Save the Islanders!


I’m worried about the Islanders.


Even if you’re the most die-hard Rangers fan, you don’t want the Islanders to go away.  The Rangers without the Islanders is like the Roadrunner without the Coyote.   You need an enemy.


I worry about the Islanders heading to Kansas City, and Larry Brooks didn’t make me feel any better today in the Post, although Newsday reports the lease forbids the Islanders from playing home games anywhere else for six more years.


I ask Islander fans, what would make you feel better about the franchise?   No you can’t have a magic wand and suddenly have an All-Star at every position and a new building.   Take baby steps.  Would it take one Sydney Crosby?   The original uniforms?   One good playoff run?  


I was wondering why people don’t go, so I went to the website to see how much tickets cost.   They don’t make it easy.   When I clicked “tickets” in a Google search I was taken to a landing page trying to sell me season tickets.  I don’t want season tickets, i just want to go once.


So, maybe that’s Google’s fault.   I tried the plain old http://islanders.nhl.com/ which is really pushing Tuesday’s game against Tampa.    PURCHASE TICKETS NOW it says, so I clicked it and wound up trapped on a Ticketmaster page that is specific to the Tuesday game.

Sigh.  OK maybe I’m an idiot.  Maybe.  I think I’m pretty computer savvy, and I’m at least an “average fan.”  Why is it so hard to find tickets for a Saturday night?

Back to the main page, and I click the smaller text “EnterNewYorkIslanders.com” box.

I click tickets, then individual tickets where my choices are “Loudville” and “Ticket Exchange.”

Um….Loudville I guess?  I click it.

I’m greeted by a picture of some college students and an offer for a free burrito.   No, I just wanted two seats for me and the kid.

One more try.  I try schedule.

Saturday February 21st, Devils at Isles.  Perfect!  I click “tickets” which takes me back to Ticketmaster, and a February calendar instead of a direct click.  Sigh.  I just want to give the Islanders money but they won’t let me.

I ask for two $19 tickets, the cheapest option.  I’m cheap.  The Coliseum is quite small and there really aren’t any awful seats.

No $19’s.  I cave in and ask for $30.  They exist.  With a $5.75 fee attached to both.   Now it’s $72 bucks to go to Nassau for one night with my son.  $7 to park (I’m pleasantly surprised it’s that low in the 21st century).

$80 and we haven’t bought a soda yet.

No thanks.

When you’re not drawing and your fanbase is whittling away it’s time to cut ticket prices.  Get the kids addicted to hockey before the sport dies.  You know how many hockey games Mets Police Jr has been to, zero.   For $80 it’s going to stay that way.

(yes I know I picked the fisherman logo.)



REVENUE-SHARING RULE UNFAIR

BOSTON – When Gary Bettman sug gests the NHL is all about providing temporary help to needy franchises – not that there are any really needy franchises in the commissioner’s the-earth-is-flat…MORE >

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Wow Willie Actually Does Have A Book!

All week I thought folks were just kidding about “The Mets Years” but sure enough …

Hilarious.


Rising Son: Mets, Yankees, and My Journey to the Big Leagues (Hardcover)

by Willie Randolph (Author), Wayne Coffey (Author)


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This title will be released on March 31, 2009.


That’s all I can find.  Even the Harper Entertainment website search box turns up nothing for “Willie Randolph.”

Anyone want to guess what’s in it?   The coffee hasn’t kicked in yet so my brain is coming up with A-Fraud equivalents for the Mets.

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Complete Video of Torre and Larry King

Hi folks.  I don’t know why CNN can’t use the same embedding technology everyone else does, or maybe I’m just stupid, but I am unable to embed the video of Torre and Larry King into this post.  If you’re reading this on RSS or somewhere else, visit Mets Police where I have the video at the top of the page and will leave it there for a few days.

As I said last night I thought Joe was pretty convincing.

What did everyone else think?

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Long Islanders mad about the Citi name (video)

The fans are mad about the name. The fans want Manny. Check the anger at the start of this video – when it gets to mustaches you might as well close it since it gets stupid.

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