The Mets Police

My friends the Mets are very seriously about this, which is why they dropped the press release 5 hours before game time, and a few hours after promoting a fashion deal.  I’m pretty sure the Mets are just a fashion line and cool store in Union Square and whatever else Alex is into this week.  Steve’s busy hedging I guess.

You may recall during the 2020 season the Mets made a big deal about BLM before replacing the BLM on the mound with an ad for a car manufacturer on Game 2.

Also no day off between Minnesota and Queens?  Gary Cohen is gonna be exhausted!  He won’t like this schedule.

Anyway….

NEW YORK METS TO CELEBRATE BLACK LEGACY GAME AT CITI FIELD

The Mets Black Legacy Game Presented by Nike will Take Place Today, April 17

FLUSHING, N.Y., April 17, 2025 – The New York Mets will host their annual Black Legacy Game presented by Nike at Citi Field on Thursday, April 17 when they take on the St. Louis Cardinals at 7:10 p.m. In honor of Jackie Robinson Day, the Black Legacy Game celebrates the history of Black Mets players, while also paying tribute to significant historical figures.

The Mets will host a pre-game party on the Mets Plaza beginning at 5:00 p.m., featuring DJ Herb.

Kwame Onwuachi, a James Beard Award-winning chef, and author of the critically acclaimed cookbook My America and memoir Notes from a Young Black Chef, will throw out the first pitch to Mets Hall of Famer Darryl Strawberry. Chef Onwuachi is the owner and chef of Tatiana in New York City, whose newest concept, Patty Palace, is now available within the Hudson Whiskey Club and Clover Home Plate Club at Citi Field.

The National Anthem will be performed by gospel recording artist, songwriter, musician, and vocal teacher Valerie Boyd, and Lift Every Voice and Sing will be performed by Sharifa Lubin, Juanita Guinyard and Lenny VanCooten. Grammy nominated, BET and Soul Train Award winning recording artist and producer DJ Webstar will be the night’s DJ, performing pre-game and in-game sets in the ballpark.

The Jackie Robinson Museum will be hosting in-game activities for fans, including a scavenger hunt for the chance to win special prizes. Visit the tables located in the Jackie Robinson Rotunda open until 7:40 p.m., or on the Field Level concourse behind section 143 near the Shea Bridge open until the end of the sixth inning to learn more.

Fans who purchase tickets through the special ticket offer link will receive a Black Legacy Game hat, featuring the Black Legacy Game logo patch. For more information on the Black Legacy Game and to purchase tickets, please visit Mets.com/Promotions or call 718-507-TIXX.

Have you noticed Mr. Met’s new personality?

Since the return of the character, Mr. Met has been pretty chill.  Just hanging around and taking pictures.  Not exactly the Philly Phonetic.

Mrs. Met dragged Mister out of his shell and he started shooting t-shirts and being a little more animated, but still seemed like the same guy.

This year, I feel like they rebooted the character, and it feels off.   I saw Mister doing pushups….that’s not Mr. Met.   The character is much more lively now – which is inherently fine, except that’s not Mr. Met.

Let Mr. Met be Mr. Met.  Mrs. Met has been more animated since that character came back from the dead…so let her be the bubbly one.

Or there’s 5 new boro mascots to play with.  Let them be silly.

Or, if you really want to go the Phanatic Route…..why don’t you tap the past and have Mr. and Mrs. adopt a dog….named Homer The Beagle.

Get a big goofy slobbery furry Mets dog costume and let the dog do all the silly things you have Off Brand Mr. Met doing.

Steve – fix the numbers.  This looks terrible.  If you’re gonna talk the talk about Mets history and Brand and all that, you can’t have sun-faded numbers.   This must be fixed by next homestead.

And while I have you – dude, put the museum back.   The real version.   There are plenty of places people can buy Merch….even your new Mets House during the off-season.

Anyway, these faded numbers are completely unacceptable.

Yesterday, I went to Citi Field for the first time since September 29, 2018 when I went to David Wright’s final game.

I went because my adult son asked me – fulfilling all the dreams of dragging the little boy version of him to Mets games so some day we could do this as adults.

I had a good time and enjoyed it.  It made me want to watch more baseball (My consumption is up 400% this year from watching one game (161)  last year to watching three and attending one).  It made me want to drop the $70 on MLB The Show (they took ’24 off Game Pass and want $70 for it, same as the new one).

I can’t say the Mets aren’t trying to entertain people.  The scoreboard is non-stop gimmicks and there seem to be like 19 people working on the in-game  entertainment segments (all sponsored by sponsors I can’t name, sorry Steve.)

The Queens Crew is as dumb as I expected – although yesterday, they had kids doing it, which is much more palatable.

Speaking of kids, I really like this thing where the player photos are drawings.  This one of the Met Who Has Most Disgraced The Uniform, Franciso Lindor, is great because look at the right hand. The genius child snuck in a thumbs down. Heh heh heh.  Well done kid.

Here’s the crowd.  The Mets might be overstating how popular the team is.  Or maybe the weather forecast wasn’t great.  It was surprisingly “warm” and I was quite comfortable.

I also noticed that fans are wearing blue and orange, thanks to 2012’s Treaty of Flushing, now broken by the Cohens.  Since it took a decade for color sanity to make it back to the fanbase, expect the Cohen Era Ugly jerseys to continue to circulate well into the 2030s.  Shame.

Gonna be honest, I was underwhelmed by the Seaver Statue.  I don’t know what I was expecting…maybe I thought it was bigger?  But I’m very glad it exists.

Let’s talk about this.  The Mets last week social-media-bragged about their attention to detail.  The Mets definitely do not pay attention to detail.  Look ow faded these numbers are.  How is this possible Steve?   If nothing else, it makes the ballpark look rundown.  That’s not a premium environment for your advertisers.

A wider shot so you can see the other numbers which are not sunbleached.

I thought I took a photo of the Pennant Banners, but I don’t seem to have it.  Anyway, why are the Mets double dipping the 2000 season?  You won a pennant, you don’t need to talk about the Wild Card.  2000 has its own pennant (fine) but 2000 also appears on the We Have No Pride Wild Card pennant which should be removed.

Citi Field is one big commerce center.  Every square inch of the park is now covered with advertising, and you can’t go more than six inches before there is a stand trying to sell you something.  I got angry when I passed the site of the former museum, and then passed the plaques which are now just sitting in the hallway.  This is another Major Cohen-era regression.  It’s not like there isn’t a big store on the field level.   I wish they’d put that back as it was one of the best features of the park.

I didn’t do a loop or head out to T-Shirt land or The Bridge or any of that.

Most importantly, I spend ZERO DOLLARS.   When Lindor is gone, we can talk.  Until then, the Mets have built their brand around a guy who told the fans to hose off, so hose off I shall.    At least I have Soto to root for until Pete co-opts him with vulgarity.

Overall, a very positive review., the Mets won, and I got to boo Lindor in person.  A good day.  LGM.

 

 

Steve, this is really really sad.  You don’t actually think the Third Wild Card was an achievement do you?  While you’re at it, take all of them down.  The 2016 one is pretty lame too.