox Verizon First 25,000 fans

Sun. Jul. 12 Reds Gift Card Dunkin’ Donuts First 25,000 fans & Mr. Met Dash
unless of course ESPN decides to ruin your child’s day.

Sat., Aug. 1 Diamondbacks Build-A-Bear WorkshopÂ® Day Build-A-Bear Workshop First 20,000 fans

That seems like a good promotion. 20,000 though, show up early.

Sun., Aug. 2 Diamondbacks Promotion Subway

Another mystery promotion. Can we have a sandwich?

Sat., Aug. 15 Giants Magnetic Picture Frame Verizon First 25,000 fans

Fri., Aug. 21 Phillies Sports Bag Geico First 25,000 fans

Sat., Aug. 22 Phillies Promotion Citi First 25,000 fans

A mystery Citi promotion. Maybe they will give back tax money to the first 25,000 fans?

Sun., Aug. 23 Phillies Citi Field Ballpark Replica Harrah’s First 25,000 fans

That’s a good one. Odd that there’s three giveaways against the Phillies on a weekend. I would think those games would sell out on their own.

Mon., Aug. 24 Phillies Mr. Met Dash
Unless ESPN hates children. Mets-Phillies in August. What do you think the odds of this game being moved to 8:05 are? I put it at 98%

Sun., Sep. 6 Cubs Frankie Rodriguez Bobblehead Gold’s Horseradish First 25,000 fans + a Mr. Met Dash

You can forget about that Mets dash. New York vs Chicago on a Sunday. Unless both these teams are 35 games out you can count on an 8:05er. The good news is you’ll be able to watch football all day.

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March 13, 2009

Good Luck Getting Any Yankee Tix At All

If you want Yankees tickets at all (like a random Tuesday) you’re going to have to register and then hope you win the lottery.

The great new stadium insider blog has the info:

http://newstadiuminsider.blogspot.com/2009/03/yankee-ticket-news-random-drawing-for.html

March 13, 2009

Giants: No Price Increase, Well Except For The 20 Grand

The money grubbing formerly of New York Giants have announced ticket prices wil be the same for 2009. That sounds nice and all until you remember that they sent every ticket holder a mutli-thousand dollar invoice for PSLs.

In other ticket news, I notice on SNY that the Mets are advertising for seats down low. Are they having the same problems as the Yankees? I’m also hearing stories about folks trying to buy tickets to games and finding the uppers are full yet their are plenty of $80 seats.

Very interesting.