The Mets Police

The folks at Ebbets Field Flanners came out with some new caps for the Original 16.  This is for the ’11 Giants…

METS-BRAVES POSTPONED TODAY

Makeup Game Scheduled as Part of a Single Admission Doubleheader

Tomorrow, Monday, May 1 at 1:10 p.m.

FLUSHING, N.Y., April 30, 2023 – The New York Mets have announced that today’s game against the Atlanta Braves has been postponed due to rain. It will be made up as part of a single admission doubleheader tomorrow, Monday, May 1 beginning at 1:10 p.m. Gates will open at 11:10 a.m. Game two will begin approximately 30 minutes following the conclusion of game one.

Tickets for today’s game WILL NOT be valid for admission to the makeup doubleheader. Fans currently holding a paid ticket in their account valid for entry to today’s game will receive a digital voucher loaded into their My Mets Tickets account (accessed by clicking the Vouchers tab) and will be accessible tomorrow.

Fans may exchange the voucher for a ticket comparable in price and location to another Mets 2023 regular season home game at Citi Field (excluding the June 3 Mets Hall of Fame Ceremony and the June 13-14 Subway Series vs. Yankees), subject to availability.

Ticket holders for today’s game with a prepaid parking pass will automatically receive a voucher redeemable for a new prepaid parking pass in their My Mets Tickets account. Fans that paid for parking on-site for today’s game, can visit Mets.com/rain for information on how to receive a parking voucher redeemable for a future 2023 regular season Mets game, subject to availability.

Complimentary tickets to today’s game and those marked “NO RAINCHECK” have no value and do not constitute a rain check.

Fans who purchased tickets on SeatGeek or StubHub will receive a digital voucher. Tickets purchased from any other secondary market are not eligible for digital vouchers. Fans holding tickets that have been purchased from anywhere other than the Mets, SeatGeek or StubHub must consult the original vendor of sale.

Hey fans, thanks for getting soaked last night even though the forecast told us all day it was going to pour, but unlike on Opening Day when it didn’t rain at all we liked the pitching matchup so we thought we would make you sit there.

Anyway, we feel bad you got soaked, so as a Friday Night Fan…here’s a ticket to a Tuesday game.

METS THANK FANS

FLUSHING, N.Y., April 28, 2023 – As a thank you to our fans, anyone holding a ticket for tonight’s game against Atlanta will receive a voucher for a ticket to another Monday-Thursday Mets 2023 regular season home game at Citi Field (excluding the June 13-14 Subway Series vs. Yankees), subject to availability.  The digital voucher will be loaded into each attending patron’s My Mets Tickets account (accessed by clicking the Vouchers tab) and will be accessible tomorrow morning.

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Mets, you and I both know you aren’t selling out.  Let these people come on a Friday – yeah you can downgrade them and tell them ‘subject to availability” but at least let Friday fans come on a Friday.

So Steve which is it – are the employees out of control, do you not have control, or are you OK with vulgar messaging?

First we had PatchGate in which we are to believe somehow a big ugly white and  red patch made it to the field without you signing off on it, despite your obvious relationship with the sponsor.

But now this…

Steve – how did that make it to the field?

Steve I don’t know anything about gloves.

Maybe the player stitched on there themselves?

Maybe the equipment guys did it?

Maybe Wilson made a manufacturing error and misspelled LGM?

Anyway, you’re the boss.  Are you OK with this? Is this the brand now?  Is this what you want the brand to be now?  The inmates may be running the asylum.

Before we begin…..a history lesson.

Back in the day, the New Jersey Devils CRUSHED it at social media.  Absolutely crushed it.

The guy that ran that account, a good guy, a guy I like a lot,  And he was the Devils guy so we know he is GOOD AT THIS.

But lately…I am seeing dribble.  A lot of “let’s just add Mc to whatever just happened,”  or “VolgelSomething”   Like a ChatGPT is in charge.

Some examples of the dribble…

My first question is – who is this for?

In some (many) (all) cases it’s so MLB can get a pre-roll advertisement before you can actually see the clip.

Who is the target? Lifelong Mets fans who aren’t watching the game?  Hey that’s me, and I hate this stuff.   And if you’re a lifelong Mets fan who IS watching the game “McTriple” does nothing for your brand affinity.

 

Next question – who is behind this?

One theory I have is that “Devils Guy” does the main stuff, the things that are still cool/valuable/useful.  Say this…

and maybe the in-game stuff is coming out of the MLB Office where some 22 year old Gen-Z’er is doing all the McGroundOut nonsense like this…

Those posts do nothing.  They are presumably targeted at me (Mets fan not watching the game.)  They just make me want to throw up in my mouth.

My other theory, and I don’t think this is true and sure hope it isn’t true, is that the new Marketing Guy they brought in during 2022 somehow thinks they know better than Devils Guy and changed the direction of things.

Let the Devils Guy do his thing Mets.