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May 6, 2009

The Best Triples I Know (New York Mets)

Mets Walk Offs , a truly cool site (how does this guy know all the stuff he writes about?) sent this over.

MONDAY, MAY 04, 2009

The Best Triples I Know

It figures that we’re going to need to know a lot about triples this year. So I figured I’d “knowledge-up” and share my findings in this space.

The format is similar to the “Best Games I Know” blog posts, which require the Mets to win the game discussed in order for it to be listed.

The First (April 23, 1962)

The first Mets triple came in the first Mets win, a romp of the Pirates. Appropriately, the inaugural three-base hit came from a three-word named player, Bobby Gene Smith, a two-RBI shot to centerfield in the eighth inning that capped the scoring in a 9-1 victory.

True Metophiles know…Boby Gene Smith had a total of three hits (and three walks) for the Mets. His affinity for that number also comes through in the number of teams he played for in 1962, three (Cubs, Cardinals were the others). His Mets claim to fame is that he was the first player to wear the No. 16.

That’s just a start…the rest of the cool piece is here.

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May 6, 2009

Yankee Stadium Re-Entry: Stamp Hands or Scan Barcodes. Duh.

Couldn't the Yankees scan the barcode on the way out and reactivate the ticket? Are they worried that I'm going to hang for five innings then meet you at stans and let you watch the last four? And why would they care, you might buy a hot dog.

Theme parks somehow have figured out reentry. Maybe the Yankees could stamp my hand?

Maybe they could call games at 8pm, or offer rainchecks to everyone.

This solution that "only Paul Olden's announcements are official" changes nothing. Employees are still going to tell you "what they heard."

Last year on opening day the players were told half an hour before the fans that the game had been called. A-Rod was halfway home before anyone told us that we should leave.

There were 46000 paid tickets Tuesday night (capacity 52000) for a game against Boston in a brand new stadium. If that game ain't sold out, then they have plenty of extra seats to hook everyone up with rainchecks.

Or do they like seeing fewer people at the ballpark?

By the way I enjoyed Michael Kay mentioning that you could watch last night's game "for free.". I guess Michael has figured out a way to get YES without paying a cable company.

The great prophet Mushnick was right after all, and you're starting to see the tipping point.

How many of you partial-plan holders are realizing that it's not worth buying 15 or 20 games any more when you can just stubhub them? Lots of folks (like me) thought we'd be able to offset our costs on the resale market. That's not happening, and it's only May.

Next year I might just skip Yankees all together and just cut my Citi seats to Saturdays.

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May 5, 2009

More Wisdom From New York Mets VP David Howard

I saw this one yesterday morning.

Dave Howard, the New York Mets’ executive vice president of business operations, told SportsBusiness Journal the team has sold more than 90 percent of its premium seats and that no-shows across the stadium as a percentage of total capacity are roughly the same as they were last year.

Therefore, while we are ignoring that fewer people are attending games, we can also extrapolate that if the Mets expand Citi Field to a capacity of 10 million, the Mets will draw approximately 9 million fans per game. Those million seats that appear to be empty are actually sold, people are just getting chicken fingers.

Click here for the article , which is another article about unsold seats.

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May 5, 2009

One Year Stadium Naming Rights Deals Are A Bad Idea

Even more annoying than a corporate stadium name, is a stadium name that changes all the time – like Joe Robbie/Pro Player/Dolphins/Dolphin/Land Shark Stadium. Pick something and keep it.

â€œDolphin Stadium president Bruce Schulze confirmed Friday that a naming rights deal with Land Shark Lager is likely. The Dolphins are expected to unveil the new name at a news conference next Friday.â€

Financial terms of the deal have not been released.

The one-year deal by Land Shark shows that A-B and Buffett are looking to market the brand to a broader audience, given that the stadium will host the 2010 Super Bowl

More here.

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May 5, 2009

Rebier to New York Mets and Yankees Fans: Shut Up and Enjoy (Newsday)

My mood today made me decide to share Anthony Reiber’s column in Monday’s Newsday and yes I’m picking out the sentences that fit my mood.

Words by Anthony, pictures are mine.

Not that we don’t love a good Yankees- or Mets-bashing story here, but what’s jumped out at us is a) how nice both places are for fans to watch a game and b) the overall tone of whininess from fans about the new parks.

Seriously, now, people, quitcherbellyachin’.

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1) A small number of upper-deck seats at Citi Field have obstructed views because of plexiglass railings. Simple solution: remove the plexiglass railings.

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5) They got the field views right at Yankee Stadium – it really looks as if you’re watching a game at the old stadium! – but the Great Hall entryway feels like, as I overheard someone say the other day, “just another mall in Paramus.” And I don’t find the Jackie Robinson Rotunda at Citi Field all that impressive, but then again, I’ve never been a big rotunda fan.

http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-sprieber0412728663may03,0,3028525.column

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Also, complaining to me about tickets won’t do you any good. If the Yankees or Mets stuck you with bad season tickets, first of all, congratulations on having the dough to afford even bad season tickets.

Thanks Anthony! What section are your seats in again? Tell Boomer Esiason I said hi.