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Another pre-sale for those who subscribe to the Flushing Flash. as previously mentioned, I don’t post passwords because I believe the rewards should be used by those who earned them. Flash is free, so just subscribe.

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Dear Mets Fan,

As a valued Flushing Flash Subscriber, we are pleased to offer you an exclusive “Pre-Sale” opportunity to purchase single game tickets to 2011 Mets regular season home games in advance of our general public sales starting on Monday, March 14.

Click the link in the email you receive starting Wednesday, March 9 at 10 a.m. through Friday, March 11 at 11:00 p.m., click on the Pre-Sale link and use the special password ….for access.

A limited number of tickets for Opening Day, April 8 will be available in the Pre-Sale. You may purchase a maximum of eight tickets for Opening Day, subject to availability.

This Pre-Sale is for individual ticket purchases. MasterCard, Visa, American Express and Discover will be accepted.

In this article Bob Raissman of the News says many of the things we’ve all been saying about MSG’s Summer of 86 series.

He does mention that licensing clips from MLB could cost a hundred grand.

So back to How I Met the Mets. I think I’ve shown there are ways to approach the storytelling even without spending $100,000 on video. I maintain that if you gave me 10 minutes with Keith Hernandez, whatever archives the Mets actually own (like the Mets Yearbook or perhaps other promotional films, or stuff like “Professor Reyes”) and a real camera guy to film my kid walking around in a retro Mets jersey, there could be a decent show.

I sure as he’ll could knock out a “Citi Field Opens” episode by shooting new stuff and just having David Wright pretend he’s two years younger while signing an autograph for the kid.

I’m not out to produce a tv series. I just wanna watch.

Scroll down the blog, I posted the teaser for HIMTM:1986 and reposted a few others last night.

MSG is giving us the chance to express loud and clear what we want SNY filler programming to be. Spread the word! Share those HIMTM clips (especially on Facebook).

Look what I bought myself.  Winning.

 

Yes I see the dropshadow. I’m a Mazzilli fan not a millionaire with access to non-black Mets lettering.

 

I just tried watching episode 2 of MSG’s Summer of 86 and I’m sorry, it’s terrible.  I couldn’t wait to finish it.  I think what set me over the edge was the picture of Keith Hernandez in a 1987 jersey.  That and the use of the same 4 still photos over and over.  Jesse raised his hands over his head, got it.

So, I’m all fired up and decided to release the unfinished 1986 episode of How I Met The Mets.  I have been planning to make this one better which is why I never released it…but even at this stage it’s better than MSG’s effort.  Give me 10 minutes with Darryl and Carter, and an ad-buy from CarSponsor and we can rock this out…..and I’m not looking to be a TV producer, just a TV watcher.

So…here’s the unfinished in-progress teaser for How I Met The Mets: 1986

There. In 54 seconds that was more entertaining than the first two episodes of Summer of 86.

Aficionados of HIMTM will note that this has the “old” credits (no Bobby V mustache shot) and I haven’t used any video yet (because I couldn’t figure it out).

If you’re a newbie to the series, here are what I think are the best episodes. I’ll remind you I am a fat guy with an iphone and no budget nor access. If you’ve seen these already, move along.

1987:

Subway Series:

Buddy:

and the Final Game at Shea (with blatant attempt to get other bloggers to link)