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May 22, 2024

The Mets think you care about ribbons

Remember when I started using these Jim memes that Krasinski looked like this.

CITI FIELD SELECTED AS A WINNER OF FRONT OFFICE SPORTS 2024 BEST VENUES AWARD POWERED BY SPORTS INNOVATION LABS

FLUSHING, N.Y., MAY 22, 2024 – Citi Field has been named a winner in the Front Office Sports 2024 Best Venues Award powered by Sports Innovation Labs. This year’s award recognizes 10 sports venues that have met and exceeded the evolving demands of fans and set new industry standards for success.

Venues across the industry submitted applications and responded to questions about their technologies, mobile app features, food options/dietary inclusivity, transportation offerings, mixed-use functionality, and overall venue design, and the responses were scored accordingly. The venues with the best fan experience were selected following this competitive process.

“We are thrilled to be named a winner of the new, Front Office Sports 2024 Best Venues Award,” said Katie Haas, EVP of Ballpark Operations, New York Mets “This award is a testament to the dedication and hard work of countless members of our staff and partners who go above and beyond to ensure that we not only have one of the best ballparks in the country, but also provide a best-in-class fan experience at Citi Field whether you are here for a baseball game, soccer match, concert or one of the many other events hosted here each year.”

The Mets, who were previously named Front Office Sports Best Employers in Sports in 2022 and 2019, have made continual strides to transform Citi Field into a best-in-class venue. After installing more than 300 LCD screens and over 15 million total LEDs in 2022 and MLB’s largest scoreboard at 17,400 sq. ft. along with additional LEDs in 2023, Samsung Electronics America and the Mets continued to build upon these significant updates in 2024 with the installation of four new tight pitch LED boards including one 3D anamorphic display.

Additionally, Citi Field continues to offer top tier dining options, bringing fans delicious and exciting new local NYC options each season. Overseeing the culinary operations at Citi Field is Aramark Senior Executive Chef Jason Eksterowicz, who joined the team in the winter of 2017.

Citi Field’s All-Star dining lineup is highlighted by ballpark favorites such as Pat LaFrieda’s Original Filet Mignon Steak Sandwich, Prince Street Pizza, Danny Meyer’s Shake Shack, the Coca-Cola Food Truck and Taste of Queens portable, which rotates periodically throughout the season to feature different local small businesses. Citi Field is also home to exclusives such as the Classic New York Deli Pastrami Sandwich, Anne Burrell’s Italian Eats, Adam Richman’s Burger Hall of Fame, Amazin’ Chicken Co. and more.

The Mets hope to add winning baseball to Citi Field at some time n the future. A date for that was not yet announced but it won’t be in 2024.

May 21, 2024

Stray Thoughts

Had a busy day but here’s some stray thoughts

Remember that time Steve got rid of the Mets museum but nobody on the Mets Hall Committee said anything publicly that I aware of?

Gary Cohen giving a speech really isn’t that interesting, but I guess it was just SNY covering it and nobody does care.

Does this manager not realize the season is lost or is he just a rah rah guy?

May 20, 2024

Mets trucker cap can’t be bothered with the Mets logo

Eh, just write Mets on it in and old font. Who cares?

May 19, 2024

Time out on the revisionist Darryl Strawberry loved the Mets story being sold

Time out.

The Mets and Straw are spinning tales of love as we get closer to the team retiring 18. I understand Darryl is older now, has changed his ways, is enlightened and all that. Great. Awesome.

Let’s not forget that it’s not like we woke up one day and were stunned that he had headed off to LA. It was “known” that he wanted to be a Dodger well before November of 1990 rolled around.

November 1, 1990 via The Daily Press

Darryl Strawberry’s agent has met with the Los Angeles Dodgers and said the outfielder would sign without seeking other bids if the Dodgers agree to pay him a Jose Canseco-type contract, sources said.

The agent also said Strawberry has told Dodger Manager Tom Lasorda that he wants to play here so much, he would move from right field to center field if necessary. That would enable the Dodgers to sign him without being forced to move Hubie Brooks or Kal Daniels, and could result in one of baseball’s best hitting outfields.

“Darryl and I both expressed a great deal of interest in him playing for the L.A. Dodgers,” Eric Goldschmidt, Strawberry’s agent, said.

Goldschmidt would not elaborate on Tuesday’s meeting with Vice President Fred Claire and attorney Bob Walker. But he noted: “Darryl has told Tommy that he will play center field or right field. He told him he would do whatever the manager wanted him to do.”

Until recently, Strawberry has publicly wavered on whether he wanted to join the Dodgers or return to the New York Mets. He has appeared in seven All-Star games in his eight big league seasons and has averaged 31 home runs and 91 runs batted in per season.

Under free-agent guidelines, the Dodgers cannot begin talking contract terms with Strawberry until Monday. He will be seeking a deal similar to the five-year, $23.5 million contract signed by the Oakland Athletics’ Jose Canseco.

November 9, 1990 via LA Times

Said Strawberry: “I didn’t want to fly all over the country and get in a bidding war. I wanted to be with a winner, which the Dodgers have always been. I wanted to come home. I mean, people talk about the pressure of playing at home, but after going through what I went through in New York, nothing can be as bad as that.

“The pressure and expectations, the feeling the media created that every time the club failed it was because of me, took all the fun out of it. Now I feel that the fun is just beginning, that my career is just beginning. I think you’ll see Darryl Strawberry take his game to new levels. There’s no telling what I might produce. I’ve come here to help the Dodgers win a championship.”

So welcome home Darryl. Retire 18 and all that. But let’s stop trying to sell a story that isn’t true. You didn’t want to be here.

May 16, 2024

Mets co-owner Steve Cohen meant to DM not tweet!

A phrase I will rarely say is “Good job Andy Martino” but “Good job Andy Martino” (who knows why you don’t like Luis Castillo). Also while things are being weird…good job SNY. I know, right?

If my memory works, the deleted tweet may have said something about ‘not much you can do until the deadline.”

From SNY

Naturally, I called Mets owner Steve Cohen this morning to ask about the tweet that he posted and deleted last night during the Mets loss in Philadelphia.

Cohen was flabbergasted by the interpretation spreading online that he was hinting at the team becoming trade deadline sellers.

“All in the future, not much we can do until the trade deadline,” Cohen wrote in response to a fan last night.

Cohen told me that he had actually meant to send a direct message, which he occasionally does when interacting. More importantly, he said he was not in any way indicating that the Mets will become sellers. (via SNY)

Anyway, Nathan Thurm, a spokesperson for the Mets said, “We aren’t selling. Why would you say that? I never said that. Steve didn’t say that. Maybe it’s you that’s selling, did you ever think of that?”

I agree with Mr. Thurm, because other than Pete Alonso, what exactly is there to trade, You signed Lindor for half a century, and Nimmo is an actual keeper. I guess you could move Sugar Diaz, but then what happens to that snazzy light show.

Anyway, great job as always Steve. It’s good that the Wilpons are gone. You and Alex are nailing this ownership thing, and the marketing has been on point.