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No hard copy media guide for Mets fans: mistake?

I don’t claim this topic is the biggest deal in the world, and this is not complaining for complaining sake, but Mets Police seems to be the only place where such topics get entertained, so let’s talk about it.

Fans are starting to get their 15 game packages in the mail. In years past they were accompanied by the media guide.

If you have never seen the media guide, imagine the best yearbook ever with months of stats and articles to read. Team history, records, game by game breakdowns, minor league recaps, official verbage that the team colors include blue not black, and even Dave Howard’s bio. It’s amazin’

This year the tickets came with a letter saying that the Mets have gone green, and we can have access to the media guide online. No hard copy was sent.

I’ve heard from some fans who are disappointed in this decision. It’s nice to have a tangible guide in your hand. It’s nice to put it on the shelf with the guides of the past.

I applaud environmental friendly efforts. However, I encourage the Mets to rethink this one.

I wonder about the ticket shipping fee. Did that go down as compared to years past when they mailed a heavy book? I haven’t checked. Perhaps in years past the Mets subsidized the shipping of the guide and didn’t pass the cost along to us.

What about the handling fee? Presumably it is easier to stuff tickets in an envelope as compared to tickets and a guide? Again I haven’t researched this so I’ll give the Mets the benefit of the doubt.

I don’t know how many media guides the Mets usually print, but zero is cheaper than x. Did they charge us full price for media guides in the past? Is this cost savings? Is this a stealth ticket price increase? Same money, fewer goods. Somewhere the math doesn’t add up, right?

I try to provide solutions. This one is easy. Today, that’s today not in three weeks when someone in the “mainstream” brings it up, ship out some media guides.

Send a letter letting fans know about all the amazin’ green efforts and despite the Mets commitment to the environment they understand passionate fans enjoy a physical guide.

Simple, right?

UPDATE:   A beat writer has confirmed that he does indeed have a hard copy.  Also, this may be an MLB wide thing.

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Today’s green New York Mets caps

Thanks to tweeter @citycynic (I’m @metspolice) for steering me toward photos of today’s Mets green caps.   I like this tradition, but wish they’d go all-in and wear green jerseys.  Perhaps it’s not worth the expense.

Today is one of those wonderful days where Metsblog threw me a link, so if you’re new – welcome and I hope you come back.  I’ve been a little uniforms heavy this week, it has been a quiet week, but here’s a link to some of the Most Popular which will catch you up on what goes on around here.  If you’d like to get a daily summary email just click here.

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Are the New York Mets retro jerseys too yellow?

Good morning.  It’s another quiet morning in Flushing.   There’s talk that the Mets are looking to acquire a SS, and I’m not going to speculate.  I do notice an increasing number of “Life After Reyes” posts on the intertubes.

I’m a big fan of the TV series “Life After People” and maybe someday “Life After Reyes” will be a series.

10 Years After Reyes:  in 2019, at a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the ’69 Mets, Bud Harrelson is named best SS in team history.  A surprisingly old-looking Tom Seaver is there.

80 Years After Reyes:  in the final season at Citi Field, the Mets lose the final game 3-2 to the Washington Nationals.  A new MLB record of 103 years without a World Series is set.

100 Years After Reyes:  a dusty wall with the signature of someone named “Doc Gooden” is found at a garage sale in New Jersey.

I digress…

I gotta tell you, I’m not out to complain (really) but I walked into Modell’s on Sunday and found the retro jerseys to be too yellow for my taste.   These pictures won’t really do justice, which is why I snapped the one next to a snow white jersey from some other team, and I just wasn’t digging it.  Trust me they look much yellowish in person.

For my vote, yellow with the black dropshadow should be a one and done.   I don’t expect to see too many of them at Citi Field, and I’m super glad my cousin bought me a 2009 style white pinstripe jersey last year.   Those are now rare.

I will continue to encourage the Mets to drop black and bring back early 80’s blues as the alternate.   If this is about making money, why not cycle in a look that hasn’t been used in 25 years but seems traditional(ish) to us old folks.

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Cool 1983 Tom Seaver Mets jersey I saw


Before we get to today’s topic, some behind the scenes.

Often I will write ahead when I have free time.  You never know when real life will get you busy, or there’s just nothing new to write about.

Today is one of those mornings where nothing is happening in Flushing.  I don’t feel like writing about Reyes (how’s that rest coming) or K-Rod’s glasses (someone start writing the obligatory blog post about how the glasses are the reason he walked two batters in May) or even coin-toss gate which is fueling WFAN.

So I looked to see what “generics” I had parked.  I had one about “are the retro jerseys too yellow?” but I don’t feel like being “negative” today.  I have one about how I like the Phillies rivalry, but I want to flesh that out….which leaves me with nostalgia.  On my way from Mets Police HQ to Wayne Enterprises I wrote a nice story about Seaver on my iphone…and it didn’t save.   Hopefully I can recapture my thoughts, and here we go with Take 2.

Those pictures are of a Seaver jersey I saw over the weekend.  Very intriguing.  I like the 80’s-ness of it.  I can picture Tom walking in from right field on Opening Day 1983 as I type.

I have written about it before, but Opening Day 1983 has my favorite on-field Mets memory.   Tom Seaver was back!

Are you listening?  Tom Seaver was back!

Seaver!  Back!

After all the horribleness of my youth, here I was somehow with field level tickets on the third base side (I was like 13) and Tom Seaver was going to pitch for the Mets again.

Seaver took a nice long stroll in from the bullpen, along the right field stands.  It was amazing.  Nothing compared to it.  The Franchise had returned.

For you youngsters, I don’t know how to express the emotion.  Nothing would compare.   Seaver.  Back.

Later that April, Seaver would be leading the league in triples with two.  If I remember correctly, Channel 9 did a fun promo around that fact.

I have blocked out the portion of my memory where the Mets leave him unprotected and he goes to the White Sox.  Man, oh man if we had blogs back then.  Even typing this paragraph makes me sad.

The jersey was $100.  I must resist.  I have bought three jerseys in the last year, two of which haven’t been to games yet.  As an adult male with a job it’s hard to work four Mets jerseys into the fashion rotation.   I’m hoping one of my dopey friends buys one and wears it to games with me.

Other quickies:

MLB has a good 40% sale today, I may go cap shopping any get one full price and the second at 40% off.

I’m hunting around the internet for a picture of Seaver in a black mets jersey so I can torture us all.  Let me know if you spot one.

Media Goon says his 15 game package arrived, and whereas in years past it came with a media guide, this year the Mets have “gone green” and are referring us to the internet.  He’s going to send me the exact language later.  I appreciate the Mets efforts to “go green” but I’m a little suspect that it may just be cheaper not to print and mail several thousand media guides – and the lighter mailing would suggest that the “fees” should be less, but I haven’t done my homework on comparing year to year ticket shipping fees yet.  Also, if they played the “going green” card on this I will be watching and mocking all season long.

Hmm, I’m an idiot if I buy this jersey right?  When would I wear it?

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All-Irish Mets Team 2010

From last year, one man’s attempt to craft an “Irish” Mets team.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Shea Stadium – lets welcome Bob Murphy to the microphone (Tim McCarver is up in the TV booth) to introduce the Irish Mets – a list of Mets who have at-least Irish-sounding names.   Feel free to hit comments to add suggestions, nitpick heritage, or bitch.  Bob, take it away…(no I’m not going to attempt to write in Murph-cadence)

First let’s meet the pitchers:

Our starters: Nolan Ryan, Tim Leary, Terry Leach and Jim McAndrew

The bullpen:   Tug McGraw & Roger McDowell (we could add brief 2009 Met Darren O’Day)

Behind the plate: catcher Mike Fitzgerald

Third base: He played 38 games there in 1990, please welcome back our old friend Tom O’Malley

Shortstop:  Roy McMillan

Second base:  Doug Flynn

First base: moving from LF on the 2008 team to first…Daniel Murphy!

In left: Our former “we need a body” supersub Joe McEwing. (I wanted to nominate the big redhead Rusty Staub but was overruled by the Mets Police Emerald Society).  Last year McEwing was at first and Murphy here.

In Center: Kevin McReynolds (33 games there in 1991)

The Right Fielder: Dave Gallagher

Pete Flynn will take care of the grounds, and to manage this not-so-impressive lineup, we considered having a player-manager at SS, but we decided to go un-Wilpon and not forget the New York Giants so John McGraw will be our choice.

Who did I miss?