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Here’s another card site to check out, which details this cool Tom Seaver card.

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One more set of Five Questions For An Average Mets Fan for this Friday.  Here’s Benjamin, and we’ll have more all weekend and Monday.

1. When did you start following the Mets?


1987 (year I was born), but not really until 1992-93

2. What is your favorite Mets memory?

Game 6 of the 2006 NLCS – I was sitting in the upper deck
Todd Pratt’s walkoff against Arizona – I was in the loge

3. What is your worst Mets memory or experience?


september 2007

4. If you could change one off-field thing about the franchise what
would it be?


remind the wilpons that they have the money to keep this team competitive every year

5. If you owned the team starting tomorrow, what is the first thing
you would change?


uniforms – ditch the black

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I thought the opening to this BBC article about stadium naming rights had an interesting opening…

When the New York Yankees built their new baseball stadium in 2007, chief operating officer Lonn Trost was asked if he would be selling off the naming rights for the new build.

His response? “You wouldn’t rename the White House, you wouldn’t rename Grant’s Tomb and you wouldn’t rename the Grand Canyon. This is Yankee Stadium, and this will always be Yankee Stadium.”

As a fan do you feel the $20 million from Citi has helped the team?  I mean they are investing it in players, right? Right?

Interesting read.

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Hey football teams..  Y’all got greedy and wiped out your season ticket waiting lists.  Reap what you sow.

This went out today as an email from the  PSL Giants.

The excitement for the new stadium is growing. The first event will take place on April 10th, when six NCAA lacrosse teams will play a triple-header tournament known as the “Big City Classic”, Bon Jovi’s “Kickoff Concerts” are scheduled from May 26-29, just six months away, and U2 returns July 19th. Just nine months separate us from the historic start of the Giants’ 2010 inaugural season at the new Giants stadium.

Just after Thanksgiving, a major milestone in our transition to the new stadium will occur; PSL holders will receive their seat assignments and agreements. The PSL sales process is now in its final stages, and we are only about 500 new accounts away from selling out.

While our records show you have not yet purchased PSLs, we remain hopeful that you will consider joining us in the new Giants stadium. With over 75,000 seats committed to over 20,800 accounts, the response from the Giants community has been overwhelmingly positive. As you know, all non-Club seating areas in the new Giants stadium are soldout. At the present time, less than 2,000 Club Seats remain available for purchase. In fact, less than 400 Coach’s Club seats and 200 Mezzanine Club C PSLs remain available. If you purchase, you will have access to the best seats, the best parking, and the best food and drink options available anywhere. Here are your options:

Don’t forget folks, ” the response from the Giants community has been overwhelmingly positive.”   Yep, my buddy that wrote a $20,000 check was thrilled.

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Next up for the Five Questions….Nik from Kiner’s Korner Blog.

1. When did you start following the Mets?


1982; the summer the Yankees let Reggie Jackson go.


2. What is your favorite Mets memory?


At Shea during game 6.  It was the best sports moment I’ll ever be a witness to and the best moment I’ve ever had with my father.


3. What is your worst Mets memory or experience?


Tie: The end of 2001; Armando’s meltdown after the team fought so hard and seeing Dwight, Darryl and Coney wearing Yankee uniforms.


4. If you could change one off-field thing about the franchise what would it be?


I’d like ownership to stop making the team Jeff’s special project and let baseball people run it.  As much as it’s their right to make money off the product, the brand really belongs to the hearts of everyone who’s been following them for years.  It’s not right that one guy gets to cut his teeth on something so valuable to so many.


5. If you owned the team starting tomorrow, what is the first thing you would change?


It’s more a concept than a thing.  I would introduce tradition to the franchise.  One single classic uniform with the 86 uniforms on Sundays, banner day, old timer’s day and a commitment to winning.

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