Author: Media Goon @mediagoon

It wouldn’t be a road trip for Shannon if Mets news didn’t break. He was just packing last night and couldn’t pay attention to twitter and it happened. Now he is down at PSL taking pics of the Mets first Spring Training game of the year, and this comes over the twitter wire from @espnnewyork.

The executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association said he has “every confidence” that the New York Mets will meet all their financial obligations to their players in light of published reports that the team needed a $25 million loan from the league to deal with cash shortfalls caused by ownership’s involvement with convicted swindler Bernard Madoff.

“I rely upon both the assurances we received from the commissioner’s office as well as the documents that we are entitled to under the basic agreement,” Michael Weiner said after briefing players in the New York Yankees clubhouse on the upcoming negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement.”

This is a fun quote:

Weiner said he was not surprised by news that, in spite of the denials by Mets co-owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz that the Madoff affair had any adverse affect on the team’s finances, they needed the intervention of commissioner Bud Selig in November to maintain operations.

The rest of the article can be read here.

Hopefully you guys are all enjoying Shannon and my reversal of roles and his reports(and pics) from PSL. I will be monitoring all news up here in the north.I can be reached at mediagoon@gmail.com and @mediagoon on twitter,  if you guys need to get in contact with me.

 

I called up my ticket rep yesterday and just inquired why the plans got the fees waived and the bonus game. I made it clear though that I wasn’t upset about the tickets but more about the waiving of the fees.

The explanation was that the 15 game plans have more perks then the flex plans. Such as the 10% discount we received on the plans, no transfer fees during the season, the same seats for all games, pre sales for tickets, no fees for any single game tickets we buy during the season and better options for seats for the play offs. I told him I wasn’t mad about the bonus game it was just that for years I have been trying to figure out why there are certain fees and now if they are so necessary why can they just waived now. He said he will look into it.

I also made sure that I told my ticket rep I was glad the Mets have these new plans for the fans. He said the Mets pay attention to what their fans want and try to accommodate as much as they possibly can.

I have nothing but nice things to say about the Mets customer service. They are always helpful and really try to answer any questions you have.

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Here’s the back page of the daily news

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Shannon posted the news earlier that the Mets are offering some new ticket flex plans. The plan choices are for 5,11,and 17 games. These plans also get a bonus game. So the plan is really for 6,12, and 18 games. The Mets are also waiving the fees for ordering the tickets. Now this is good for Mets fans on a whole. I am trying to wrap my mind around it and I am not happy from what I am taking from this.

I have had my 15 game plan since Citi Field opened.I have the Sunday plus plan, where I have 10 Sunday games and 5 weekday games. I wanted Sunday games because I work crazy hours and I know Sundays I will more then likely be off. Do I get a bonus game for being a loyal fan dropping over 2600 bucks on tickets in last 3 years? Do I get a credit for all the fees I paid for this upcoming season. I don’t even get to have 15 Sunday games.

Maybe I am jumping the gun. Maybe the Mets will do something for us 15 game plan holders that have already paid and have paid these fees. Nonetheless I am irked right now.

I am sure you guys have comments on this.

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Thanks for @bitterbill for alerting us on this.
The Mets packed their bags and are heading south for Spring Training.