What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
I could ask @mediagoon what the heck is going on here but it’s more fun to guess or for you guys to play Caption These Photos
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Cohen said that baseball officials did not understand that “that no other city in the nation experienced that horrific day and its aftermath like we did in New York.” He added: “Three thousand people died here. Not in Kansas City. Not in Seattle. You know, Milwaukee and Seattle didn’t lose 343 firefighters. Unlike Denver or Atlanta, virtually everyone in this city and its suburbs knew somebody who perished that day.”
via Mets’ Announcer Weighs In on Cap Controversy – NYTimes.com.
New Era, which manufactured the American flag hats used in all MLB games Sunday, said it would not have objected to the Mets wearing first responder hats, as the team so memorably did in 2001.”Whatever Major League Baseball decided, we would have supported that decision,” New Era spokeswoman Dana Marciniak told the Daily News Michael OKeeffe Tuesday.
via Outrage over Mets not wearing caps of NYPD, FDNY, PAPD on 9/11 shows how pain of day still lingers.
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It’s a good thing Joe Torre is concerned about what baseball teams wear. The game is sacred. Once you start honoring first responders it’s a slippery slope to doing a Turn Ahead The Clock promotion to help a company with 21 andCentury in their name.
Then the next thing you know, you’re promoting movies on the bases.
I’m not good at math but looks like the Mets are pacing toward selling 2.4 million tickets. If I recall correctly that’s right around what they predicted.
The Mets are averaging 30,240, according to STATS LLC, down from 32,402 last year and their lowest since 2004.
Via CBS New York
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I have really enjoyed this season and still watch every night. I’m a little quicker to give up on the game to go to bed than I was in June, but I like this team. I’d rather lose with this bunch than win guys closely identified with other teams (say Tom Glavine) or jerkyfaces (take your pick).