Category: mets

I have Yankees tickets.  All season long I have been selling them.  Made some nice coin.

I have Mets tickets.  You can barely give them away.  I jump on stubhub (don’t get mad at me, visit mets.com and they are begging you to post tickets – somebody is getting rich on this) and tickets are going for face.

September 7th vs the Phillies.  Sure the child hating ESPN made it a night game, but it’s still a big game.  You can get a seat for $10.   Ten.

Every day I get emails from the Mets inviting me to get Pennant packs and to Show Up At Shea and whatever else they can think of.  Of course I could go all Mushnick here and mention that they bait-and-switch (Mr. Mets dash – oh psyche we moved the game to 8) – but in theory this is a good team and you’d think people would want to go?

Or are there just 40,000 Mets fans and we all have tickets?

Memo to Johan Santana:

This is why the Mets got you.

You’ve been pitching well, but just as the Yankees needed A-Rod to get a hit with the bases loaded last night, the Mets need you to win and go as deep as you can.

You don’t want to come to town in first and leave 1.5 back.

You know the bullpen sucks (sucks would be an upgrade at this point) and you know the starting pitcing is you and a not-quite-rookie and some wishful thinking.

These are the games that help determine if you become “Ray Knight” or “Bobby Bonilla” in franchise lore.

The Former Franchise not only was able to show up at Shea last week but now he is visiting firehouses.


“These firemen are the people you should really look up to, kid. They’re real heroes. They respond to fires every day to save lives. Sometimes they even respond to terrorist attacks. We’re here to say we don’t forget their sacrifice.”

Hey Pedro – can you hold a lead?

Hey Bullpen – can anyone have less than a 7 ERA?

Awful.  What else can be said.

Yesterday I suggested it was a good idea to be happy with what the Jets offered.  My argument was based upon trying to cut the best deal you can.

I’ve been in correspondence with the guys at pslrally.com and with permission I am sharing an email below.   I’m just a dude with a blog, not 60 Minutes so I don’t have time nor energy to fact-check but here’s the viewpoint of what I call The Resistance.

It’s good news and bad news:

First the Good News

I’m happy that the Jets decided to add a benefit that I had discussed at the rally and on the website, which is to allow PSL holders to chance to buy tickets to other stadium events.

I do hope that the Giants follow this lead and add this benefit for their PSL holders as well.

I’m happy that 27,000 seats for the Jets do not have PSLs.

Now the Bad News

Personally, my PSL for the Jets in Section 137 is $10,000 per ticket or $20,000 for my two seats.  This is ‘twice’ what the Giants are charging for the same seats.

Also, my game ticket prices are going from their current $80 cost up to $140 per ticket.  This is a 75% increase.  This is $20 more than the Giants are charging for the same ticket.  How can the Jets charge more for their tickets than the Giants?  This is inconcievable to me.

Also, every single ticket for the Jets is at or more expensive than the Giants.  Even the upper deck that have no PSLs are $10 to $20 higher than the Giants.  The Jets have one more section of tickets selling at $700 per ticket per game called the Great Hall Club, where the Giants are asking $160 for these same seats.

In the end the Jets plan is not Fan Friendly.  They are raising the same or more revenue than the Giants and charging more money for their tickets than the World Champion Giants. 

Hard to believe but true.