The Mets Police

Adam Rubin does an awesome Morning Mets briefing every day, and today he mentioned that our buddy Dave Howard told a certain newspaper that lives behind a pay wall that Mets tickets are selling like gangbusters.

Rubin’s excerpt quotes Dave as saying season ticket sales are up. Traditionally, the Mets use the phrase season tickets to mean the full 81 whereas fat guys like me get more casual with the term (in Mets-see I have a plan, not season tix).

No word on plan sales, but if overall is up you can consider me to be “quite surprised.” The discounts were nice but let’s not get crazy.

Meanwhile I’m just gonna drool over my blue and orange Mets jacket which is making its debut today. I want to stalk myself and take pictures of it.

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Randy, how much does it cost for you to make a Ghostbusters/Dave Howard mash?

Joe was right before “my time.”. I remember the sweater trade well, and all of Joe Torre. I had the 1977 Topps cards, so we 7 year olds probably all got into baseball that summer.

Sad news…

Former New York Mets manager Joe Frazier has passed away at the age of 88, according to the New York Times.

The report indicates that he passed away in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, where he had been a long-time resident.

Frazier served only one full year as the team’s skipper, guiding the Mets to an 86-76 record and a third place finish in the National League East.

He was let go after they stumbled to a 15-30 start to the 1977 campaign, which featured the trade of iconic pitcher Tom Seaver to the Cincinnati Reds.
His tenure as manager bridged the small gap between the end of Yogi Berra’s four-season reign and the start of Joe Torre’s five years leading the team from the dugout.

Via
the Toronto Sun

Um….does everyone but me know about this and you didn’t know how to tell me?

Not to be confused with the Batgirl contest I am having on the side.

HONORARY BAT GIRL CONTEST OPEN FOR METS FANS

TO SHARE THEIR “GOING TO BAT AGAINST BREAST CANCER” STORIES

Submission Entry Period for Chance to be Honored On-Field at Citi Field during Mother’s Day Celebrations Open Now Through April 1 at HonoraryBatGirl.com

FLUSHING, N.Y., February 17, 2011 – Major League Baseball® and Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the world’s largest breast cancer organization, launched the 2011 Honorary Bat Girl Contest, a campaign to recognize baseball fans who have been affected by breast cancer and have demonstrated a commitment to eradicating the disease. Mets fans ages 18 and older can go online at www.honorarybatgirl.com to share inspirational stories about themselves or loved ones who are “Going To Bat Against Breast Cancer.”

During MLB’s annual Mother’s Day national day of recognition, one Honorary Bat Girl representing the Mets will take part in pre-game activities, be honored during an on-field ceremony at Citi Field and receive pink MLB merchandise and two tickets to the game. Entries may be submitted at www.honorarybatgirl.com, a Web site powered by MLB.com, and will be accepted until the submission period closes on Thursday, April 14.

A celebrity panel of judges will help select the winning submissions based on the following criteria: originality, quality of writing, demonstration of commitment to breast cancer awareness and public appeal as determined by online fan votes.

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