Here are some more random photos from the Mets Hall of Fame and Museum. Â Thanks to Media Goon for good photography.
8 more photos of the Mets Hall of Fame and Museum
Mets uniform news later today?
If you follow @matthewcerrone on Twitter, he promises some uniform buzz late today.
I’m going to speculate he heard what I heard but can actually confirm it.
My source is good (and thank you) but I don’t want to start a fire drill like the Shake Fake.
Anyway the email I alluded to earlier was uniform related and I didn’t like it. It’s not awful awful but….
Let’s keep an eye on Metsblog.
The Breakdown of Society (This is just about fans)
I know this blog is usually about the Mets and when they drop the ball on something or have black jerseys on for 90 percent of the games they play.
Having said this, I really need to get this off my chest right away. I am neither an old fogey or a young buck. Â I am going to be 34 this month. Â I have never got the whole point of tagging(graffiti).
The Mets realized they did not give their fans the things to make Citi Field to be feel like it was the home of the New York Mets. Â So, they corrected it in the offseason and made the ballpark look great.
From the Mets Museum to the pictures in the walkways. Even the painted stairwells being painted blue and orange. This leads me to one of my points.
As I was walking down one of the stairwells with Shannon, I saw someone’s need to feel validated.  A graffiti “tag” on the freshly painted wall. And no it wasn’t Doc Gooden.
I mean seriously after all the complaining we did as Mets fans to get the Wilpons to make Citi Field feel like our Mets home, someone does this?
It is just awful.
The disrespect people have in this city for other people’s and public properties is unbelievable.
As a Mets fan and as a New Yorker, I want to apologize to the Mets organization for this troglodyte’s need to feel validated.
My second point is will fans please learn how to boo and jeer correctly?
People were booing ball ones. They were booing strike ones. This is just not Mets fans either. I remember growing up we booed “villains” on other teams. We booed the headhunters in hockey. We booed the guys who said something against our team or our city. We didn’t boo when somebody took strike one.
People were booing Mejia during his first appearance in a Major League game. Did he do well? No. But there was no need to boo him. Great way to make sure his confidence doesn’t get shaky people. I think I might boo the really loud obnoxious woman sitting behind me tonight next week because of her lame comments and her booing. “BOO….You suck…You call that heckling? Your a bum!!! They should get rid of you!! Maybe send you down to hecklers triple A…Booooo” .
I really do not remember this being as bad as this when I was a kid and a teenager. Maybe I am getting older and cranky. Thanks for letting me get this off my chest.
Mets fans: speak up, be heard
Yesterday I wrote about my personal theory and speculation that the black uniforms could be going. Â I base that upon nothing but me walking around the park, seeing the emphasis on blue and orange and knowing that next year is the 50th season.
It definitely was noticed in the Metsosphere, and generally well received.
I got a very interesting email this morning from a good source. Â I’m not at all ready to share it or even what it’s about – but it leads me to the point of this morning’s rambling.
I say the next sentence with all humility. Â The Mets Police have influence, and the Mets Police are YOU.
We have a community forming here. Â We love our team, and we’re all very passionate.
If you like the idea of no-black, comment about it. Â Write about it. Â Send an email to Flushing. Â Write an old fashioned letter to Mr. Wilpon.
If you think the black uniforms rule – great, you’re a fan too. Â Write about it, send an email to Flushing, write to Mr. Wilpon and send me a guest column – I will happily post it.
Whether it’s food choices you’d like to see, a player honored, an idea for a stadium improvement – whatever it is – speak your voice.
I didn’t really like what was in the inbox this morning, but this is about a conversation. Â It’s not just my opinion that matters.
What’s your opinion?
Speak up, and don’t just speak up here. Â Some day I’ll be gone (and don’t read anything into that at all).
You are the Mets Police.
Frequent readers will notice that Media Goon is writing some articles now. Â Coming up this morning he will comment on some behavior we saw last night. Â This movement is about so much more than a Seaver statue or what the Mets wear.
Look how great Citi Field has become. Â Look at the beautiful museum! Â Hear the awesome organ music at the games. Â Enjoy the vegetarian food. Â Come out August 1st and salute your ’86 heroes.
Speak up! Â Spread the ideas. Â If you’re a blogger, share my ideas and I will share yours. Â Lets Go Mets!
Mets Respond to My Praise of Tweeks
Yesterday, I got a call from the Mets because I emailed them telling them how the stadium looks great and this year it feels like the home of the Mets.
They called me to thank me for my feedback and they were glad they were able to make Citi Field feel more like the Mets home and know that they should have done it last year. Can not beat their response times.
