Author: Media Goon @mediagoon

I was on the Mets shop website the other day and came across these lil guys.

Look a lil Murphy. Hey Shannon, you can have your own Murphy. You can carry him in your shirt pocket and literally be #imwith28.

I also picked up this Santana.

Now these figures are supposed to be limited editions and there are other Mets players like RA Dickey and David Wright. Other MLB players are available too but who cares. Let’s Go Mets!

MLB OYO Figure
OYO Baseball MLB Building Brick Minifigure Johan Santana New York Mets
OYO Baseball MLB Building Brick Minifigure 1962 Road NY Mets New York Mets
OYO Figure – New York Mets 2012 Home Uniform
OYO Figure – New York Mets 1986 Home Uniform

– Posted using BlogPress from Precinct 41’s front row stadium seating.

I find the subway car stuff pretty funny. The stadium stuff, I feel is forced. I hope there is follow up one in a few weeks going to Flushing. And I have to ask Cody Eppley? Who?

This is an excerpt from my buddy Randy over at Read The Apple. I knew someone ideas and feelings about the Mets Ticket reprints would start to trickle it. For a rare instance Randy is not doing something absurdly funny or just insane but insightful and thoughtful. Wow. Now to think about it, WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE REAL RANDY!!!!!!! Anyway read some of the fake Randy’s thoughts that I grabbed from his site.

I started thinking. What about people who bought walk up tickets or ordered them individually from Mets.com. They witnessed history the same as I did and now someone else can walk around with their seat numbers on a ticket stub? It doesn’t make sense.

The attendance for the game was 27,069. Citi Field holds 41,922. I did the math and that means there were 563 unused tickets. Then I had someone better at math do the math and they correctly pointed out that it was actually 14,853 unused seats. Why can’t the Mets just sell those stubs?

Which brings up another thought. The great thing about being the Mets is that they are allowed to slap the name Mets on anything and sell it for a premium. So why not just make a special commemorative ticket and sell that. You could put either a bogus or vacant seat location on it. It would be no more a “real” ticket than a reprinted ticket.

What if you had those horrible e-tickets to the game? The Mets email is unclear as to whether your 50 bucks gets you the ticket for the actual seat you had or if you just get “best available seat in that location.” For that, why wouldn’t I just go here and get a fully framed one with my correct seat for less than $50? Seems like a better deal than what the Mets are offering doesn’t it?

Also to prove that he understands trying to make money in a capitalistic system he writes:

The Mets are in the business of making money and with Nohan stubs breaking records online it would be foolish to completely ignore the secondary market. If someone wants to pay for what is essentially a fake ticket, charge them whatever you want. Just don’t sell someone an exact copy of mine or anyone else’s seat.

Good work fake Randy…Read the rest of his post here.

So this is the Email I just received from the Mets about my reprinting tickets from my plan from the no-hitter.

Ticket Holder Reprints Of Santana No-Hitter Ticket

Dear Keith,

Mets fans will never forget June 1, 2012 – the night Johan Santana threw the first no-hitter in franchise history! It’s a moment that Mets fans will cherish forever.

We are offering fans the opportunity to purchase tickets from this historic game to ensure they have a memento that can be passed on for generations.

Because your 2012 Mets Plan or Pack included this game, we are pleased to offer you a discounted price of $30 per ticket to reprint your plan or pack seats for June 1, 2012. Your tickets will be printed on Season Ticket Holder stock.

In the coming days, you will receive an e-mail on how to secure your mint tickets from the milestone game. If you have any questions, please contact your Account Executive directly or call 718-507-TIXX (8499).

We hope you enjoyed being a part of history, and we look forward to seeing you at our home for more memorable moments at Citi Field.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Let’s Go Mets!

Here is the twitter condo between Leigh from the Mets and Randy from Read the Apple

ReadTheApple @LeighJC_NYM Wait, so are the #Mets going to sell someone a reprint of my seats from the No-Hitter? 6/7/12 4:24 PM

LeighJC_NYM @ReadTheApple we will not sell any tickets that were owned by sth, plan, or pack holder from the no-hitter6/7/12 4:26 PM

. Randy with the scoop folks.By the way I have met Leigh and she seems to be pretty straightforwardNow there are people who are upset and I can see why. The fans that were there at Citi Field were part of something special live. I am forever going to remember that I was there with Randy,Mrs Apple, and Sean Kenny. Want to print up copies of tickets that fans in attendance in case the ticket got destroyed? Go ahead thats a great service. Want to charge a slight fee for that sure. I’d pay 10 bucks to have the ticket reprinted. Want to make money on Special Commemorative Tickets from that game go ahead. I am interested in seeing where this all goes. I have been retweeting the conversation between Randy @readtheapple, and Darren @the7line. I know Darren has a few ideas where he wants to go with his thoughts on his blog and I can’t wait to see them.

Check out their sites ( I am sure you know both of them by heart, but for anyone new)

Readtheapple.com

the7line.com