What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Was nice to see a Mets jersey without a Citi Field patch on it…this was Beltran yesterday. That Mets logo on the left sleeve looked a little big to me on HDTV last night but I think that’s just me and not an actual uniform change.
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Please do the right thing and click on Burt Hubbuch’s article in the Post about this…Burt comes out swinging….but here’s the money quote.
Mets spokesman David Howard said, “It’s very consistent with what we said in the beginning. Obviously, the ‘average’ means there is some higher and some lower, but the average is 10 percent. We haven’t heard outrage about this.”
Read more: in the New York Post
Burt also has one of the best twitter feeds, and there’s usually tons of cool info between like 4 and 6pm: http://twitter.com/NYPost_Mets
I do really encourage you to click the links if you enjoy this site. This all works better for everyone if we share traffic.
So fine, I think there’s other things we could completely outraged about this…but we should let Mr. Howard know that it’s not nothing (perhaps there are some blogs or sports radio stations with nothing to talk about except a Jets game) and oh by the way Mets Police brought this up on October 3rd so I’m not sure why everyone is just noticing now that Dave spun the ticket prices story.
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July 1972, Seaver talks about a sore arm:
After a few days, the shock of his injury diminished and Seaver’s voice lost its panic. It became curt and passionless as he forced himself to approach his injury as he did all things relating to his talent—as an experience to be understood and absorbed for future use. His questions to the doctor became less pleas and more interrogations. “Which muscle is bruised? How did it get bruised? Will it get worse if I throw?” And finally, when it had healed and he had once again taken his place on the mound to pitch batting practice, he would be able to say: “I don’t know many parts of my shoulder and arm, but I know this muscle, the teres major. It was bruised because I began throwing too hard too soon. I had not taken into consideration that I am getting older. I can’t proceed during the spring at the same pace I did at 23. I have to expect my body to break down a little with each year. After all, I’ve pitched almost 1,400 innings in five years. I can’t go on forever without a sore arm. I just have to be more careful in the future.”
More here:
The pitching wonders he works did not come swiftly or – 07.24.72 – SI Vault
I find myself wondering why the Mets made the deadline for season
ticket renewals December 4th. Before we all go bananas, last year it
was around the same time (Dec. 5th I believe).
Despite that, I find myself wondering why make it so early this year.
Why do they want or need to know (three weeks from now!) how many
tickets have been sold?
If they find a low base does it affect the offseason decisions? Does
it make them spend less because they think they'll have leas revenue,
or do they panic and realize they need a new face in town to sell
tickets?
The vibe I am getting, and concede this is the home of the cranky Mets
fan, is that folks don't feel like paying just yet. Last year there
was urgency because of the new place. Heading into 2010 – the best
line was from whoever pointed out we can go to 23rd street if we
really want a shake.
Is the deadline supposed to scare me? They couldn't sell out the
building last year so it's not like I won't be able to get tickets. I
might even be able to buy your tickets below face on stubhub.
I'm actually curious about this – if anyone has any insight into this
(maybe one of the sportswriters who check out the site) please drop me
a note at Shannon@metspolice.com
I was looking for something for the late night post, and typed Mets into Google and this came up. I don’t know much about Atom Bomb Bikini but he drew this.
He also drew this. I gotta admit, I think the Phillies cartoon chick is more attractive. Now before you start ripping me for even bringing this up, let’s be real – if you are reading a blog about the Mets at 11pm at night I’m sure you’ve either talked about cartoon chicks with your friend or you’ve been to the far corners of the internet.
Did I mention it’s a long off-season? I’ll be happy to write about the Mets acquisition of Lackey if they want. Come back in the morning, I have some Seaver stuff for ya.
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