What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
I haven’t done this in quite a while, but it’s time for another round of Alternate Caps. Long time readers know I will likely hate most of them.
Leading off, here’s the “DH” hat.
Well, it is blue and orange.
The problem is that extra orange in the back. Why? Why would you buy this??
I was thinking about the Mets managers in my conscious lifetime and which I like(d) and which I don’t.
Is Jerry Manuel the Best of the Worst?
Here’s my criteria: if the manager made the playoffs he’s off the list.
For me that leaves:
Joe Torre: this little boy couldn’t understand how a team loaded with the ERA leader (I had the Topps card. Swan was as good as Guidry it told me) and Lee Mazzilli coudlnt’ win. Must be the manager.
George Bamberger: quit because he couldn’t take the losing. Who quits?
Frank Howard: I barely remember him, it was so short.
Bud Harrelson: Buddy’s second year was worse than Willie at his worst. Buddy got boooooooooed and wouldn’t make pitching changes. Can’t pick Buddy.
Interim Manager Mike Cubbage: 3 and 4. Never liked Mike Cubbage.
Jeff Torborg?
Dallas Green?
Art Howe?
Nope, the answer has to be Jerry Manuel out of this group. One choke (those 30+ blown saves with no closer (cough, Omar) didn’t help) and two no-chances.
If you old guys wanna stick up for Roy McMillan or Wes Westrum let me know. (You can’t pick Casey, that’s just boring.)
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Speaking of managers, Willie Randolph has a .544 career winning percentage and won a division title. Bobby Valentine is .510 in his career, .534 with the Mets and has never ever finished first in the major leagues in 15 tries.
If you’re looking for entertainment to sell tickets, we did the Groucho glasses already, let’s watch Wally scream at umpires instead.
Forbes has another one of their lists…
The criteria for the ‘least efficient’ teams is combining high ‘costs per win’ with a non-winning season (i.e. 81 or fewer wins). By this criteria, the 5 least efficient teams from the 2010 MLB season are: click the link
Some good stuff in the comments yesterday.
Tom:
Don’t forget my “Whatever Works for You Plan” that I proposed earlier in the year.
You get the choice of Opening day or a Yankee game, and then a set number of games of your choosing. For arguments sake we will make it 10. Every game is eligable to be a plan game, not the games the Mets designate. If you’re on a budget and you want to buy all bronze games, go ahead.
If you want to fight a Phillie fan invading Citi Field 9 times a year, snatch those tickets up, and pay the gold level price for them. You want to only go to games on Saturdays? Then go to Saturday games.
So what I am saying is: no set plan, no set price. If you want Opening day or a Yankee game, then you’re buying 10 games, but 10 games that work for you. If they sell those out, that’s 1.6 million tickets sold, and people will feel good because they didn’t get strong armed into games they didn’t want.
JP Says:
-Make the biggest reduction in prices in the mid-range seats: the field & club level seats are only bought by those who can pay top dollar anyway. The Wilpons should try to provide more reasonably priced tickets for the average fans
-More day games! Stop with 7:00 pm Saturday night games — make all Saturday/Sunday games 1:00 pm starts so people can take their kids
-Add more weekday afternoon games. I’m sure the Beancounters tell them night games are more profitable, but have the Mets noticed that the 1 or 2 midweek afternoon games they have draw huge crowds. Hello? Baseball fans love day games — go ask the Cubs.
Metsadhd says:
Also love having an all your can eat section, other teams do this.
Should have vouchers for discounts if you bring clothing and canned goods for charity.
Certain nights should have dollar dogs and three dollar suds.
Best though is bring your mutt to the park.
They at least know the proper response to the Wilpons:
Lift their legs and/or squat.
John asks: Hey Shannon how about something for us full season plan suckers?
Good question. You tell us? What would be a nice gesture from the Mets, other than price cuts.
Keep the ideas coming gang. Mets Police gets read in Flushing, you never know who is reading and will like one of our ideas.
I’m telling you, Guaranteed Win Tuesday is a winner.
Good morning Mets fans,
Newer readers may not be aware how much time I have spent railing about obstructed views at Citi Field. If you’re less familiar with the issue read this or this which has lots of links to obstructed views.
The fake 2011 marketing campaign comes from The Apple (aka Blog of the Year). The phrase is either a direct quote or at least inspired by the words of David Howard. I’m too sleepy this morning to get all worked up about it, read the old posts.
Anyway, Randy at The Apple has a nice list of possible 2011 slogans which you should check out.
Randy – hook a fellow up and make me a “Man Up and Play Better” please. That should be the slogan, and it will fit well with Wallyball.
Has anyone actually coined Wallyball yet? I bet they have. I like it.
Anyway, back to Randy – I need to buy him out and get his content over here. It’s too good. I’m not saying my site is better, I’m actually saying the opposite. I like his site better. Better content. I want it.
I need a guy who knows photoshop and flash animation. If I could get Media Goon to make some cartoons we’d really be talking.
I keep trying to get Fake Jeff Wilpon to make more videos but he won’t do it. Come on Fake Jeff.
I’ll be saying “it depends on how you define obstructed” all day now. Thanks Randy.
