What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
I feel like I’ve been very negative lately, so I will just report.The Bisons announced these today.
You may find the NY interesting.
I enjoy the road font.
On the bisons website they are selling these, without the NY.www.metspolice.com
Citi lost $8.29 billion last quarter. $45 billion in government loans. A $20 million check to the Mets.
Yes a deal is a deal, a contarct is a contract, but good business partners help each other – and I think the Mets would be wise to offer a statement announcing how they’ve reworked the deal with Citi to allow their good partner to get their feet on the ground without worrying about stadium naming rights. Let Citi pay $21 million for 19 years or whatever needs to be done.
I actually couldn’t care less about Citi or the Mets balance sheet. As a fan what I don’t want is to have the Mets play one year in Citi Field, three years in Barclay’s Stadium, a year in Mets Field, six months in Jackie Robinson Park and then some time at the Coca-Cola Grounds. That’s why I hate corproate names.
I still call buildings “Candlestick” and “Comiskey” and I still use terms like Triborough Bridge and West Side Highway. Name something and stick with it. Wrigley is a gum. Doesn’t bother me. Name it, keep it…and I worry about this deal the Mets did.
A bad deal in Flushing? Nah, never happen.
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I was just on Mets.com and looking at the ticket plans. There’s not much left for weekends, excuse me I mean “weekends” which in Flushing includes days such as Tuesday, and the weekday plans are sold out.
Then this caught my eye:
“A $25 service charge will apply to each Plan purchase.”
Before we get to why there’s a charge….I’m confused by the $25.
They charged me $40.
Why would they charge me, a returning ticket holder $40, and some newbie $25.
Maybe I have my facts wrong and they are charging the newbie a $25 “service charge” plus the $40 “order charge” plus the $25 “delivery charge.”
Just curious. If anyone orders tickets this weekend please drop me a note and let me know what they tack on.
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Not too long ago, as recently as 1994, hockey was a big thing in this town. Then there was a really awfully poorly timed lockout (why blow the buzz of a Rangers cup and a new deal with FOX which was proving itself to be pretty good at hyping sporting events). Then there was the season never played.
So to you kids I know hockey is right up there with poker in terms of importance, but let me tell you once it was pretty cool and these Islanders ran off four straight championships. Think of them as the hockey version of the Torre Yankees circa 1998-2000. The Isles run also ended with a loss in the finals.So here we are and the Islanders are, you know, just playing one game in KC. Just like the Dodgers just played seven games in Jersey, or the Bills are just playing a few in Toronto. There’s nothing to fear, right?
One thing the Coliseum is is cozy. You can sit in the worst seat possible and it’s way closer than the upper deck at the Con-Air arena ever was (I haven’t been to The Rock) or the “blue seats” are at the Garden. You may find yourself in a new bulding but three times as far away at five times the price.
Long Islanders should enjoy their local team in their cozy arena. Maybe some day the Islanders will run off four cups again and you’ll be surprised at how viable the Coliseum will become.
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I know, you’re thinking that I’ve finally lost it. Why should a lawyer from NY who had a stadium named after him be enshrined in the Hall of Fame?
Because he changed the game.
After the Dodgers and Giants left New York in 1957, Mayor Robert Wagner charged Bill Shea with bringing a National League team back to NYC. Shea contacted Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati but was turned down by every team.
Refusing to give up, in 1959 Shea teamed up with Branch Rickey and announced the formation of the Continental Baseball League. The league would be the first serious challenge to the National and American Leagues since the ill-fated Federal League in 1914-15. The proposed league would place teams in New York, Denver, Houston, Minneapolis, Toronto, Atlanta, Buffalo, and Dallas. With the exception on New York, none of these cities at the time had a major league level baseball team.
Shea was able to line up owners and financing for the league in fairly quick order – including Bob Howsam (original owner of the Denver Broncos) and Jack Kent Cooke (owner of the Redskins, Lakers, and LA Kings).
Realizing that the challenge was serious, the NL and AL approached Shea and offered expansion teams in 3 of the Continental League cities – NY, Minneapolis, and Houston. With his original goal in hand, Shea agreed to disband the league.
Shea’s legacy is more than just getting those 3 teams. Seven of the eight Continental League cities would eventually support a major league franchise, the sole exception being Buffalo. He engineered the first expansion of major league baseball since the American League and National League agreed to work together in 1903.
There are 29 members of the Hall of Fame that are designated as either an Executive or Pioneer. William Shea may not have played the game, nor did he manage or own a team. But there can be no doubt that he changed the game by initiating expansion, a true pioneer of the game. And for that maybe he deserves recognition in Cooperstown.
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