Author: Media Goon @mediagoon

I know Dan and Shannon have been posting their pics like crazy, but here are some of mine.

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Went to Fan Fest for the first time ever today. I have to say it was pretty cool. I thought it would have been more crowded then it was(been to two NY Comic Cons at the Javits Center.Place is a zoo). I took my girlfriend with me who is not a huge baseball fan but is starting to really get into baseball and the Mets now. She even enjoyed the Fest and was bummed we both have to work tomorrow and can’t go to it another day.

I almost cracked today. I had a Harvey jersey in my hand but even I couldn’t bring myself to pay the asking price of $180 for it when I knew I could get it cheaper at other locations. Now for guys like my buddy Terence (@tezzanymets) who was complaining to me on twitter about how hard it is to find the ASG jerseys at any stores outside of the 42nd street Modell’s I feel you. I tweeted about how I couldn’t find any jerseys in the 4 Modell’s that I went to in Queens and Terence was telling me he couldn’t find any in the five stores he tried. It sucks. But I wasn’t going to drop $180 there and I don’t suggest any of you guys do either. If you can’t get to Midtown where it seems that’s the only place to get the ASG jerseys as of now, I would order online. I am still waiting for my Wright ASG to be delivered, so I know it will suck not having it until after the game.

But here are some things I did buy.

Instead of the Jersey I bought a non game used ASG base for $150

These pins were $10 each

Continue reading “2013 MLB Fan Fest Buys”

(Shannon here – poor @mediagoon stayed up late to get these up.  Thx Goon!)

 

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Mike Piazza to be inducted into Mets Hall of Fame on Fan Appreciation Day Sunday, September 29

 

The New York Mets today announced that Mike Piazza, the greatest home run-hitting catcher of all-time, will be inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame on Fan Appreciation Day Sunday, September 29 at Citi Field. Piazza will become the 27th member of the Mets Hall of Fame during the Mets Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony prior to the 1:10 p.m. game vs. the Milwaukee Brewers.

Piazza hit 220 of his 427 career home runs with the Mets, ranking second in franchise history. He ranks first in team history with a .542 slugging percentage and is third in RBI (655). Piazza was a seven-time All-Star with Mets.

“Mike Piazza reinvigorated our franchise when we acquired him in May, 1998,” said Mets COO Jeff Wilpon, who serves as Ex-Officio for the Selection Committee. “Mike is one of the greatest players in our history and we are thrilled to induct him into the Mets Hall of Fame.”

Piazza set a team-record with 124 RBI and hit 40 home runs in 1999 and then finished with 38 home runs and drove in 113 runs in 2000 as the Mets qualified for the playoffs in back-to-back years for the first time in team history and reached the 2000 World Series.

Piazza hit his 352nd home run as a catcher on May 5, 2004 to break Carlton Fisk’s major league mark. His dramatic eighth-inning home run in the first sporting event in New York City after the 9-11 attacks beat the Atlanta Braves and helped the city begin the healing process.

The 26 Hall of Fame members in order of the year they were inducted are: Joan Payson (1981); Casey Stengel (1981); Gil Hodges (1982); George M. Weiss (1982); Johnny Murphy (1983); William A. Shea (1983); Ralph Kiner (1984); Bob Murphy (1984); Lindsey Nelson (1984); Bud Harrelson (1986); Rusty Staub (1986); Tom Seaver (1988); Jerry Koosman (1989); Ed Kranepool (1990); Cleon Jones (1991); Jerry Grote (1992); Tug McGraw (1993); Mookie Wilson (1996); Keith Hernandez (1997); Gary Carter (2001); Tommie Agee (2002); Frank Cashen (2010); Dwight Gooden (2010); Davey Johnson (2010), Darryl Strawberry (2010) and John Franco (2012).

The five-member Mets Hall of Fame committee is comprised of a combination of Mets front office staff and media members with long-standing connections to the club. The members are: Jay Horwitz, Vice President, Media Relations who is in his 34th season with the team; former Mets pitcher and original Met Al Jackson, a pitching consultant who is in his sixth decade with the Mets; Marty Noble, the Mets.com writer who has covered the team for over five decades; Gary Cohen, a New York native and voice of the Mets on SNY, who is in his 25th season of broadcasting Mets baseball; and Howie Rose, a Queens native and radio voice of the Mets on WFAN who has covered the team since 1987.

The fine folks over at Starter (@starterbrand) invited us over to check out their relaunch of the classic satin style jacket from the ’80s/90’s. The one that we were viewing was a 2013 ASG jacket. They had two versions a blue and an orange.

Here’s the back of the orange as we waited online to get in.

Here is a picture of the front of the blue one.

I got to meet Carl Banks last night who is the man responsible for the relaunch of Starter. He said that there will be two exclusive retailers for now and also there will be unicorns. No not
Real unicorns but where 90% of the stores will have the main color of the jacket a few others would have a different color. From talking to Carl you could tell he was really into making his clothes for the fans and he wants to give them what they want. He was also just a very nice guy to just talk to. He also said he loved the NHL and was a big Hartford Whalers fan back in the day.

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Carl banks holding up the jacket.