Category: mets

Yay, quality filler programming!  (Down with Beer Money!)  50 Greatest Mets airs Thursday at 7pm

Here’s an old press release:

In conjunction with the Mets 50th Anniversary Celebration, SNY will premiere the definitive list of the ’50 greatest Mets players’ of all-time in May. This 60-minute program presented by Citi — entitled 50 Greatest Mets — counts down the greatest players in club history, based on tabulated votes submitted by SNY’s blue ribbon panel. Panel members include Mets play-by-play announcers Gary Cohen and Howie Rose, Hall-of-Famer and long-time Mets broadcaster Ralph Kiner, columnist John Harper of the New York Daily News, and Steve Hirdt, the Executive Vice President of the Elias Sports Bureau. Panel members judged players based solely upon their tenure with the Mets. The 50 Greatest Mets program is a collaboration with MLB Productions, featuring rare footage from MLB’s vast library, and offering contemporary testimonials from current and former players, as well as numerous dignitaries of the game.

In addition, SNY will honor the Mets 50th anniversary with a tribute to the Mets greatest players with a special gala event at the 92nd Street Y on Sunday, June 17th. “The Mets All-Time Team” — presented by Citi – will feature its own blue ribbon panel discussing the very best Mets players in team history at each position: 1st base, 2nd base, shortstop, 3rd base, left field, center field, right field, lefty and righty starting pitchers, lefty and righty relievers, catcher, and manager. As the best player at each position is unveiled, he will join the panel on-stage [if unavailable to appear in-person, a video tribute will run in its place]. Expected attendees include: Tom Seaver, Mike Piazza, Keith Hernandez, Darryl Strawberry, Jerry Koosman and many others. The All-Time team selection panel includes Mets play-by-play announcers Gary Cohen and Howie Rose, columnists Mike Lupica of the New York Daily News, Mike Vaccaro of the New York Post, John Harper of the New York Daily News and Marty Noble of MLB.com and a senior member of the Baseball Writers Association of America.

While this historic event sold out shortly after tickets went on sale in December, SNY will televise this event on Thursday, June 21st at 8:00pm for fans who could not see it live in-person.

METS AND PIX11 HOST SEVENTH ANNUAL WEATHER EDUCATION DAY

THIS THURSDAY, MAY 17 AT CITI FIELD

 

PIX11 Weather Experts Mr. G and Linda Church to Provide Meteorology Lesson for 8,000 Tri-State Area Students Prior to Mets-Reds Game

 

FLUSHING, N.Y., May 14, 2012 – The New York Mets and PIX11 will host the seventh annual Weather Education Day this Thursday, May 17 at Citi Field for 8,000 students from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut prior to the Mets playing the Cincinnati Reds at 1:10 p.m.

 

Students will be treated to a pre-game meteorology lesson by PIX11 weather experts Mr. G and Linda Church, who will engage them in an interactive program about weather patterns and phenomena and take students behind the scenes at the PIX11 weather center.

 

Mr. Met and the Pepsi MAX Party Patrol will also be on hand to entertain students and shoot t-shirts into the crowd.  At the conclusion of program, the students will stay at the ballpark to watch the game.

 

As part of Weather Education Day, Linda Church will also be delivering the forecast for PIX11 Morning News from Citi Field beginning at 6:00 a.m.

On twitter use both my handle @metspolice and the hash tag #bannerdayisback between now and Tuesday May 15, 2012 7:59:59pm EDT for your chance to win two field level tickets to Thursday’s Mets game at Citi Field.

A sample entry could be: @metspolice #bannerdayisback

You may add other words if you choose.

After 8pm on Tuesday I will go through the hashtag and using the random number generator website of my choosing use that website to pick one winner. I will then contact you on twitter and ask you for your name which will I will have left at will call. You’ll need photo ID to pick up your tickets on Thursday. Limit 25 entries per twitter handle.

Additional rules information follows.

Continue reading “You could win two tickets to Thursday’s Mets game, here’s how”

“I’m trying, ever so slowly — it’s a painful process — to not let this (baseball) define who I am,” Murphy said. He descended a set of steps as he spoke. “And it’s a grind. Every day. Sometimes we evaluate our self-worth on what the numbers on the board say. And it’s just a part of who we are.

via After a low point, Mets’ Daniel Murphy seeking to not let baseball define him | NJ.com.

I saved this one from yesterday..what with it being Mother’s Day and figuring people weren’t around..and the Pedro piece is always a fan fave…and the Banner Day rules…

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In case you missed it I said on twitter (@metspolice) that I will know if Sandy believes or not by seeing what moves he makes here.  There were two very winnable games left on the field this weekend…and that crap haunts you come September.