The Mets Police

Hey if you like spending money on tolls, parking and expensive food while listening to your kids ask when we’re leaving to beat traffic, the Mets have great news!

Not sure why they are limiting the giveaways at 12,000.  Even the Wilpons weren’t that cheap!

METS TICKETS FOR REMAINDER OF 2021 SEASON GO ON SALE THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 5 AT 10 AM AT METS.COM

Capacity to Increase to 33,875 Fans Starting June 11

 

FLUSHING, N.Y., June 3, 2021 – The New York Mets today announced tickets for the remainder of the team’s home schedule will go on sale this Saturday, June 5 at 10 a.m. at Mets.com/Tickets. Starting with the Mets’ upcoming homestand, Citi Field’s capacity will increase to 33,875 (approximately 78 percent capacity) in accordance with New York State Department of Health mandates with 90 percent of those seats in fully vaccinated sections.

 

The Mets return home for a weekend series against the San Diego Padres Friday, June 11-Sunday, June 13. The homestand continues with a four-game set vs. the Chicago Cubs Monday, June 14-Thursday, June 17. The following homestand includes doubleheaders Monday, June 21 against the Atlanta Braves and Friday, June 25 against the Philadelphia Phillies.

 

Highlights for June and July include:

 

PROMOTIONS (first 12,000 fans)

• Jeff McNeil Bobblehead presented by the Hospital for Special Surgery Friday, June 11 and Saturday, June 12
• Mr. & Mrs. Met Rally Towel Sunday, June 13
• Pride Night T-Shirt presented by Citi Friday, June 25
• “Ya Gotta Believe” T-Shirt presented by Ford Saturday, June 26 and Sunday, June 27
• Remember Everyone Deployed T-Shirt presented by Fiserv Friday, July 9
• Jacob deGrom Replica Jersey presented by GEICO Saturday, July 10 and Sunday, July 11
• Six-Can Cooler presented by Premio Saturday, July 24 and Sunday, July 25
• Francisco Lindor T-Shirt presented by New Balance Friday, July 30
• Mets Hall of Fame Challenge Coins presented by Jake’s 58 Saturday, July 31

 

EVENTS

• Fireworks Night Friday, July 23
• Mets Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Saturday, July 31: Edgardo Alfonzo, Ron Darling and Jon Matlack will be inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame before the Mets host the Reds at 7:10 p.m. Al Jackson will be posthumously honored with the Mets Hall of Fame Achievement Award for contributions to the organization.
• Jerry Koosman #36 Retirement Ceremony Saturday, August 28: The Mets will honor Jerry Koosman, the winningest left-handed pitcher in club history, in a pregame uniform number retirement ceremony prior to the Mets playing the Washington Nationals.

 

NEW FOOD & BEVERAGE OFFERINGS

The Mets are excited to announce some new additions to Citi Field’s All-Star culinary lineup this season:

• Patsy’s Pizzeria, a NYC pizza dynasty since 1933
• Tipsy Scoop, blending the magic of hand-crafted ice cream with the mastery of a perfectly mixed cocktail
• Two new Citi Field-exclusive concepts in partnership with Aramark – From the Stretch, a new twist on grilled cheese, and Vegan City
• Citi Field will also reopen some fan favorites: Blue Smoke, El Verano Taqueria, Sweet Chick and more

 

With anticipated increases in attendance, the Mets encourage fans to take mass transit and arrive early to enter the ballpark and use either Health Pass on the CLEAR app or Excelsior Pass for easy vaccination identification. For updated information on Citi Field safety protocols, visit Mets.com/SafeAtCiti.

 

Hey you probably weren’t expecting Harvey Day already!  It was just a few days ago that Matt was sucking pretty badly, but here he is on three days rest because the Orioles are going to lose 110 games and someone has to make this innings go away, so it might as well be Matt.   Let’s take a look at the numbers!

Not too good.  Let’s look at some more numbers!

YIKES!  That’s pretty horrible, but SOMEONE has to pitch…and Matt faces the first batter and OH JESUS ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Then Josh Donaldson walks and there are two on and this is already a disaster.  Two on, none out.  But….SURPRISE Two strikeouts and a ground out and Matt Harvey is out of the inning!

On to the second and Matt retires the first two batters…someone named Ryan Jeffers steps in…let’s check his stats…

OK so here’s Jeffers batting .147 with no home runs and OH NO

Matt strikes out the next guy to end the inning.   And let’s take a long look because you never know if this is the last you will see of Matt Harvey in the major leagues.

Fortunately, it is not and Matt comes back for the third!  What kind of opener is this?  Has Matt reinvented baseball?

In the third?  A nice 1-2-3 inning for Matt and I want to go eat some ice cream cake with the family and I lost the feed anyway so let’s call it a night.

In the end…..3 innings, 1 run on 2 hits, three Ks.  All in all not horrible.   Maybe Matt is a Three Inning Opener.  He does tend to suck second time through the lineup.

Perhaps the Orioles and Matt have reinvented baseball.  Openers suck, but maybe Threepeners are the future!  Especially as 7 inning games are our destiny,

For the Orioles, might as well try this again in a few days.  SOMEONE has to pitch, it might as well be Matt Harvey.

MLB not only plays weekday afternoon games, they air them places nobody wants them to be.

Wow, Matt Harvey’s career may never end.  How bad are the Orioles? How desperate are the Orioles?

But will Matt’s career come to an end because of Another Harvey?

Maybe the Orioles can release Matt and issue #32 to Hunter in the same move – would save us all money on jerseys.  Me included!

This now lines Matt Harvey up to face the METS next week.  If he lives that long.  But then again, Brandon Hyde is telling you they don’t even have live bodies so sure, Matt Harvey on short rest, why not?

 

““I just felt like myself/ It felt good to go on [the IL], to get my hand right and to join the party again. It was real fun today.”

Those are the words of Vulgar Pete, who returned from the IL and hit his SEVENTH HOME RUN of the season, tying him for 72nd place among the MLB Leaderboard.

It is good to hear from Pete himself (and the New York Post which is much a propaganda machine for Pete as I am trying to run Pete out of town) – and it’s even better that he’s feeling healthy now because that means….NO EXCUSES….which is what I demand from the Steve Cohen era Mets.

The Wilpons are gone and Steve has money, so NO EXCUSES if they don’t win the World Series.

Pete is healthy, so I expect 10 home runs a month now, so he will finish with 47 HRS which is a lot but still less than 50 and he won’t join the club of eight players who have hit 50 twice.

And for all the new followers – why am I running Pete out of town?  He insists on adding an F to LGM.  And that must be stopped.   I have seen young prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong use the vulgar version.  I have seen players acquired by the Mets use it.  Just yesterday Pillar used it.  And that MUST NOT creep in to the culture here in Queens.  It’s Let’s Go Mets.  There is no F.

So Pete, welcome back, I look forward to your great season.  You’re going to have a great season now, right?