Author: Media Goon @mediagoon

Keith "Media Goon" Blacknick is the Mayor of Mets Police(aka the Face of Metspolice) and will come to your event and shake hands and make fun of Mets Police founder Shannon Shark(the voice of Mets Police).
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Todays Mets Pre Game Notes

NEW YORK METS (0-1) vs. FLORIDA MARLINS (1-0) (TIED FOR FOURTH PLACE, NL EAST, -1.0 GB) (TIED FOR FIRST PLACE, NL EAST, –)
Saturday, April 2, 2011
LHP Jonathon Niese (9-10, 4.20) vs. RHP Ricky Nolasco (14-9, 4.51)

OPENING DAY TIDBITS: Despite last night’s 6-2 loss, the Mets still have the best winning percentage (32-18, .640) on Opening Day.The loss snapped the Mets major league leading five-game Opening Day winning streak.The Mets are now 2-2 when beginning the season vs. the Marlins, including 1-2 when starting the year at Florida.New York is now 14-11 when starting the season on the road.

GAME TWO: The Mets are 24-25 all-time in the second game of the year and 10-7 following an Opening Day loss.

Grand Slams
It was the first career grand slam allowed by Pelrey and the first grand slam allowed by a Mets pitcher on Opening Day.The Mets surrendered a franchise-record 12 grand slams last season, the most by a major league team since the 2006 Baltimore Orioles also allowed 12 slams.New York went 0-12 last year when allowing a grand slam.

FAMILIAR FACES: The Mets starting battery (Mike Pelfrey and Josh Thole) and infield (Ike Davis, Brad Emaus, Jose Reyes and David Wright) have only played in the major leagues for the Mets…It was the first time in franchise history that the Opening Day starting battery and infield have played in the majors solely for the Mets…The last time that happened in the majors was the 2010 and 2009 Colorado Rockies but prior to that it hadn’t occured since the 1993 San Francisco Giants

DEBUTS: Mets second baseman Brad Emaus, a Rule 5 Draft pick from the Toronto Blue Jays, became the sixth Mets player to make his debut with an Opening Day start.

David Wright made his 1,000 major league start last night…The only other Mets to start 1,000 or more games are Ed Kranepool, Bud Harrelson, Jerry Grote and Cleon Jones…Jose Reyes made his 870th start last night (130 starts from joining the club).

LETS GO METS!

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Citi Field to Host Finals for HS Competition

Shannon is still away do to real job commitments.I worked till 430 am this morning due to my real job and I know both he and I are shot. We will try our best today here on Mets Police.On to the post.

The Naugatuck Park and Recreation Commission will be hosting the third annual Pitch Hit & Run competition for boys and girls on May 1st at Naugatuck High School from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m.

The Pitch Hit & Run is the official youth skills competition of Major League Baseball and is sponsored by Aquafina. The competition is open to boys and girls ages 7 to 14 and participation is free.

There are four levels of competition beginning with the May 1st local contest with winners moving on to the sectionals, regionals, team championships (at a MLB ballpark) and finally the National Finals to be held at Citi Field in New York the site of the 2011 Major League All-Star game.

Thats cool. Always a special thing to play on a MLB field. I wonder if the Mets are going to try to sign any of the winners to a contract to replace some of the players coming of the books after this year.

You can read more here about the story.

Update: I missed this but ED Q. caught it.

Citi Field is hosting the 2011 All Star Game? Does Chase Field know? Is this like back in the day when they played 2 All Star Games?

Happens to the best of us now and then. Guess they meant the 2013 game.

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McFadden’s Game Day Ticket Packages

Thanks @FormerDirtDart aka Walt, for this tip.

McFadden’s put together some ticket packages.

  • 1 hour open bar before the game
  • 1 complimentary appetizer
  • 1 coupon for a drink after the game
  • Great tickets to the game
Monday – Thursday Games
  • Baseline Box Silver – $65
  • Left Field Landing – $50
Friday – Sunday Games
  • Baseline Box Silver – $85
  • Left Field Landing – $70
This is what the seats I found when I hit best available for one of the games.
Baseline Box
Level 100 Sect 106 Row 15 Seats 15-16 Quantity 2 Price40.00 Fee 4.50 Total 89.00 

 

Might be a nice way to draw in people who say its too expensive to go to a game to have a beer or two and some food. I don’t have the energy to go through how it stacks up against the tickets normal prices. So if anyone wants to do that feel free.


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Last Nights Game

Mets lost last night. I am sure you all know that already. Positives was there wasn’t a shutout or a no hitter against the Mets. Brad Eamus looked good at second and Beltran got through the game in right in one piece. Well in one piece as far as we know for now. Even down in runs, I still felt like the Mets had a chance.

Negatives. Ike has to get in front of the ball. Backhand plays while exciting need to be used only when you can not get to the ball in time. Pelfrey had a rough few innings. You know rough as in giving up a grand slam in the fourth inning.

On twitter it seemed there was some optimism that the Mets might come back while others were tolling the death knell for the season.

All I have to say is that it’s going to be an interesting season.

– Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

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Mets Pre Game Notes

Hey sorry guys, real job got in the way. Damn, I am starting to really sound like Shannon now.

OPENING DAY: The Mets are set to open their 50th season in the National League…New York has a 32-17 (.653) record on Opening Day…After losing their first eight Opening Day contests, the Mets have won 32 of their last 41 Opening Day games…New York took nine straight openers from 1975-1983 to tie a major league record…The Mets have won their last five Openers, the longest current streak in the majors…New York is 8-3 in their last 11 Opening Days.
METS ARE THE BEST ON OPENING DAY: In the history of Major League Baseball, the Mets (32-17, .653) have the best winning percentage on Opening Day…Below is a list of the top records on Opening Day, courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau.

MIKE PELFREY: Is making his first career Opening Day start… Johan Santana started the three previous Mets season openers …The last Mets pitcher to make his first ever Opening Day start while with the Mets was Mike Hampton in 2000…Pelfrey will become the first Mets pitcher to make his first Opening Day start after spending his entire career in the Mets organization since Bobby J. Jones in 1995

OPENING VS. FLORIDA: The Mets and Marlins begin the season for the second straight year…The Mets beat the Marlins, 7-1, last year at Citi Field on April 5…New York is 2-1 all-time on Opening Day vs. Florida…The Mets have begun the season twice before in Miami…On April 5, 1999, the Mets lost, 6-2, and on March 31, 2008, Johan Santana in his Mets debut, beat the Marlins, 7-2.

OPENING DAY OFFENSE: The Mets have scored 10 or more runs four times on Opening Day, including an Opening Day-high 12 runs on April 4, 1994 against the Cubs…New York surrendered an Opening Day-worst 15 runs to the Cubs in a 15-2 setback at Shea on March 31, 2003

 

WELCOME TO NY: Eleven of Mets’ 25-man roster (44 %) are new members of the team…Pedro Beato, Blaine Boyer, Taylor Buchholz, Tim Byrdak, Chris Capuano, D.J. Carrasco, Brad Emaus, Scott Hairston, Willie Harris, Chin-lung Hu and Chris Young.

ROOKIES: The Mets have four rookies on the squad: RHP Pedro Beato, infielder Brad Emaus, outfielder Lucas Duda and catcher Mike Nickeas.

NUMBERCHANGE: Infielder Brad Emaus has changed his uniform to #4 while RHP Pedro Beato changed his uniform to #27.

And finally to the player who’s Band Wagon Shannon is the leader of:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Mets infielder Daniel Murphy turns 26 today.

 

Now LETS GO METS!!!