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The other day the Mets announced the benefits for 2011 season ticket holders.

Part of it will be an opportunity to win a daily award.  30 awards in 30 days.  Let’s take a look and have some fun.

1.  A Mr. Met appearance.   I guess it would be cool if Mr. Met showed up at my birthday party.  Cool.

2.  Announce the starting lineup.   Meh.

3.  My kid gets to hand the umps the lineup card.  Yawn.

4.  Invite to the Welcome Home Dinner.   Cool I guess.  It doesn’t excite me but would excite some.  I just wanna go to bed.

5.  Be part of the Pepsi Party Patrol.  I would be tempted to hit someone in the face with the t-shirt gun.  Not so cool that it makes me want to buy 81 games.

6.  SNY meet and greet.   Who doesn’t love Keith and Gary and Ron?  Cool.

7.  Play catch with my kid on field.  Awesome of course.

8.  Seaver wine tasting with Seaver.  If you like Seaver it’s cool.   I like Seaver.

9.  Watch a game with Sandy.  Cool.  Especially if Oliver Perez pitches.

10.  Your kid gets to be a junior Mets reporter.  Mine are too young.  Meh.

11. Honorary bat boy/girl.  Coooooool.

12.  Jersey off a player’s back.  Can I just get a new jersey?

13.  Meet the new Mets manager.  If it’s Lee Mazzilli I may enter.  If it’s Bob Melvin, I may root for the Brewers.

14.  First Pitch.   Too much pressure and I have a rag arm.  No thanks.

15.  Meet Mr. Met in a tunnel by his dressing room.  What? Sounds creepy.  This is a family friendly blog so I will stop there.

16.  Spring Training Trip.   Cool.  Throw in a babysitter thought.  Grandma ain’t coming out to watch them.

17.  Road Game Trip.  Depends where.  West coast cool.  Philly uncool.

18.  Suite Party.  16 friends and $750 of food.  Do I know 16 Mets fans?  Let’s see…me, Goon, Dan, Osh41, Mrs. MP, kids….I should invite guys like Ceetar, Randy and Greg…yeah I could fill it.  Now I kinda wanna do it anyway.  How much?

19.  Personalized autographed bat.  Cool.

20.  Attend a press conference.   Meh.

21.  Team Store Shopping Spree.  $500!   Can someone say Caps-fest?!

22.  Personalized Autographed Jersey.   I don’t care.  I want a new one with Mazzilli 16.

23. Player Meet and Greet.  Can I pick Ollie?

24.  Player fielding session.   Very cool.  I could definitely use some pointers.

25.  Indoor BP.  30 minutes.  You ever hit a batting cage for half an hour?  Exhausting.  Very cool.

26.  Bullpen pitching session.  Osh41 would lose it if he won this.

27.  High five some players.  What??

28.  Take the field at a position.   Meh.   I see people do this every game.  Not special enough for me.   (Greedy.)

29.  VIP with some Mets alumni.   Tom Seaver and Lee Mazzilli?  Cool.   Bob Bailor and Jose Oquendo?  No thanks.

30.  Some autographed GTS wine.   Nah.

Well that was fun.  I don’t see me ever buying 81 games so it’s irrelevant but it was fun to think about.

What was your favorite?

I found the Collins story I referred to this morning.  Solid reading to keep you busy during the Giants-Seahawks.  Lots to it…definitely check it out

One of the reasons Terry Collins has not had a job managing in MLB in ten years is because he lost control of his ballclub. He has remained in the game in lesser roles because he is — absolutely — a “good baseball man” and well-liked by his colleagues, superiors, and players. Funny, he sounds eerily similar to another guy who lost control of his clubhouse and didn’t manage again for several years — Jerry Manuel.

via Collins’ Experience: Good or Bad?.

John posted this in comments.  As with all things Mets Police I remind you we’re not 60 Minutes.  I’m a fat guy watching football (I do have a Mets sweatshirt on, really).  John has posted before and I have no reason not to believe him but consider this unofficial:

Just received my season tkt invoice in mail.Last year 1 seat in promenade infield reserve$1965 .This year $1822.50 thats a little more then 7% decrease not bad , but I feel like they stole that other 3% from the real fans and lowered prices to seats that they wont sell anyway

Ken Belson who writes Bats for the Times is always dead-on (as is Mark Simon at ESPN NY).  I’ve heard lots of good things about the Billy Joel film. I have been resistant to this one for some reason, I may  have to give in…

I initially expected a concert film. Instead, the film goes in several directions at once: part history of Shea (complete with grainy footage of the Beatles and blooper reels from the 1960s Mets), part concert movie (plenty of crowd shots) and part Billy Joel biography, including interviews with the man himself.

via A Mets Fan’s Take on Billy Joel’s “Last Play at Shea” – NYTimes.com.

While we’re talking music – I’m really excited about Springsteen’s The Promise.  FireRich pays attention to the occassional Bruce reference I drop in (nobody ever comments on the Star Wars references) and sent this one over with apologies to Mr. S….and before anyone over reacts to the words “Latin” and “white” – please review the lyrics to the original song. If you don’t like Springsteen stop reading now.  You will be lost.

Rats, I meant to use this post on Friday but then the Uni Watch link distracted me.   A good take from Ceetar:

We are that next bridge to the masses of Mets fans.  The casual/mainstream fan base is out there, not on Twitter and not blogging, but they’re out there in the world. They’re coworkers, friends, family, the UPS guy, and the girl you buy your coffee from in the morning. They don’t always follow closely.  They may not read the papers to stay up to date on the Mets transactions. They don’t get text messages that read “Mets got Johan!”  Their number one source of Mets news is you and me.

Many of us that are “Big Mets Fan” have become, by way of our enthusiasm, the go to person to ask about the Mets.  That enthusiasm spreads; if we’re excited about the team we start talking about it with the more casual fans.  We ask the UPS guy at work if he saw the game, we linger buying our bagel in the morning because the cashier wants to know who was pitching last night.

via The Mets Read Your Blog.