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Now what Mets fans?

Good morning Mets fans,

We got our blood. Omar’s head is on a stick, Jerry has left town and the Wilpons knelt before us and begged us to stay.

Now what?

As you know, my blog is different so I will leave the “Who is the next GM?” and “It’s really important that the Mets get this right!” stuff to everyone else. They do it better than I do so I don’t bother.

What about the guys like you and me?

Are you going to renew your tickets?

Have you written 2011 off?

Last night I wrote about blog traffic and blogging in general. Since I don’t really do news and focus on fan stuff I actually have a decent amount lined up and expect the traffic to stay about the same.

Scheduled for today (plus or minus news or me bumping stuff):

10am: The final 2010 Uniform standings. I liked what I found let’s put it that way.

11am: the Yankees at Shea

Lunch: Some ticket ideas for Jeff Wilpon

Not bad right?

Later in the week I have some jerseys, caps, a Jets at Shea thing for Sunday….

I do want to hear from you. Guest posts, weird Mets stuff you have in your closet, random suggestions, old videos, a picture of you at Banner Day….you know the kind of stuff I do here. All is welcome and appreciated by me and the readers. Send to [email protected]

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Mandt knew all things Mets, Shea | mets.com: News

The death of Bob Mandt unfortunately got lost in the news cycle.  Do yourself a favor and read Marty Noble’s column.

He had an original poster from The Beatles at Shea and bobble-head dolls from everything, even the Titans. Pins, trinkets and caps, and stories about most of them. And he had a picture of himself with Mick Jagger. His office was the unofficial Mets Hall of Fame.

via Mandt knew all things Mets, Shea | mets.com: News.

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How many people visit MetsBlog?

Matt Cerrone (he’s the guy who runs MetsBlog) has a non-Mets site MattCerrone.com which I also check out regularly.

Today Matt shared his traffic statistics for MetsBlog. Wowza.   Let’s just say Mets Police has slightly fewer readers.   MetsBlog’s over 100,000 pageviews a day..let me round down to 100k…365 days a year…wow that’s a crazy crazy number.

Me in case you’re wondering….I’m not actually sure.  I look at various sites that tell me different things…on the low end I’m just over half a million views for the year, but another site tells me 1.6 million….

…but you read it, the Mets read it, and I like doing it.  That’s the end all.   I’m fortunate to have the infamous “real job” and while I like money this is more or less a hobby or a timekiller.  I made $30 last month!   I just like doing this.

The reason Matt shared his traffic numbers was to illustrate the pop in traffic because of the Omar and Jerry firings. (look)

I mentioned a few days ago that my personal traffic was down comparing September 2010 to 2009…a sign of me either being boring or Mets fan apathy.   So I looked up my own numbers and while nothing crazy, yep yesterday was up.   Today’s kind of meh but I didn’t post that much after 9am…high page views, normal visitors.  Who knows.

Unfortunately for all of us, Mets News will likely get quiet as we enjoy some Yankees talk for the next week or two.

Sometimes people ask me about Matt.  Smart guy.  We’ve had lunch I think three times now, might be four.   He “gets it” and sees the angles.  I really dig mattcerrone.com and hope he writes more over there.

Not sure what this post was about but that’s what was on my mind.  I spent two hours tweaking the blog design and not finding anything I liked so I put almost everything back the way it was.

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Jeff Wilpon this morning: hinted lower Mets ticket prices coming

I’ll let the other blogs handle all the on-field stuff but I liked what I heard from Jeff today. Lots of talk about responsibility and change and culture.

It’s good when these guys come out and speak..it makes them more relatable (which is why I hope Dave Howard will hit a game with me in April – more on that below).

Re Tickets: they are discussing lowering ticket pricess and will have an announcement in a few weeks.

Other stuff from memory…

…they talked about getting Manny in 2005, not in 2007.

…they will “get rid” of Ollie whether the new GM “packages” him or they release him.  Sounded like we’ve seen the last of #46.

..it’s in Boras’ best interest not to have any contract such as Ollie’s be perceived as a (my words) ripoff.

..the rumored Greenwich dinner with Bobby and Wally never happened.  He has not recently had dinner with either man and any location.

…the park was tailored to what the old GM wanted.  Could change if the new GM wants.  Could move the walls down not in, reducing the Great Wall to 8 feet.  Jeff points out the Mets play well at home.

…I forgot John Maine existed until B&C mentioned him.

…on a scale of 1 to 10, how angry was he at Beltran?   12.

…DW and Reyes could be moved only if other GM was a fool and offered the Mets the kitchen sink (my words on all).

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I thought Jeff seemed “cool.”  He should come out front more often.  We’re going to talk about the Mets anyway, so engage the dialog.

Back to my plan for Dave Howard and I to go to a game.   Think Undercover Boss. Dave meets me at 11:30 by the Apple.   We use my tickets which I pay for.  We hit the shake shack and chat while on line.   Head on up to Promenade Left (one of the first three rows) and check out the game, talk Mets, grab a beer.  A typical fan experience.  I’m not there to bust chops, just wanna get to know the guy, and the guy can get to know one of us.   April?